Every time I’ve
taken a position in the last few days:
Explaining my reasons for
1.
Staying later after night class
2.
doing cross country instead of swimming next
year
3.
not going on a trip
4.
not staying at the high school for lunch
5.
why my solution to a math problem was right
6.
telling my sister to clean the car
7.
telling my sister to get my other sister from
the car
8.
telling my sister we had to leave earlier than
later
How does it appeal to you?
It adheres to my opinion it
states the importance of every child and their feelings outside and inside the
womb. The #They Feel Pain supports people who have suffered through their live
children being lost. These people most likely feel that the life of any child
is valuable despite any reason the parents might have for an abortion.
How
does it not appeal to you?
This advertisement appeals largely
on a pathos/emotional basis. I may feel more inclined to accept it if I was
given factual information or statistics to back up their opinion. How do they
know the newly developing fetus feels pain? Is this statement, “it won’t hurt a
bit” accurate when getting an abortion? I’ve done a lot of research, and read
multiple scholarly articles by medical students on brain/nerve development in
fetuses and the time frame legally accepted for abortion, because these questions
and their possible accuracy does matter to me. But what we know is that the
fetus does not at this point (4-10, or in some places 4-7 weeks after
conception) have the nerve or brain development to be conscious. These two
advertisements appeal on an emotional basis for a highly emotional topic, but
allowing yourself to be so shocked at abortion without fully understanding the
process and fetal development is deceiving. Abortion does hurt the mother, and
it is not an easy decision. If you take the abortion pill rather than having a
surgical abortion, which basically induces a miscarriage, mothers go through
intense fevers, severe cramps, nausea, vomiting, heavy bleeding, etc. for several
hours before feeling normal. Counseling is also provided through planned
parenthood. Which brings me to my last point.
·
The second ad contrast the baby to a piece of
tissue.
·
A pair of ominous looking scissors in the third
·
A fetal child with a partially developed face
·
Comparing the mother’s pain to the child’s pain,
”#theyfeelpain”
·
“Excuse me America, this is a tissue” expresses a
sassy, upset tone that communicates the maker’s strong opinion on this topic
·
The words, “speak up” contained in the first ad
If I were to revise it for an
audience supporting abortion I would put a statistic on the third ad explaining
that we have no proof of when the baby is actually able to feel things and would
change the hash tagged statement to say, “#care” to address the reasons that
parents give for their decision. On the first and second ads I would take out the
baby in both pictures. In the first I would change the picture to be of a man
and woman’s hands, showing that they were in the decision together. In the second,
I would put a picture of a crying woman, using tissues, and change the statement
at the bottom to talk about how the negative emotions of an accidental pregnancy
can be stopped by an abortion.
If I had to create it in a
different medium, many things would change. If was to be presented orally
instead of over the internet, I would exclude all of the word. This would allow
for more verbal explanation and physical emphasis. I would include a more vivid
picture in every circumstance to grab the attention of the audience and call
them to recognize my point.
"Abortion in America." GeneLalor.com. Gene's Blog, 7 Mar. 2009.
Boyle, Patricia. "Excuse me America this is not a tissue..." Abortion in Advertising.
N.p., n.d. Web 5 Nov. 2015
Durp, Blair. "Stop Abortion just STOP IT." Abortion. Pintrest.com,
N.d. Web 5 Nov. 2015
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