In the window of a privately owned Catholic bookstore in Albury, you will find the most spectacular and colourful time line of human life, from conception to old age. I had heard about it, so went to have a look. It really is breathtakingly beautiful!
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Sadly, not all Abury locals agree! The Albury City Council have received complaints from members of the public and a representative of the council was sent to investigate. While he did not find it at all "offensive", he was going back to the office to check out the laws regarding this display.
(Within the last day, it was decided by the council representative that the window display has "a size issue" and that it "doesn't just advertise books, but to some people an ideology". The book store employee responded that "there was nothing religious or ideological about the window - just biological facts on human development, relating to products in the shop". She added that she didn't understand how people can be offended by images of a developing baby and that perhaps the same people are likely to offended by pregnant women. The council representative repeated that it was a "size issue" and the store employee stated that the display "would not be coming down".
While he stated that he could not comment officially, he said he could see that the complaints could possibly connected to those supportive of the local abortion facility.
The bookstore has asked for a copy of the law and how they have breached it, in writing).
The reaction to this display reminded me of another 'fetus- a-phobia' response I am aware of...
During the last Victorian election campaign, one of the 'Emily's List' candidates for Bendigo, Jacinta Allan (now MP) had an article published in the Bendigo Advertiser regarding "attacks on her staff". Sounds awful...except that this "attack" was actually just one of her staff members being shown a model of a ten week old baby!! (The media overlooked the physical assault on a pro lifer by one of her own staff on another occasion!).
Yet another example was when my own daughter was doing sex education at a rural high school that she attended for a couple of years. I donated a copy of the DVD 'Baby Steps', which is beautiful footage of a baby growing in the womb, sucking its thumb, jumping around etc. I received feedback that the teacher I gave it to refused to show it to her class, because it "didn't promote abortion". The DVD did not engage in the "choice" debate, and was merely footage of life in the womb.
So you might begin to wonder, as I have many times (these are just three instances of many) - when did pro abortion advocates earn the right to deny or hide human development (mere biology) from the public and from our high school students? Is it guilt from their own involvement in abortion or their support of the abortion industry that has them in such a flap? Their efforts to conceal the beauty and humanity of early life is astounding!
Life in the womb is an incredible miracle - to be celebrated and studied closely. Our amazing human development speaks volumes about our value in this vast universe.Is it any wonder our abortion rate is so high, when girls and women are virtually forbidden to acknowledge and treasure human life in the womb - let alone the life growing inside their womb?!
So here lies the challenge - to engage gracefully with those who seek to deny you and/or your children the right to see displays, models or DVDs about life in the womb and ask why. Please also support and encourage those who present information about the beauty of unborn life, because there are many working tirelessly to deter them.
