today, the corpse of irony was found stomped and mangled in a gutter

[rone]

Via diepunyhumans:

Planned Parenthood is proud to offer yet another t-shirt in our new social fashion line: "I Had an Abortion" fitted T-shirts are now available. These soft and comfortable fitted tees assert a powerful message in support of women's rights.

"Proud to offer"?  "Support of women's rights"?  I don't think anyone in their right mind thinks that an abortion is something that's GOOD to have.  This is just going to give the pro-life wackjobs more ammo — "See, Planned Parenthood wants women to be PROUD of killing their babies!"

Comments

[spoonfeeding.livejournal.com]

Well, in a way they're right. Having an abortion is a thing that only trashy drug addicts and godless liberals would stoop to- it's an invisible crime against God and man since, sadly, they don't brand you with a big "A" right after sucking the fetus out. You have no way of knowing who in your neighborhood has that dirty little skeleton in their closet.

These shirts will change everything. First Sally comes out to her garden in one, and you can hate and gossip about her spitefully. Then Susan comes out in one. then, Miriam, then Laura, then Rosalind, until practically every woman on your block- even churchgoing women with families- have been seen in one.

Imagine what that would do for the social stigma of abortion- women's dirtiest little secret (well, next to rape, I guess)- if it were so visible as to seem normal.

Yes, I agree with you that it's not going to happen, but hey, take asecond to imagine a brighter future.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

I don't object to the T-shirt; it's the marketing campaign that i find inadequate. I really don't think it helps PP's image to be selling them; if someone else sold them and sent proceeds to PP, that would probably be more sensible.

[spoonfeeding.livejournal.com]

why do you hate women?

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Because they won't show me their boobies!@

[merovingian.livejournal.com]

I think I'm going to make it a habit to ask people this wonderful question within 10 minutes of meeting them.

Sadly, I'm bluffing.

[sambushell.livejournal.com]

You'd rather "I had an abortion and all I got was this lousy t-shirt."? Or perhaps a weaker, ambiguous statement like "You know someone who had an abortion."?

Why should Planned Parenthood not encourage women to open this dialogue in this way? It isn't really about commercial branding of abortions: it's about visibility.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Why? I believe it's clearly stated in the original post: because it'll encourage the pro-life wackjobs. You probably have some very broken idea of what "dialogue" is if you think an "I had an abortion" t-shirt is going to open dialogue.

If women want to buy this shirt as a statement, hey, go for it. I think that Planned Parenthood's goals would be better served by not selling such an incendiary T-shirt (and, again, declaring that they're "proud" to do so). But what do i know? It's not like i have a uterus.

[sunburn.livejournal.com]

How about an arrow pointing downwards and text reading "I aborted stupid."?