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The Framing of Secular and/or Liberal Anti-Abortion Groups Through Media…
The Framing of Secular and/or Liberal Anti-Abortion Groups Through Media
ABORTION DEBATE
ABORTION RIGHTS (PRO-CHOICE) MOVEMENT:
Supports the view that all women should have the legal right to elective abortions; advocates for the maintenance of total legality of abortion and easier accessibility of it
RHETORIC:
All women should have the free choice in dictating their own pregnancy options —> focusing on women’s rights
NOTICE USE OF LANGUAGE— both frame their arguments without the usage of “abortion”; rather each movement focuses on human life as the basis for their arguments
“Because the politics is such an important part of an organization’s appeal to its members, and because the political environment is not stable, organizations that survive reposition themselves politically in order to maintain apparent relevance. This doesn’t mean abandoning long-term goals, but it does mean displaying sensitivity to shift in political circumstances ” (Meyer 89).
"Human rights" will always hold salience in the political sphere to remain relevant to the public
ANTI-ABORTION (PRO-LIFE) MOVEMENT:
Opposes all forms of abortion and thus supports its legal prohibition and restriction
RHETORIC:
Human life begins at conception and thus the human zygote is a person and therefore has a right to life
COALITION/SUBGROUPS (EX. NEW WAVE FEMINISTS)
“A coalition includes a range of groups that bring with them different constituencies, analyses, tactical capabilities, and resources to cooperate on some piece of a political agenda” (Meyer 96)
“As the range and number of groups endorsing a movement and as the amount of resources within those groups top out, groups will find ways to define themselves apart from the larger movement — in other words, to differentiate” (Meyer 100)
These coalitions steer away from the larger movement in the way that they don't appeal to its main audience and associations (Republican Party and Catholic Church). Rather these subgroups share a similar stance: they support the criminalization of abortion but without holding the image of the mainstream anti-abortion movement as they are more liberal and feminist leaning and/or secular
NEW WAVE FEMINISTS:
Claim that “they don’t work to make abortion illegal. We work to make it unthinkable and unnecessary. And we do that by getting to the root of the need for it”
WOMEN’S RIGHTS FRAMING:
Interestingly enough, the larger Pro Choice movement and New Wave Feminsts share the same framing by using women’s rights as the core of each of their arguments
HOW THIS FRAMING WORKS :
FRAMING AND USE OF MEDIA AS TACTIC
“And a tactic sends a message to bystanders about a group’s concerns, intentions, and worthiness” (Meyer 114).
“Badass. Prolife. Feminists.” —> website exhibits a modern, colorful, young, “hip” vibe that becomes attractive to bystanders and thus potential supporters.
New Wave Feminsts frame their stance in a way that connects to a more expansive audience.
“…gives potential members a place to join in and provide additional access points to government. As a movement grows in power, more groups find incentives to join in, to use the bright light of a successful mobilization to bring attention to themselves and their cses” (Meyer 96)
Their framing consists of being “woman-oreinted” and “pro-women” by arguing that abortion is a form of violence committed against women done by patriarchal institutions. In doing so, they have framed pro-choice groups, as being anti-women since they condone these forms of violence unto women. Additionally, they have framed them as instilling the patriarchal hierarchy in which women cannot find support in masculine spaces and thus opt out to accessing abortions