SOUTH AFRICA: CALL TO STOP ILLEGAL ABORTION ADVERTISEMENTS

 

SOUTH AFRICA: CALL TO STOP ILLEGAL ABORTION ADVERTISEMENTS

 

Abortion advertisement South Africa. Name and telephone number 

erased from photograph 

SOUTH AFRICA: A PROLIFERATION OF ILLEGAL POSTERS (ADVERTISING) AND  UNSIGHTLY GUERILLA STYLE ADVERTS ARE STUCK ON ALL SORTS OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, WRITES DIRECTOR JUSTIN JONES. [1] Numbers of advertisements advertise the sale of quick abortions. 

Preying on the poor, desperate and marginalised

Director Jones notes that "you cannot drive anywhere in a South African city these days without seeing illegal posters selling prophets, potions . . . Then there are the also the ones that are selling things like "quick abortions" ... which are inevitably done by unlicensed practitioners in unsafe conditions. "

"When the various posters are analysed, it becomes noticeably clear as to why the originator or owner uses the illegal (guerilla type) approach to advertise.

The practices they are advertising are normally illegal, and they are preying on the poor, the desperate and the marginalised." [1]

Ask citizens to stop this illegal practice

Director Jones proposes to make this a public issue that gets brought to the attention of the cellphone companies via the press and ask citizens to participate to stop this illegal practice.

"All the cellphone companies will have their ESG (environmental, society and governance) claims and should have ESG metrics, which are meaningless if they aid and abet such gross violations, such as illegal posters, stickers, and outdoor advertising.

Each illegal poster has a cellphone number for unsuspecting people to call, so the plan is to invite citizens to send a photo of any illegal poster, stuck on public infrastructure near them, to a shared number for the respective cellphone company to de-activate the cellphone number from service.

This way the perpetrators would think twice before going to the length of printing posters and sticking them on public infrastructure, which is against the city's by-laws..."

Director Jones posits that  "various cellphone companies can make the necessary facility and resources available to effectuate the deactivation of the cellphone numbers of the many illegal posters as these get sent daily to the various cellphone companies  for the cell-phone numbers displayed on the posters to be permanently removed from the cellphone network." Director Jones considers that eventually the message will get through that those who transgress will be wasting money by printing and sticking illegal posters in public. 

Possible SCI project

Director Jones believes this could be a CSI (corporate social investment) project that assists all South African cities restore the value of the public realm and deliver the goods that come from such a CSI project.

Illegal abortions carry dangers

Many in South Africa recount events regarding young girls and women who suffer injury or death after illegal abortions. Devastated parents deal with resultant  trauma or funerals of their beloved daughters. Families are left bereft of mothers, aunts, sisters, daughters. Orphaned families struggle along after their breadwinner has died after an illegal abortion. 

Illegal abortion advertisements

South Africans are faced daily with illegal abortion advertising and the provider telephone number placed on areas such as street lamps and public infrastructure. 

The question which faces the person on the street is: what can be done about the proliferation of illegal abortion advertisements which appear to flourish throughout the country? Director Jones has proposed an avenue to deal with such illegal advertisements.

IN THE SPIRIT OF LUMIERE, IS THERE 

ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP?

Life is sacred.

[1] The Citizen. Justin Jones. Think Piece, Wednesday 9 March 2022.  "Litmus test for councils. Outdoor adverts: need for purposeful use of public space." Page 9

With thanks to The Citizen

UNITED STATES: ROE V WADE OVERTURNED

 

UNITED STATES: ROE V WADE OVERTURNED

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: THE SUPREME COURT HAS OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE, WITH A 6-3 MAJORITY RULING IN THE DOBBS CASE THAT 'THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT CONFER A RIGHT TO ABORTION," ALLEGED NEWS. [1] “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled. The Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion. Roe and Casey arrogated that authority. We now overrule those decisions and return that authority to the people and their elected representatives,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the majority; Alleged News. [1]

No right to abortion

“The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision, including the one on which the defenders of Roe and Casey now chiefly rely—the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment,” Justice Alito continued. “That provision has been held to guarantee some rights that are not mentioned in the Constitution, but any such right must be ‘deeply rooted in this Nation’s history and tradition’ and ‘implicit in the concept of ordered liberty,’” Alleged News. [1]

Dobbs upheld

Justices ruled to uphold Dobbs, which limits abortion to 15-weeks in Mississippi, thus effectively overturning Roe v. Wade. This action has returned abortion law to the states, Alleged News. [1]

“Abortion presents a profound moral question. The Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion. Roe and Casey arrogated that authority. We now overrule those decisions and return that authority to the people and their elected representatives,” Justice Alito wrote, Alleged News. [1]

Roe egregiously wrong

“Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences,” Justice Alito wrote. “And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division,” Alleged News. [1]

Roe responsible for over 60 million deaths

Pro-life groups welcomed the decision, including Ms Kim Schwartz of Texas Right to Life, Alleged News. [1]

“After nearly 50 years, Roe has been responsible for the deaths of over 60 million preborn American children. Today, the Supreme Court has finally overturned the grievous error of Roe v. Wade that has cost so many precious lives,” Ms Schwartz said, Alleged News. “Now, the abortion question will return to the states, authorizing state governments to set their own laws without being suffocated by federal courts,” Alleged News. [1]

[1]  Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade: "Constitution does not confer right to abortion," Alleged News

https://www.lifenews.com/2022/06/24/supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade-constitution-does-not-confer-right-to-abortion/

With thanks to lifenews.com