Yale Art??

I was quoted in a LifeNews.com article today about a Yale Art student who claimed to have artificially impregnated herself and then induced more than one abortion just for an "art project." She then filmed her "miscarriages" for her senior art project which is set to go on display.

Well, it turns out-- she lied.

She reportedly told three university officials that she did not do what she claimed to have done. According to a Yale press release, this is "performance art."

No, it's not.

It's sick.

Millions of women in this country have miscarried or have had abortions and grieve over their losses. I, for one, am incensed that this "art" student felt that those losses are subject to what amounts as a cruel joke purportedly done for the sake of "art."

Regardless of Yale's justification, this project is offensive to many and it's crude and crass.

It needs to be pulled.

Globe and Mail Reports on Funerals for Children Who Die through Miscarriage

Yesterday, Canada's The Globe and Mail reported on a new trend: funerals for children who die in early miscarriages. And strangely, a number of women claiming to be pro-choice are among those holding funerals for their little ones.

Now, I say "strangely" because it does seem like a bizarre twist in pro-abortion/pro-choice logic. If an unborn baby is not a person and is only "potential" life, then are you mourning the loss of the child or the anticipation of having a child? And if the child was only "potential" life, why cremate the remains or bury the tiny body? To what purpose does this signify?

Besides the obvious, publicly mourning the death of an unborn child by holding funerals or cremating the remains may reflect more on the existence of post-abortion syndrome and whether the syndrome will one day be recognized as legitimate. If a woman who claims to be pro-choice feels like she can mourn the loss of her child, why can't the woman who has had an abortion regret it and grieve over the loss of her child?