Comments on: The Coat Hanger Project nuances abortion debate http://yaleherald.com/arts/the-coat-hanger-project-nuances-abortion-debate/ Yale's most daring publication since 1987 Wed, 16 May 2012 05:36:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Farhan http://yaleherald.com/arts/the-coat-hanger-project-nuances-abortion-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-1619 Farhan Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:40:20 +0000 http://yaleherald.com/?p=2952#comment-1619 The way people view "The Coat Hanger Project" is perfect testimony of the conditional human eye, because when looked at by face-value the project looks like a radical-left-wing political experiment directed by a lesbian who uses cliched social and political antics. But when you study Young's motives, you begin to realize that she is a woman with one mouth who is trying to speak for the thousands of women who are too afraid to speak for themselves. I found this documentary to be particulary effective because its theme is built not just around the phrase "women's rights", but also "women's safety", shocking the audience with its information about the botched abortions and the many women who died before the legalization in '73. I have always believed that the fetus is a dependant collective part of the woman, and that until the umbilical chord is cut, the woman shall do as she pleases with her fetus; so, in the best interest of women's rights, all abortions, including partial-birth should be legalized, unconditionally. However, that ideology is pro-abortion. I appreciate the fact that the documentary is prochoice rather than pro-abortion, because it revolves around human (woman) rights and is inspired by the beliefs of the late suffragist Susan B Anthony, in lieu of being a cruel production about world population maintenance. Great article! The way people view “The Coat Hanger Project” is perfect testimony of the conditional human eye, because when looked at by face-value the project looks like a radical-left-wing political experiment directed by a lesbian who uses cliched social and political antics. But when you study Young’s motives, you begin to realize that she is a woman with one mouth who is trying to speak for the thousands of women who are too afraid to speak for themselves.

I found this documentary to be particulary effective because its theme is built not just around the phrase “women’s rights”, but also “women’s safety”, shocking the audience with its information about the botched abortions and the many women who died before the legalization in ’73.

I have always believed that the fetus is a dependant collective part of the woman, and that until the umbilical chord is cut, the woman shall do as she pleases with her fetus; so, in the best interest of women’s rights, all abortions, including partial-birth should be legalized, unconditionally. However, that ideology is pro-abortion.

I appreciate the fact that the documentary is prochoice rather than pro-abortion, because it revolves around human (woman) rights and is inspired by the beliefs of the late suffragist Susan B Anthony, in lieu of being a cruel production about world population maintenance.

Great article!

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