College prof demo: 500 “murdered” balloons for 50 million aborted children
Tarrant County College is TX’s 6th largest college or university, located in Ft. Worth.
I was previously unaware of Dada Day , aka Day de Dada, but from what I can gather it is usually held April 1 and is a performance art gathering where “poets, painters, filmmakers, and performers join[ ] forces to challenge conventions of society and art,” according to La Pittura.
That helps me better understand the nature of Professor Eduardo Aguilar Dada Day interactive art performance, according to the Tarrant school newspaper, The Collegian:
[He] began inflating balloons early that morning and… attached labels identifying which balloons represented which [endangered] wildflower….
Aguilar explained his interactive performance.
“The next step is to liberate the air from the balloons. This will be done to the tune of… Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture.”
When all 500 balloons were inflated, the students, faculty and staff present were handed toothpicks….
Aguilar instructed participants to “murder” all of them, pick up the pieces and deposit them in a see-through plastic box he referred to as a sarcophagus.
“The dead balloons are going into this sarcophagus. As you can see, some of them have already died by natural cause. The other ones, we are going to murder,” he said….
As the music played, members of the audience popped balloons until all were deflated.
Then Aguilar pulled a bait and switch:
He then revealed the pro-life nature of his interactive piece.
“These 500 balloons… represent the 50 million unborn babies that have been murdered in the USA since Roe v. Wade in 1973,” he said. “If you are 36 years old and younger, you can thank your mother for choosing life. Abortions… [are] performed… one every 23 seconds.
“Abortion is the most common surgery in America. The Supreme Court… awarded legal protection to this evil. Worse yet, it is called a constitutional right even though it is nowhere to be found in the Constitution. And it is clearly wrong. Sadly, for abortionists, it has become a license to kill.”
Cool.
Of course, pro-aborts who unwittingly participated in the balloon “murders” have complained to the administration. They were fine with paying homage to endangered wildflowers but not endangered children.
Aguilar has informed the administration he wants his “500 Murdered Balloons” to be made a permanent part of Tarrant’s art display. Good for him.
I am reminded of Yale art student Aliza Shvarts’ abortion art display only a year ago, a tad grosser: 9 months of self-abortions wrapped in cellophane.
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Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
Yet another poignant and powerful reminder of this heartbreaking “statistic.” Good for him, having the courage to do that.
Wow. Powerful.
My daughter points out how well thought out that is, and yet so easy to convey, because the balloons once popped cannot be repaired or re-inflated.
What would that look like during the March for Life, if everyone carried a red balloon? Then popped them at the same time?
How dare they become angry. This is meaningfull at several levels. How many abortions follow a condom failure? How many get a lifetime gift of std’s that can not be reversed?
The pro deather camp brings shame to America.
Brilliant way to memorialize the unborn victims of Roe. I applaud this man’s vision, and courage.
BRAVO!!
Three cheers for a professor willing to buck the PC
police.
Amplify the fruits of his labors, Lord.
Wow. Powerful.
How do you know the number is 50 million.I’m positive this is just an inflated statistic manufactured by the anti-choice movement.
And do you really think that we’d have 50 million more people today in America had never been decided by the Supreme court?
First of all, abortion was already legal in some states before 1973. And do you really think that women would not have had any abortions ? Or that none of the pregnancies would have ended in miscarriage,or none of the children who MIGHT have been born would not have died in infancy for a variety opf reasons,including poverty?
How can you be so naive as to think this?
Let’s face it,there still would have been an enormous number of abortions without Roev Wade,
and a lot more women would have died of illegal ones,or have been seriously hurt. The number of those who died after Roe v Wade has been miniscule.
And any one can die in any medical procedure.
People die all the time during heart or other surgeries and medical procedures every day, when doctors botch things. Should we make all these
sgeries illegal because of this?
And do you really think that abortion will”end” if we make it illegal again? In fact,the number of abortions could increase markedly.
And ironically,under the hated monster obama,the abortion rate could decrease markedly.
I meant to say”Had Roev Wade never been decided”.
Robert, we know the number because abortion statistics are reported. The numbers of abortions performed prior to Roe were the completely manufactured numbers. Dr. Bernard Nathanson admited to lying about both the numbers of abortions and the numbers of fatalities from these abortions to garner public support for abortion. He also manufactured “studies” that showed the American people supported abortion, even though no such studies existed.
More people died following an abortion in the year prior to Roe than they year following Roe.
Please, get your facts straight before coming here and spewing nonsense, Robert.
Robert,
“And do you really think that abortion will”end” if we make it illegal again?”
How many times have we answered this question? No, we do not think it will end, just like rape, murder, auto theft, and bank robbery have not ended since it was made illegal.
“Or that none of the pregnancies would have ended in miscarriage,or none of the children who MIGHT have been born would not have died in infancy for a variety opf reasons,including poverty?”
That’s a good point. It’s a good thing we killed them earlier and just alleviated the middle man.
“And ironically,under the hated monster obama,the abortion rate could decrease markedly. ”
Would this be a good thing? If so, why?
Robert,
The number of women who died in abortion in the year 1972 before Roe V Wade was 39!!!! 39!!!!!
There was a high of 388 deaths in 1948, in 1966 there were 120 maternal deaths.
Bernard Nathanson and NARAL fabricated the numbers of 5,000-10,000 deaths a year. A “nice, round, shocking figure.”
Please go to Cemetary of Choice and be saddened and sickened by how many women have died by safe and rare abortion.
http://www.realchoice.0catch.com/library/deaths/bldeaths.htm
“Abortion is the most common surgery in America.”
This statement makes my stomach turn. Every American should be made aware of this fact.
If abortion is the most common surgery in America, it is EPIDEMIC and needs attention NOW.
How can so-called caring, GOOD DOCTORS around the country (and the world, for that matter) basically IGNORE ABORTIONS?
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May God bless Eduardo Aguilar for his courage. Dios te bendiga!
Robert,
Is poverty worse than death?
I want that professor…
He has such a artistic and powerful way of expressing his opinions. And the seeds remind me of the need to keep up the hope.
An excellent way to lift my spirits (since I am currently home sick) and anyone else’s spirits- sick or not- I believe. :). Good for him.
Vannah,
He sure is a special one. I hope this professor continues to promote LIFE. Sorry to hear you are homesick :( Can you make a trip back home in the near future?
Have a good day!
Oh, thanks for your kindness, Janet. I think that I made a mistake though: I’m home sick with the flu (well, I think that it’s the flu).
I agree with you. He ought to continue promoting life and equal rights. Have a nice day, too. :).
Oops! My fault. It’s easy to misinterpret the written word, isn’t it? :)
Vannah, I’m sorry you aren’t feeling well!
“And do you really think that women would not have had any abortions ? Or that none of the pregnancies would have ended in miscarriage,or none of the children who MIGHT have been born would not have died in infancy for a variety opf reasons,including poverty?”
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We don’t know what MIGHT have happened, Robert…but with abortion we are already SURE that whatever MIGHT happen will NOT happen.
Give life (any life-from the very young to the very old) a chance.
WITH LIFE…THERE IS HOPE. That’s what I’m fighting for.
Thanks, Janet. :).
I loved what you said RSD. Very well stated.
Thanks, Vannah…get well soon.
It’s you anti-choicers who have your facts wrong,not me. And you should not believe that anti-choice fanatic Bernard Nathanson. His statistics are highly skewed and biased.
Only 39 women died from abortions before Roev Wade? How can you believe this nonsense?
You’re all in denial about the truth about abortion. None of you realizes how terrible things would be if America made abortion illegal again,especially with all the poverty and the failure of republican politicians to help the poor.
Making abortion illegal again here would only worsen the already deadly vicious cycle of poverty,unemployment in crime which is a major cause of abortions today in America.
And I have yet to hear any anti-choice person offer one shred of proof that abortion is”murder”. Unfortunate,yes,but murder? Come on.
Yes, being aborted is far preferable to being doomed to al life of poverty and helplessness.
And unless we do more to alleviate poverty in America, abortion will continue to be common.
Let’s face it; the REAL culture of death is the nati-choice movement and politicians who support it. You can’t be pro-life unless you are pro-choice.It’s that simple.
That should read anti-choice,notnati-choice.Finger slip. Excuse me.
Robert,
“And you should not believe that anti-choice fanatic Bernard Nathanson. His statistics are highly skewed and biased. Only 39 women died from abortions before Roev Wade? How can you believe this nonsense?”
What reason do we have to believe you? What facts and figures have you provided us? You just assume Nathanson is wrong because he is “anti-choice.” Without looking at any evidence he offers, you simply blow him off because of his position. This is an ad hominum, very much akin to whenever Jill posts some work by David Reardon and the only pro-choice response we get is
“Doctor? Doctor David Reardon? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA LOLOLOLOLOLOL HAHAHAHAHA!”
I have no idea if his PhD is legit or not, but for the most part, his claims, like Nathansons, are simply blown off because of who he is, not what he has to say.
“And I have yet to hear any anti-choice person offer one shred of proof that abortion is”murder”.”
You could not possibly be listening to us. OK. Let’s try this. Scientifically speaking, the embryo is a human being. We all began life as an embryo. Directly and willfully killing an innocent human being is murder. Every abortion directly and willfully kills an innocent human being. Therefore, abortion is murder. The burden of proof is on you to show that not every human being is a human person or that a woman has a fundamental right to bodily ownership which allows for directly and willfully killing an innocent human being. So let’s start there.
Mr. Berger,
Here is an learning exercise for you. Go to your local library and look up the state statute that deals with ‘homicide’.
Then look up the statute that deals with abortion. Somewhere it will deal with evidence of life and evidence of death.
Some where within the definition of abortion you will find the intent of the procedure, ie, to produce other than a live birth.
You are intelligent to put two and two toether.
You are also intelligent if to avoid the obvious.
yor bro ken
The statistic that 39 women died of illegal abortions in America in 1972 originates from the National Center for Health Statistics, not Bernard Nathanson, the former leader of NARAL who later had a change of heart. There is no evidence to suggest that thousands of women were dying of illegal abortions annually in the years leading up to Roe v. Wade, nor did Roe v. Wade decrease the number of abortions.
Christina, if you’re out there reading this, would you be so kind as to grace Mr. Berger with your statistics and their sources on illegal and legal abortion deaths?
I’ll oblige you, Rachael, but only for the lurkers. Don’t think that it’ll do anything to budge Robert from his “Legalized abortion is the greatest boon to humanity of all kind” drum banging.
The vast majority of illegal abortions were performed by physicians — thus said both researcher Nancy Howell Lee, and then-Medical Director of PPFA, Mary Calderone.
My research on abortion mortality is summed up here. In a nutshell — abortion mortality fell steadily through the entire 20th Century, except for a brief and (to me) inexplicable upswing in the 1950s. Legalization didn’t even make a blip. Unless you count the brief upswing after limited legalization in the late 1960s.
Here’s one to chew on: More viable infants (babies that could survive outside the womb if given medical care) are born alive and left to die annually now than the number of women dying from abortions prior to legalization. In fact, you’d have to go back to the 1950s to get as many women dying as there are viable babies born and left to die today.
Why is it that those babies are statistically insignificant, not worth worrying about, not representative of how abortion is practiced — but when 10% of that number of women were dying from abortions, that was MAJORLY SIGNIFICANT, to the point where we had to totally change just EVERYTHING to address it?
(Which, by the way, we addressed by no longer punishing the people involved in the women’s deaths. Thanks for nothing!)
Christina, might I ask you for your source on born alive infants? If it was in one of those 2 links you provided, I missed it.
Much appreciated, Christina :) Robert and lurkers, for charts and statistics on legal and illegal abortions with citations from non-prolife sources such as the CDC, National Institute of Health, Alan Guttmacher Institute, etc. visit Christina’s blog. She’s done extensive research for over 20 years and has a medical background.
Thank you for the info. Christina. It’s bookmarked! :)