A Nigerian obstetrician once asked me why I didn't—as he did in his campaigning work—display photographs of haemorrhaging teenage girls, perforated uteri, and prolapsed bowels: the images from the front-line of his daily battle against death from unsafe abortion. In high-income countries with permissive legal regimes and fairly easy access to safe abortion services, people are protected from the bloody consequences of illegal abortion. It has been an easy badge of honour for pro-choice advocates that we draw on research and avoid mirroring the inflammatory language and graphic imagery used by some anti-abortion groups.
Original Article: [Perspectives] Abortion narratives: moving from statistics to stories