SPUC Disappointed after Previewing TV Program “My Foetus” on Abortion

LONDON, April 15, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – UK’s Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has expressed disappointment and concern after seeing a preview of the Channel Four program airing a taped abortion, My Foetus, which is to be screened on Tuesday. SPUC has challenged Channel Four to give the complete picture of the issue and to represent the pro-life side fully and fairly.  Eileen Brydon of SPUC’s north-east England office said in a SPUC press release today, “This documentary purports to lift the veil of secrecy about abortion yet the subject will remain obscure after people have seen it. Although some people from the anti-abortion side were featured, this was principally an attempt to make abortion seem easy, normal and good.”“There were some good photographs of unborn children but many of the images consisted of brief flashes of the giant pictures of aborted children which some American campaigners display on lorries over there. The UK situation wasn’t properly represented.”“The abortion which viewers will see was a very early one, which is unusual. The message was that this was a quick and easy operation, yet nothing was mentioned of all the possible psychological or physical effects, some of them long-term, on women of having abortions at any stage.”“Also, the program-makers may have chosen such an early abortion so that the child who was shown was perhaps less recognizable than an older one. Many abortions are carried out later in the pregnancy and images of those children are even more convincing evidence of their humanity.”“The British pro-life movement has a small presence in the film but it tends to be seen from far off. The American scene is given disproportionate prominence and much of the rest of the program is an attempt to sanitize what is essentially the taking of young,  helpless, innocent life.”“In concluding the program”, Ms Black said “there were no more secrets on the subject. This is tragically not the case and the film could well simply serve to make abortion seem respectable. This is particularly irresponsible, given the psychological trauma which women can go through after abortion, as well as the inevitable loss of the child’s life.”“Pro-life people need to challenge the program-makers to get to grips with this issue. Our arguments were inadequately gathered and represented. We ask to be heard and for a full portrayal of the humanity of the unborn child and the harm caused to women by abortion.”  Read related LifeSiteNews.com coverage: “UK Channel 4 TV to Air Suction Abortion in Documentary Titled ‘My Foetus,’” at: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/apr/04040502.html