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HintOfKizzle says:

Very nicely put!

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Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

DottieboBottie says:

This is powerful.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

behindblueeyes says:

Beautifully done! :-)

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Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Trisha G. says:

I love you!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Crimpop76 says:

Awesome
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

BurningChampa [deleted] says:

look at you! wow. beautiful!!!!
*hugs*
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Timbo LeBlanc says:

Wow hun thats such a beautiful image, perfectly posed, and so cleverly done!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Kathleen_A says:

YES!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Wow... I have seen this in several places (Explore being one of them) in passing and it stayed with me. It pulled me back again when found in 52 weeks.

Wonderful image! A fav!

BTW: I wish I had looked that good pregnant!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Jacob Morse says:

Cool shot, questionable message.
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Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

mjn76 says:

Interesting image, hideous message.

"Abortion ignores the cause and treats the symptom: instead of suggesting a way out of the isolation mothers face, it offers a way out of motherhood." --Nancy Randolph Pearcy

"When we consider that women are treated as property, it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit." Elizabeth Cady Stanton,feminist, letter to Julia Ward Howe, October 16, 1873

"Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women." -- Alice Paul

"It is a great poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish." - Mother Theresa of Calcutta

"Guilty? Yes. No matter what the motive, love of ease, or a desire to save from suffering the unborn innocent, the woman is awfully guilty who commits the deed. It will burden her conscience in life, it will burden her soul in death; But oh, thrice guilty is he who drove her to the desperation which impelled her to the crime!" -- Susan B. Anthony, feminist

"If life is not a continuum, from conception to natural death, then all of us are potential victims if we fall out of favor with a ruling elite."
-- Cal Thomas

"At the heart of the controversy in these cases are those recurring pregnancies that pose no danger whatever to the life or health of the mother but are nevertheless unwanted for any one or more of a variety of reasons - convenience, family planning, economics, dislike of children, embarrassment of illegitimacy, etc. I find nothing in the language or history of the Constitution to support the Court's judgment. The Court simply fashions and announces a new constitutional right for pregnant mothers and, with scarcely any reason or authority for its action, invests that right with sufficient substance to override most existing state abortion statutes. As an exercise of raw judicial power, the Court perhaps has authority to do what it does today; but, in my view, its judgment is an improvident and extravagant exercise of the power of judicial review." -- Justice Byron White, dissenting opinion in Roe v. Wade, The U.S. Supreme Court (January, 1973)
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Trisha G. says:

Why would you use this space to promote your personal agenda?

I find your comments to be bilious and offensive. And rude. Very rude.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

ambrosialove says:

Beautiful portrait and a great statement!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

petr19710 says:

I think,that image is whole storie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!
Well captured image!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PP
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Freedom11 says:

Great shot & an even Greater choice...
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

TMink says:

Glad your mom made a good choice.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Lily Zaine says:

Very visual

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Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

wingpig says:

Good point well made.

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Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

topupmumstea says:

Am I naive or something?

When I saw this image and read the message, I didn't connect it with abortion at all.

The connection I made was about choosing partners and choosing to produce a child ie deciding to have a child together.

If I'm naive, then i'm glad I am. I don't like the idea of abortion but I don't wish to push any aspect of pro or con in other people's faces.

No maybe I'm not naive - maybe I just saw the positive in the image and marknicodema saw the negative.

Anyway It's a fine image and very well executed.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

cutekayla922 says:

wow touching...
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

More Than Carbon says:

I love it. I love the message. I'm glad to have a choice, and I'm sorry that you are recieving so many negative comments for a beautiful piece.

It's very simple, but simplicity gets the message across much better. You focus on the idea instead of the setting.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Monty Leman says:

I like the picture - the message, the composition - but I have one technical suggestion to make: I think it would be better if the flash had been further from the lens axis. The hard black shadow around the faces is a little jarring, IMHO.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

warpedme says:

VERY powerful image. I love the message and the way it is conveyed.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

ch173_p3pp3r says:

So pretty in pregnancy :-)
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Fla Barbieri (Cokin Girl) says:

Touch message...

I loved.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

slight clutter says:

Such an interestingly evocative image. Creative and well-composed.
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

bigpappatrader says:

At what age do you tell your child "I thought about killing you while you were still in my womb"?
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

djmackool says:

Love it!
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

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stunning, great photo !!

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Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Roser UF <severely overwhelmed> says:

Great image and great message too, and a very big truth!

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Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Jacob E H says:

Awesome pic
Even better message.

To the naysayers: If you don't like it, fine, just don't degrade it.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

ashleynicolesmith photography says:

To be honest, I'm not for abortion at all, but I think that this image is absolutely gorgeous. You're taking a stand on something you believe and no matter what that something is, it's beautiful you're doing it. You expressed your opinion in an amazing way. Great job! :)
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

ddbfrog says:

Just saw this--& I'd like to say that advocating choice doesn't automatically mean you advocate abortion--there is such a thing as birth control. I love the image & the message.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

[LZdR] from le pays des rillettes says:

Very very interesting shot, i like the way you communicate what you think :-)

Nevermind the USA naysayers
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

zero7068 says:

Your photo says more than anyone's words ever could. Well done.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

lofashofa says:

this is a disgusting message...you do realize you're advocating for murder?
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Elza Drachen says:

Regardless of the message, the artist wanted to convey this is a lovely piece. We are all here to view art, not debate whether abortion is right or wrong. It is foolish to even argue abortion here (you people know who you are). If you do not enjoy the photo keep it moving. Leave constructive criticism, not your feelings.

"If you don't like it, fine, just don't degrade it" - Jacob E H
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

G.Benard says:

really amazing concept!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

.moinonplus. says:

brilliant :)
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Shade of Dawn says:

Advocating choice is never advocating murder. I wish that people have the choice to murder or not murder, to steal or not steal, to think or not think, to believe or not believe, but i do not agree with every choice made by every person. Its the act of choice that i believe in and i just hope that they are able to make the better (or best) choice.

About the picture:

I like the fading out of the image. How old is the guy? He looks maybe 15? Also, the colouration of the stomach of the pregnant woman seems a little different than the rest of her body which makes it look like its fake. As a criticism i think the guy''s head is too turned too much, as the light really highlights his strong nose and i find it attention grabbing. Guess there really isnt much you could have done about that heh. Aside from that i like the image and it clearly sparks a lot of controversy.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

saturday sun says:

You are showing that a picture can say even more than 1000 words. An important message in a creative and great manner!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

PhotoJennyk [deleted] says:

i seem to be way off in my initial interpretation of this. i thought it was VERY powerful that this was written on his back. i believed it to be about the father having a say in the matter of the child. i guess i thought it ran against the whole saying of "her body, her choice". just thought i'd put that out there.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

bleeding_spiders says:

I think it means different things to different people. If you think positively you realize that the image is powerful and find your own interpretation. If you are negative and wrapped up in constant argument then you will see something else. We can guess what the photographer meant but there is ALWAYS a chance that we are wrong no matter how "obvious" the meaning seems. I won't put my opinion on abortion but I will say that my interpretation of the message is both beautiful and powerful. She is beautiful in pregnancy. Congratulations to all parties involved and I do agree with JDWnyc. The shadow is a bit unsettling but overall good job as far as I'm concerned.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

minkz ★ says:

wonderful statement, and really well done.
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Michelle | M. Dash says:

Genius.
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rosewithoutathorn84 says:

Great message!
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