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Graphic images and the First Amendment

Police, Georgia Southern stand by rights of anti-abortion group

Georgia Southern University student Cris "CQ" Gullatt, 20, of Douglasville, left, engages in conversation with Jonathan Veldhuyzen of the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform about its Genocide Awareness Project on campus Friday. The project displays graphic photographs of aborted fetuses to confront the public about abortion and persuade others that abortion is the equivalent of genocide.

W 031315 GRAPHIC PICS 02 — Georgia Southern University student Cris "CQ" Gullatt, 20, of Douglasville, left, engages in conversation with Jonathan Veldhuyzen of the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform about its Genocide Awareness Project on campus Friday. The project displays graphic photographs of aborted fetuses to confront the public about abortion and persuade others that abortion is the equivalent of genocide.

Photographs have the power to make us smile, laugh and remember the times of our lives. They also have the power to challenge our assertions and confront our worst fears. And, sometimes, they have the power to offend our sensibilities and taste.

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