# Streetside Anti-Abortion posters - what are their goals?

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**Created:** [July 15, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streetside-anti-abortion-posters-what-are-their-goals/456561 "2008-07-15T13:30:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streetside-anti-abortion-posters-what-are-their-goals/456561/61 "2008-07-18T13:34:03Z")

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[The Only Moral Abortion Is My Abortion](http://theprogressivetruth.blogspot.com/2007/07/only-moral-abortion-is-my-abortion.html). I have it bookmarked.

For a really bizarre look at anti-abortionists, read this[article](http://www.abortionfacts.com/online_books/love_them_both/why_cant_we_love_them_both_38.asp) on an anti-abortion site that has the gall to call itself “abortion facts.”

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**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 19, 2008, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streetside-anti-abortion-posters-what-are-their-goals/456561/62 "2008-07-19T04:56:05Z")

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This type of activist is not very different from zealots belonging to other causes (PETA, for example).

After awhile, it doesn’t matter very much if your tactics are remotely successful, who you offend and how much damage you might be doing to your cause. You keep plugging away because it’s all you know and there’d be an empty space in your life if you went on to more productive activities.

In the case of abortion protesters, holding posters portraying gory images does a lot less damage than committing vandalism against clinics, stalking physicians and murdering the opposition.

Let 'em wave their posters.

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