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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-26-06 12:40 PM
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Anti-abortion posters infuriate some UW students
A small group of anti-abortion activists stood in the cold at the avowedly liberal University of Washington on Wednesday, bearing signs of dismembered, bloody fetuses. But despite the university's commitment to free speech, Show The Truth Washington had a hard time making its point.

Several dozen students supporting abortion rights encircled the sign-bearers, shouting pro-choice slogans into a bullhorn. Some tried to bar a photographer from access to the gruesome pictures.

"No thanks, I'm pro-choice," said Melissa Gipson, 18, waving off literature from one Show the Truth activist, whom she called an "old bigot."

The images were so gory and disturbing that campus officials had alerted students a week in advance. Because the university is a public institution, groups do not need formal permission to gather on its grounds, said Gus Kravas, who chairs the school's Use of Facilities Committee.

But students were incensed, nonetheless.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/290051_prolife26.html
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