# Anti-choicers slip soft fetus toys into kids' candy bags at ND state fair **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 25, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-choicers-slip-soft-fetus-toys-into-kids-candy-bags-at-nd-state-fair/664505 "2013-07-25T17:30:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-choicers-slip-soft-fetus-toys-into-kids-candy-bags-at-nd-state-fair/664505/41 "2013-07-25T20:21:34Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > I think this is a great strategy. Unless I missed something there’s nothing sensitive or factually untrue on the brochure that came with it, just an explanation of how developed the fetus is at different stages. Euthanasia opponents should hand out a terminal-patient-on-a-respirator-doll. It’d combine soft squishiness with intriguing metallic parts and flashing lights (the kiddies love mechanical stuff). It could come with a pamphlet explaining how doctors and greedy relatives pull the plug before the patient is really dead. And the patient doll’s head could come off showing a shrunken, liquefied brain while the mechanical part keeps booping and beeping. Fun for the whole family. And not as hard on the arteries as funnel cakes. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-choicers-slip-soft-fetus-toys-into-kids-candy-bags-at-nd-state-fair/664505/42 "2013-07-25T20:25:08Z")
> [@miss\_elizabeth](#): > > Why is this pedophilia, and handing kids a fetus is just information? I’m all about education. Because giving children sex aids and information on how to use them is not the same as giving children baby dolls and information about a baby’s development. > [@Jackmannii](#): > > Euthanasia opponents should hand out a terminal-patient-on-a-respirator-doll. It’d combine soft squishiness with intriguing metallic parts and flashing lights (the kiddies love mechanical stuff). > > It could come with a pamphlet explaining how doctors and greedy relatives pull the plug before the patient is really dead. And the patient doll’s head could come off showing a shrunken, liquefied brain while the mechanical part keeps booping and beeping. > > Fun for the whole family. And not as hard on the arteries as funnel cakes. Again, not a comparable item. This fetus doll does not even mention abortion, and is a natural, positive stage of every human’s development, not a horrific situation that it is reasonable that a parent would want to hide from young children. Quit being a moron and at least try to argue in good faith. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-choicers-slip-soft-fetus-toys-into-kids-candy-bags-at-nd-state-fair/664505/43 "2013-07-25T20:26:23Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > or impale them on coat hangers. Holy cow, I am so going to the Arkansas State Fair this year…gotta find some rug rats to take…_dammit._ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-choicers-slip-soft-fetus-toys-into-kids-candy-bags-at-nd-state-fair/664505/44 "2013-07-25T20:29:21Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > Why would she have to? Perhaps she doesn’t want to raise clueless, credulous children. They become clueless, credulous adults who annoy the rest of us. In general people object to attempts by adults to manipulate the emotions of their children- particularly since this is about a political issue that doesn’t concern children in any real way. The good news here is that, yes, you don’t have to tell your children what these jerks are really up to and it sounds like the kids probably didn’t get the intended message anyway. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-choicers-slip-soft-fetus-toys-into-kids-candy-bags-at-nd-state-fair/664505/45 "2013-07-25T20:31:55Z")
n/m ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-choicers-slip-soft-fetus-toys-into-kids-candy-bags-at-nd-state-fair/664505/46 "2013-07-25T20:33:28Z")
So how easy is it to get them on the coat hangers? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-choicers-slip-soft-fetus-toys-into-kids-candy-bags-at-nd-state-fair/664505/47 "2013-07-25T20:34:28Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > _A soft squishy fetus is not a toy, > No my boy; > Not a toy to fondle and dandle > And playfully handle > In search of some puerile joy. > No, a soft squishy fetus is not, > Definitely not a toy._ And you’ll find nothing like 'em at FAO Schwartz! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-choicers-slip-soft-fetus-toys-into-kids-candy-bags-at-nd-state-fair/664505/48 "2013-07-25T20:38:16Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > They should be edible and made from the same marshmallowy substance as [Circus Peanuts](http://www.spanglercandy.com/candy-store/circus-peanuts/circus-peanuts-12oz?gclid=CNGr5vOty7gCFTRo7AodeywA4Q). No they should be gummy. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-choicers-slip-soft-fetus-toys-into-kids-candy-bags-at-nd-state-fair/664505/49 "2013-07-25T20:46:14Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Perhaps she doesn’t want to raise clueless, credulous children. Bullshit. If she doesn’t want to raise clueless, credulous children, them finding out what they looked like before they were born is not a threat. > [@](#): > > The good news here is that, yes, you don’t have to tell your children what these jerks are really up to and it sounds like the kids probably didn’t get the intended message anyway. No, the good news is that they aren’t jerks because they presented their position in a non-jerkish way. If your side wants a legitimate argument against this toy, here’s a freebie: the web address on the flier. Leave that off, and this would be a perfect way to show your five year old what their baby brother or sister looks like. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-choicers-slip-soft-fetus-toys-into-kids-candy-bags-at-nd-state-fair/664505/50 "2013-07-25T20:51:31Z")
[Looks like the sort of thing](http://www.christianbook.com/apps/product?item_no=5009727;item_code=WW) people are advised not to give out at Halloween because it presents a choking hazard. More coat hanger abortions _and_ steak knife tracheostomies. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-choicers-slip-soft-fetus-toys-into-kids-candy-bags-at-nd-state-fair/664505/51 "2013-07-25T21:24:37Z")
Maybe you could market these as “Three Dimensional Aubrey Beardsley Drawings”. the Victorian artist thought the image of a human fetus was one of the most grotesque things he ever saw, and used it in a number of his drawings to create a seriously creepy image: [![](https://asterling.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/18/136.jpg) ](https://asterling.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/18/136.jpg) [http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;\_ylt=A0PDoS02l\_FR5GsAUjyJzbkF;\_ylu=X3oDMTFzZWNwbWg4BHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZANiYzgxYzZiM2IxYjU3MWVlZjNjMDE4NTRmMzA5NjNjNwRncG9zAzE0Nw--?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Daubrey%2Bbeardsley%2Bdrawings%26\_adv\_prop%3Dimage%26va%3Daubrey%2Bbeardsley%2Bdrawings%26fr%3Dyfp-t-900%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D147&w=320&h=400&imgurl=www.ricsartshop.com%2Fmm5%2Fgraphics%2F00000001%2Fbeardsley086.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ricsartshop.com%2Faubrey-beardsley%2FBeardsley-Enter-Herodias.html&size=27.8KB&name=Enter+Herodias+|+\Aubrey+Beardsley+\<%2Fb\>Art+Poster+Reproductions&p=aubrey+beardsley+drawings&oid=bc81c6b3b1b571eef3c01854f30963c7&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-900&tt=Enter+Herodias+|+\Aubrey+Beardsley+\<%2Fb\>Art+Poster+Reproductions&b=121&ni=96&no=147&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=1297s8mat&sigb=14lqn84pg&sigi=11q2nb0kp&.crumb=L2MInUhYD2P&fr=yfp-t-900](http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoS02l_FR5GsAUjyJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTFzZWNwbWg4BHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZANiYzgxYzZiM2IxYjU3MWVlZjNjMDE4NTRmMzA5NjNjNwRncG9zAzE0Nw--?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Daubrey%2Bbeardsley%2Bdrawings%26_adv_prop%3Dimage%26va%3Daubrey%2Bbeardsley%2Bdrawings%26fr%3Dyfp-t-900%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D147&w=320&h=400&imgurl=www.ricsartshop.com%2Fmm5%2Fgraphics%2F00000001%2Fbeardsley086.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ricsartshop.com%2Faubrey-beardsley%2FBeardsley-Enter-Herodias.html&size=27.8KB&name=Enter+Herodias+%7C+%3Cb%3EAubrey+Beardsley+%3C%2Fb%3EArt+Poster+Reproductions&p=aubrey+beardsley+drawings&oid=bc81c6b3b1b571eef3c01854f30963c7&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-900&tt=Enter+Herodias+%7C+%3Cb%3EAubrey+Beardsley+%3C%2Fb%3EArt+Poster+Reproductions&b=121&ni=96&no=147&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=1297s8mat&sigb=14lqn84pg&sigi=11q2nb0kp&.crumb=L2MInUhYD2P&fr=yfp-t-900) [Yahoo Image Search](http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoQ1.l_FRSC4AEemJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTFzcGZsZHU2BHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZANkOGQzMmZkNmZmNmViNGQ1NTdhOTBkYWRhOTk3YTZlYQRncG9zAzI0Ng--?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Daubrey%2Bbeardsley%2Bdrawings%26_adv_prop%3Dimage%26va%3Daubrey%2Bbeardsley%2Bdrawings%26fr%3Dyfp-t-900%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D246&w=550&h=640&imgurl=www.allpaintings.org%2Fd%2F149298-2%2FAubrey%2BBeardsley%2B-%2BDesign%2Bfor%2BSt%2BPaul_s.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.allpaintings.org%2Fv%2FArt%2BNouveau%2FAubrey%2BBeardsley%2FAubrey%2BBeardsley%2B-%2BDesign%2Bfor%2BSt%2BPaul_s.jpg.html&size=79.8KB&name=)…+Design+for+St+Paul%26%2339%3Bs+%3A%3A+%3Cb%3EAubrey+Beardsley+%3C%2Fb%3E%3A%3A+Allpaintings+Art+Portal&p=aubrey+beardsley+drawings&oid=d8d32fd6ff6eb4d557a90dada997a6ea&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-900&tt=…+Design+for+St+Paul%26%2339%3Bs+%3A%3A+%3Cb%3EAubrey+Beardsley+%3C%2Fb%3E%3A%3A+Allpaintings+Art+Portal&b=241&ni=96&no=246&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=13bqhkfm3&sigb=14loi2hgf&sigi=12b78dive&.crumb=L2MInUhYD2P&fr=yfp-t-900 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-choicers-slip-soft-fetus-toys-into-kids-candy-bags-at-nd-state-fair/664505/52 "2013-07-25T22:21:05Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > If your side wants a legitimate argument against this toy, here’s a freebie And here’s free advice for _you_: it is both underhanded and disgusting to use a family outing at the fair as an excuse to sneak-indoctrinate young kids on an issue they need to be much older to understand. The only positive for “your side” is that this dodge is not as repellent as what anti-abortion rights activists have [stuck up on billboards](http://gawker.com/5810123/a-gallery-of-weird-anti+abortion-billboards/) [for kids to see](http://www.wftv.com/news/news/graphic-anti-abortion-billboard-disturbs-orlando-r/nD95y/), and not as bad as [picketing a school](http://www.alternet.org/story/152374/anti-choice_zealots_go_after_clinic_owner%27s_children_--_here%27s_how_he%27s_fighting_back) that one of their target’s children attend. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-choicers-slip-soft-fetus-toys-into-kids-candy-bags-at-nd-state-fair/664505/53 "2013-07-25T22:22:13Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > Bullshit. If she doesn’t want to raise clueless, credulous children, them finding out what they looked like before they were born is not a threat. I see those children also grow up to miss subtlety. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-choicers-slip-soft-fetus-toys-into-kids-candy-bags-at-nd-state-fair/664505/54 "2013-07-25T22:22:48Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > No they should be gummy. That would make it too impossible to distinguish from a real fetus, which might cause problems. Of course the gummy fetus probably wouldn’t be as salty. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-choicers-slip-soft-fetus-toys-into-kids-candy-bags-at-nd-state-fair/664505/55 "2013-07-25T22:25:16Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I just hope one of the kids doesn’t accidentally put it in his mouth thinking its candy and start to choke on it. > > It would be awful for somebody to have to yell “Please, somebody, help me pull out this fetus before there’s a dead child!” It’s their own fault they are choking and they need to take some sort of responsibility for their actions. I say a 24 hour waiting period and a mandatory ultra-sound to show them what the toy looks like when it’s inside them is needed before it can be removed. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-choicers-slip-soft-fetus-toys-into-kids-candy-bags-at-nd-state-fair/664505/56 "2013-07-25T22:29:10Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Maybe you could market these as “Three Dimensional Aubrey Beardsley Drawings”. the Victorian artist thought the image of a human fetus was one of the most grotesque things he ever saw, and used it in a number of his drawings to create a seriously creepy image: Design for Saint Paul’s. Jesus Christ! He did some cool art. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-choicers-slip-soft-fetus-toys-into-kids-candy-bags-at-nd-state-fair/664505/57 "2013-07-25T22:34:29Z")
They come in two shades: Caucasian and [Ethnic](http://www.christianbook.com/precious-one-12-week-fetal-models/pd/5009728?event=CF#curr) (_ethnic_ making its debut as a race and-or color). ---
**Author:** ![Girlundone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@Girlundone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlundone)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-choicers-slip-soft-fetus-toys-into-kids-candy-bags-at-nd-state-fair/664505/58 "2013-07-25T23:15:19Z")
[QUOTE=Gummar] and this would be a perfect way to show your five year old what their baby brother or sister looks like. [/QUOTE] Oh I’m sure these were intended as a great way for a pregnant mom to show her young children what the baby looks like. That’s why they _they come in a box of 50._. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-choicers-slip-soft-fetus-toys-into-kids-candy-bags-at-nd-state-fair/664505/59 "2013-07-25T23:15:56Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Maybe you could market these as “Three Dimensional Aubrey Beardsley Drawings”. the Victorian artist thought the image of a human fetus was one of the most grotesque things he ever saw, and used it in a number of his drawings to create a seriously creepy image: > > [http://asterling.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/18/136.jpg](http://asterling.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/18/136.jpg) > > [http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;\_ylt=A0PDoS02l\_FR5GsAUjyJzbkF;\_ylu=X3oDMTFzZWNwbWg4BHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZANiYzgxYzZiM2IxYjU3MWVlZjNjMDE4NTRmMzA5NjNjNwRncG9zAzE0Nw--?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Daubrey%2Bbeardsley%2Bdrawings%26\_adv\_prop%3Dimage%26va%3Daubrey%2Bbeardsley%2Bdrawings%26fr%3Dyfp-t-900%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D147&w=320&h=400&imgurl=www.ricsartshop.com%2Fmm5%2Fgraphics%2F00000001%2Fbeardsley086.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ricsartshop.com%2Faubrey-beardsley%2FBeardsley-Enter-Herodias.html&size=27.8KB&name=Enter+Herodias+|+\Aubrey+Beardsley+\<%2Fb\>Art+Poster+Reproductions&p=aubrey+beardsley+drawings&oid=bc81c6b3b1b571eef3c01854f30963c7&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-900&tt=Enter+Herodias+|+\Aubrey+Beardsley+\<%2Fb\>Art+Poster+Reproductions&b=121&ni=96&no=147&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=1297s8mat&sigb=14lqn84pg&sigi=11q2nb0kp&.crumb=L2MInUhYD2P&fr=yfp-t-900](http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoS02l_FR5GsAUjyJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTFzZWNwbWg4BHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZANiYzgxYzZiM2IxYjU3MWVlZjNjMDE4NTRmMzA5NjNjNwRncG9zAzE0Nw--?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Daubrey%2Bbeardsley%2Bdrawings%26_adv_prop%3Dimage%26va%3Daubrey%2Bbeardsley%2Bdrawings%26fr%3Dyfp-t-900%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D147&w=320&h=400&imgurl=www.ricsartshop.com%2Fmm5%2Fgraphics%2F00000001%2Fbeardsley086.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ricsartshop.com%2Faubrey-beardsley%2FBeardsley-Enter-Herodias.html&size=27.8KB&name=Enter+Herodias+%7C+%3Cb%3EAubrey+Beardsley+%3C%2Fb%3EArt+Poster+Reproductions&p=aubrey+beardsley+drawings&oid=bc81c6b3b1b571eef3c01854f30963c7&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-900&tt=Enter+Herodias+%7C+%3Cb%3EAubrey+Beardsley+%3C%2Fb%3EArt+Poster+Reproductions&b=121&ni=96&no=147&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=1297s8mat&sigb=14lqn84pg&sigi=11q2nb0kp&.crumb=L2MInUhYD2P&fr=yfp-t-900) > > [Yahoo Image Search](http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoQ1.l_FRSC4AEemJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTFzcGZsZHU2BHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZANkOGQzMmZkNmZmNmViNGQ1NTdhOTBkYWRhOTk3YTZlYQRncG9zAzI0Ng--?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Daubrey%2Bbeardsley%2Bdrawings%26_adv_prop%3Dimage%26va%3Daubrey%2Bbeardsley%2Bdrawings%26fr%3Dyfp-t-900%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D246&w=550&h=640&imgurl=www.allpaintings.org%2Fd%2F149298-2%2FAubrey%2BBeardsley%2B-%2BDesign%2Bfor%2BSt%2BPaul_s.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.allpaintings.org%2Fv%2FArt%2BNouveau%2FAubrey%2BBeardsley%2FAubrey%2BBeardsley%2B-%2BDesign%2Bfor%2BSt%2BPaul_s.jpg.html&size=79.8KB&name=)…+Design+for+St+Paul%26%2339%3Bs+%3A%3A+%3Cb%3EAubrey+Beardsley+%3C%2Fb%3E%3A%3A+Allpaintings+Art+Portal&p=aubrey+beardsley+drawings&oid=d8d32fd6ff6eb4d557a90dada997a6ea&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-900&tt=…+Design+for+St+Paul%26%2339%3Bs+%3A%3A+%3Cb%3EAubrey+Beardsley+%3C%2Fb%3E%3A%3A+Allpaintings+Art+Portal&b=241&ni=96&no=246&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=13bqhkfm3&sigb=14loi2hgf&sigi=12b78dive&.crumb=L2MInUhYD2P&fr=yfp-t-900 The Victorian Period was a lot sicker than we usually think nowadays. ---
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> [@Girlundone](#): > > Oh I’m sure these were intended as a great way for a pregnant mom to show her young children what the baby looks like. That’s why they _they come in a box of 50._. “Yes, dear, in our family we bear babies in litters, pick one at random and stomp on the rest. You were the lucky one.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-choicers-slip-soft-fetus-toys-into-kids-candy-bags-at-nd-state-fair/664505.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-choicers-slip-soft-fetus-toys-into-kids-candy-bags-at-nd-state-fair/664505.md?page=4)