(Public Domain Image found at Wikimedia Commons)
I came across this Russian anti-abortion poster from 1925, and thought it was pretty striking. The text translates to: "Abortions performed by either trained or self-taught midwives not only maim the woman, they also often lead to death." It shows a woman talking with a midwife, then a woman in a hospital, and then a coffin being lowered into a grave with mourners looking on. What struck me about the image is that the argument is essentially that abortions are bad because they endanger the lives of the women who get them. The pathetic appeal depends on the viewer's sense of identification with the woman.
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