Abortion as "art" - Yale senior stoops to a new low

I doubt her parents will stick this to their fridge… a senior art major at Yale University artifically inseminated herself many times over nine months and will exhibit collections of blood and video in her "art display." Read it yourself…

Art major Aliza Shvarts ’08 wants to make a statement. Beginning next Tuesday, Shvarts will be displaying her senior art project, a documentation of a nine-month process during which she artificially inseminated herself “as often as possible” while periodically taking abortifacient drugs to induce miscarriages. Her exhibition will feature video recordings of these forced miscarriages as well as preserved collections of the blood from the process. The goal in creating the art exhibition, Shvarts said, was to spark conversation and debate on the relationship between art and the human body. But her project has already provoked more than just debate, inciting, for instance, outcry at a forum for fellow senior art majors held last week. And when told about Shvarts’ project, students on both ends of the abortion debate have expressed shock — saying the project does everything from violate moral code to trivialize abortion.

First off, let's quit playing games with the terminology- a "forced miscarriage" is an ABORTION. The dictionary says an abortion is the premature termination of a pregancy.

Second, is anyone else thinking about the effects of this "art project" on this gal's future ability to have children?  Oh, pardon me, I forgot… there are no ill-effects of abortion for the woman. Right.

Next question… don't "professors" have to approve "projects?" How does this sneak by? This ought to be deeply, deeply embarrassing to Yale and heads ought to roll in the "art" department. Of course, that won't happen.  This story is all over the blogosphere today.  I thought this comment was well said: "The fundamentalist church of Mormons that was in the news recently isn’t the only creepy cult brainwashing children with sexualized absurdity. You can add Yale’s art department to that list."

As warped and wicked as all this is, the bigger picture that is unfolding in America, is that what is really in the womb is in the process of being unveiled society-wide - 4D sonograms obviously showing the beauty of developing human life. American society is in the process of aborting abortion. Maybe staring at something this depraved will usher the masses into a moment of clarity about how frivilous the abortion industry is with regard to the sacredness of human life.

Now let's talk art - every human life is uniquely designed by the Artist of Artists!  We are each the handiwork of a Master. People are beautiful (living people that is - the beauty leaves the moment the life leaves). People at whatever stage of development are beautiful because they are categorically different than anything else that breathes. Here's why… people are made in the image of God. This poor soul at Yale is destroying the image of God and putting it on display at "art."

This is the "can of worms" abortion-on-demand has opened up.  Here's a challenge to the pro–aborts…

Kristan Hawkins, executive director of Students for Life of America, has issued a challenge to the major pro-abortion groups: “I call on Planned Parenthood, NARAL, NOW and all other so-called pro-choice groups to condemn this. Abortion should never be trivialized as a matter of ‘art.’”

It will be hard for them to do that, as these groups have been saying for decades that women should be able to have abortions for any reason at all.  Here are a couple of great comments from over at Jill Stanek's blog. 

From Janet: I suggest someone "accidently misplace" this wonderful art piece. Then give it a proper burial. From Sandy: I wonder how tolerated it would be for a pro-life student to exhibit photos of aborted babies and and play abortion videos made available on the internet.

Final thought - what do you do with a girl like this? Love her? Shun her? Ignore her? Invite her on Larry King?