United Colors of Benetton Controversial Advertising Campaign

United colourise of Benetton Controversial Advertising CampaignMOHAMED RAFIQUE BIN RAMLANThe United Colors of Benetton Controversial Advertising CampaignsAn Analysis on Power of Determining the Meaning of Media TextThe need to effectively sell to consumers doneout many cultures across human borders compelled businesses to tailor their diagnoseising strategies to appeal to different geographic markets. The United Colors of Benetton however, has been employing the opposite strategy by trying to impart a single, what the brand perceive to be universally accepted message that would generate positive responses from all consumers regardless of their geographical, sociological, psychological, cultural, and economical make-up. Ironically, historically speaking, the brands raise ups, which had a reputation of universe controversial despite claimed as an suit to promote universally positive cheers pay back consistently sparked negative responses from their audiences (Boches, 2011). T he reason for this disconnection between the anticipate results and actual outcomes is that the draws depicted perceivably negative images so explicitly that they ended up misleading the audiences away from the brands well- mean center.According to Hall, the app arent meaning (how the meaning is ultimately perceived by the audience, regardless whether it aligned with the intended meaning) of a media schoolbook is not solely inherent in the textual matter itself nor the institution responsible for(p) for its production. It varies according to the interpretations of its audiences. It highly correlates with and dependent on the audiences cultural place setting, economic standing and personal experiences, and everything else the audiences had already identified and acknowledged (Hall, 1973). Hall added that the audiences are capable and much do distort the messages themselves through collective action, whether consciously or subconsciously. Thus, the audiences effectively becam e active agent participants in decoding media texts messages as they impose their own social scope in their interpretations. Thus, the thesis of this essay is that the power to determine the meaning of a media text lies primarily with the audience. This essay analyzes three of the brands campaigns, focusing on the formation work out of audiences perceptions on each campaign, which can be categorised into three different positions as proposed by Stuart Halls model of communication theory.In 1980s, acclaimed lensman Olivero Toscani captured the image for the brands notorious campaign, which the brand claimed to be an effort to raise awareness on social issues pertaining to race and effectively promote the value of racial integration (Elliot, 1991). The print ad for the campaign portrayed a depiction of a (apparently Caucasian) white skinned girl innocently posing side-by-side with a (apparently of African ethnicity) black skinned girl. At face value, this print ad seemed to be just another print ad promoting multi-racial value. With closer inspection, the print advert added to the negative representation of black people in the media. The black skinned girl appeared to be sanely dark and grimy. There is no representation of satisfaction in the life in her face. The eyes giving the expression of emotionless and cold with her insipid stare, half of her appearance hidden by dark shadows with no smile on her face and hair styled with spikes which somewhat resembles a pair of tiny horns. This connotation of obscurity is reflected to the arbitrary meaning with malicious in society. In addition, somewhat societies claimed the looks appeared to be somewhat devilish because they associated darkness with negative appearance. (Moore, 1991) However, the white skinned girl quite apparently enhanced with digital editing appeared to look happy and healthy. Her blond curly haired and a smile underneath her rosy cheeks brands her to look innocence and radiant in person. Thi s resembles her to be styled and edited to look somewhat angelic with her cupid-like look. (Moore, 1991)Especially in the U.S., the promotion of racial integration value from this particular print ad was less apparent in comparison to the stunning outburst created by this print ad by apparently reinforcing negative stereotypes on black skinned people. One might argue that portraying ostensibly negative stereotypes undermines against them rather than reinforces them, but tense racial dynamics in the United States resulted in dominantly negative perception towards the meaning of the print ad.The intended meaning of the print lies at which Hall established as the negotiated position, where the meaning is in a position that compels the audience to both accept and reject the intended meaning. The portrayal of the black skinned girl as explicitly and unnaturally devilish proved to be counter-productive to the intention of the print ad to promote the value of embracing other cultures and ethnicities. To a certain extent, the audience do recognized and acknowledged the intended meaning, but simultaneously resisted and modified the meaning in a way which reflects their own experiences, interests, and biases (Hall, 1980). Hall stated that decoding at bottom the negotiated version contains a mixture of adaptive and oppositional elements while the audiences somehow recognized the abstract estimate behind what they were perceiving, the formation of meaning in their minds operated at a more restricted, situational condition, establishing new rules which ultimately shaped the meaning of the media text.In the 1990s, the controversy ignited by the brands shocking campaign intensified. The brands shift in focus towards more gritty social issues ranging from dying AIDS longanimous to image of blood-smeared clothes (Mezzofiore, 2011) faced not except negative reaction from audiences, but sparked public protests and banned by many governments across the world. The print ad wh ich depicted the blood-smeared clothes of a dead Croatian soldier was intended as a part of a campaign that promotes anti-war effort (Associated Press, 1994). One transmission line which could justify the explicitly gory depiction of the print ad is that it makes for an intense emotional appeal to the consumer, evoking feeling of compassion in them and to perceive the brand as sympathetic and with conscience, ultimately increasing brand appeal and loyalty. Ironically, the German court ruled that the print ad could not be published anywhere in the country on ground that using such intense emotional appeal to sell product is immoral (Walsh, 1995). Many audiences perceived the image as too disturbing to reflect the value of peace the brand claimed to promote and they could not make any sensible connection between print ad and the product the brand is actually selling.In this case, the intended meaning of the campaign was within the oppositional position when channelled through a cult ure medium ready to be perceived by its audiences. One of the prevailing philosophy of the brands advertising strategy was that there are no shocking pictures, only shocking humankind which reflected the brands effort to expose realities that people refuse to see and face. The brands campaign strategy relied on the assumption that the value that it is promoting through this campaign is universally positive, and that it is immune to any interpretations (whether or not they are misleading) formed by the audiences on the basis of their overall make-up. In this oppositional position, the audiences understood only the literal meaning of the image and blinded themselves from the intended meaning. The audience decoded the message and formed interpretation in a way the campaign did not foresee. The audiences sociological make-up has placed the meaning in the oppositional position as to what the meaning was supposed to be. Although some may actually understand the intended meaning, the text of the medium did not speak in the same language as the audiences, thus they ended up rejecting it. (Hall, 1980)After consistently recorded low sales, presumably referable to a string of high-profile yet unpopular ad campaigns (Maguire, 2003), the brand finally employed a drastically different advertising strategy with its Unemployee of the Year campaign in 2012 that addressed the issue of youth unemployment. The campaign was also a contest in which unemployed youths could win EUR 5,000 that they would use to implement a toil that would create a positive impact on their community (Lidbury, 2012). The campaign featured a series of thematically focused print ads which depicted close-ups of youths mated with captions such as Valentina, 30, non-lawyer from Italy. The brand campaign presents a realistic portrait of todays society by actively tackling a current problem, that of youth non-employment and the potential employment between generations, in order to show it in a new light an d create value for the immense human capital of young people. This time, the campaign generated more positive responses in comparison to the previously mentioned campaigns which were perceived as exploitations of social issues that do not attempt to create solutions.In this case, the audiences were located within the dominant point of view where the audiences took the actual meaning of the media text directly and decoded it exactly the way it was encoded. The audience fully shared the text codes and successfully reproduced the texts intended meaning (Hall, 1980). Since the issues of youth unemployment are arguably universal, misunderstanding during interpreting media text did not occur as both the sender and liquidator have the same cultural biases. The sharp turn of strategy made by the brand was evident by criticism that the print ads for the campaign are too boring (Mahdawi, 2012) and did not represent what they have recognized the brand for controversy. However, this criticism was overwhelmed by the overall positive response towards the brands effort to provide solutions to youths unemployment. Marketers predicted that the campaign would help the brand build a lasting relationship with its target consumers.The Reception Theory which focuses on the readers reception of a literary text or media established that the process of negotiation and opposition of meaning take place when the reader is interpreting the text. A text- be it a book, film, or other creative work are interpreted by their respective audiences who are not behaving passively, but acting as active participants in interpreting the meanings of the text (Morley, 2015) based on their individual make-up. In other words, the meaning of a media text is not inherent within the text itself, but is created within the relationship between the media text and the audience. A correct interpretation of the meaning of a specific text could only occur when the audiences have a shared cultural background and interpreted the text the way the manufacturer of the text presumed it would be interpreted. The less shared heritage an audience has with the producer of the media text, the less likely the audience will be able to recognize the producers intended meaning. Two audiences with vastly different cultural, sociological, economical, psychological, and geographical background will extract two very different meanings from the same text. Thus, the power to determine the meaning of a media text lies primarily with the audience.References (Word Count 1638)1. (Fabrica) http//www.seouldesign.or.kr/EBOOK_DATA/pdf/fabrica_seminar.pdf2. Boches, E. (2011) Three shipway to Look at Benetton The Cause, The Creative, The Controversy, Creativity Unbound. Online gettable at http//edwardboches.com/three-ways-to-look-at-benetton-the-cause-the-creative-the-controversy. 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Meeting the Needs of a Dying Patient

Meeting the Needs of a Dying PatientTitle caring for a patient who is dying is an experience most nurses lead plaque at some stage of their career. With reference to patients you have cared for, describe how you were able to meet the needs of dying patients.As a certainty, only of us will have to face death at some stage. Some of us are fortunate enough to be able to do so with caring, validating and empathetic people around us. (Seale C et al. 2003). Nurses must be able to discharge their paid responsibilities in this area with this comment in mind. In this small essay we will explore how a nurse can empathise, understand and assist the patient in dealing with the various issues that arise.We will discuss these issues in relation to one specific case, Mrs G. The case was complex, only when, in essence, it involved a lady who had just been given a terminal diagnosis and entered into a build of complete defence mechanism and overt avoidance behaviour. She would change the sub ject when talking about her health and keep herself almost manically occupied with trivial tasks so as non to have to consider the reality of the situation.Dobrantz (2005) points to the fact that it is well recognised that some patients deal with life crises simply by ignoring them, other will practice session mechanisms of varying degrees of cognitive distortion (CDs), which may range from undue optimism to complete denial (as Mrs.G did).The main nursing dilemma here is should the nurse actively continue Mrs.Gs denial and allow her to see the reality of the situation or is it perhaps kinder to allow her to continue in her state of overt denial. (Dean A. 2002)On starting time analysis, one might take the view that, given the fact that Mrs.G had only a short time left to live, it might be a kindliness to allow her not to confront the psychological pain of anticipating her imminent death. Against this argument is the opinion of a good death. (Cuttini et al. 2003). Many authoriti es (viz. Roy C 1991)that in order for a patient to have a good death, they need time to accept the inevitable and to mentally come to terms with it, answer what preparations they need (financial, practical, religious, personal) so that they can approach it in a calm and considered way. Clearly this cannot be achieved if they are actively entering into a degree of denial about the situation. (The A-M et al. 2000)Demonstrate ability to apply relevant nursing knowledge to individualised patient careThe immediate therapeutic problem to be confronted by the healthcare professionals involved is to decide the degree of collusion with the denial that can be ethically employed. (Sugarman J Sulmasy 2001). To a degree, this is a matter of personal and clinical judgement. Most experienced healthcare professionals would suggest that truth is prevalently the best policy, the degree of truth however, can be a matter of negotiation. (Parker and Lawton 2003).The important concept to embrace in t his type of situation is that of individualised patient care. In order to come to a considered decision, the nurse must carefully consider all the elements of the patients coping mechanisms and assume a holistic approach to the matter. We note that the concept of holistic care can best be depicted with the understanding that the concept of Health is ground on a translation of the Anglo Saxon word for wholeness (or holism). The key to this approach is that it recognises that health has both spiritual and psycho-social elements as well as the overtly physical. (Wright et al 2001)The main elements of managing Mrs.G s case seem to revolve around the ethical concept of autonomy (Coulter A. 2002). unmatched has to make a professional decision whether or not Mrs.G is considered to have the right to make completely autonomous decisions for herself. In many clinical situations (such as consent, for example), the issue of autonomy is virtually inviolate. There are other situations, and we suggest that this is one, where other ethical principles may take precedence. The Principle of Beneficence suggests that the healthcare professional should effectively do goodness or more accurately in these circumstances, as doing what is the best for the patient. (Dordrecht et al. 1983Demonstrate ability to make own judgment and decisions based upon the evaluation of the nursing situation.There are a number of nursing models which could be used to construct a response to this situation. They all assimilate the general nursing scheme of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. (Fawcett J 2005)The Roper, Logan, Tierney model (2000) would be appropriate to assess the activities of daily living in a problem solving manner, but this mathematical process is primarily of use in those situations that are physically orientated and therefore the psychological denial element is not clearly addressed by this model.The Roy Adaptation model (Roy 1991) is certainly more useful in ex plaining the line upive processes that the patient experiences as they come to terms with the illness role. Mrs.G however, did not adapt and, by adopting a strategy of denial, was able to maintain her belief of wellness almost until the end, when her illness in the end forced her into accepting it. In real terms, Mrs.G did not adapt at all.The Johnson Behavioural System model (Wilkerson et al 1996) suits our purposes better as it clearly describes the processes of illness denial, but it doses not combine it with the adaptive processes that eventually over besidesk Mrs.G at the end of her life.Wadenstein (et al. 2003) sums up this type of situation with the conclusion that when there is multifactorial aetiology in a given situation there is rarely one nursing model that will encompass all eventualities.ConclusionsMrs.J.s emotional pain of trying to cope with imminent death was clearly too great for her to assimilate. This must be understood by her medical attendants if she is to h ave a good death (Marks-Moran lift 1996)In order to try to run Mrs.G with the best care that she could have, the clinical staff tried to help Mrs.G towards the realisation that she should confront her own imminent mortality. Unfortunately for all concerned, this proved to be out(predicate) and Mrs.G died about two weeks after her admission, only openly acknowledging the imminence of her death when she became too weak to lift a cup of tea to her mouth on the day before she died. Arguably, when this acceptance came home to her, the nursing staff were actually able to help and support her more than Mrs.G had allowed them to in the preceding two weeks. (Yura H et al. 1998References Coulter A. 2002The autonomous patient.capital of the United Kingdom The Nuffield Trust, 2002.Cuttini, Veronica Casotto, Rodolfo Saracci, and Marcello Orzalesi 2003In search of a good death Health professionals beliefs may undermine effective pain relief pitcher for dying patientsBMJ 2003 327 222.Dean A. 2002 Talking to dying patients of their hopes and needs. Nurs Times. 2002 Oct 22-28 98( 43) 34-5.Dobratz, M 2005Gently Into the Light A Call for the Critical Analysis of End-of-Life Outcomes. 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Health Care, Dec 2003 12 453 457.Roper, Logan and Tierney (2000)Activities of Living model London Churchill Livingstone 2000 ISBN 0443063737Roy C 1991An Adaption model (Notes on the Nursing theories Vol 3)OUP London 1991Seale C, van der Geest S. 2003Good and bad death introduction.Soc Sci Med. 2003. 58 (5) 883885.Sugarman J Sulmasy 2001Methods in Medical EthicsGeorgetown Univeristy Press 2001 ISBN 0878408738The A-M, Hak T, Koeter G, Wal Gvd. 2000Collusion in doctor-patient communication about imminent death an ethnographic study.BMJ 2000 321 1376-1381Wadensten Carlsson 2003Nursing theory views on how to support the process of ageingJ. of Advanced Nursing Volume 42, Number 2, April 2003, pp. 118-124(7)Wilkerson, S. A., Loveland-Cherry, C. J. (1996).Johnsons behavioral system model. In J. J. Fitzpatrick A.L. Whall (Eds.), Conceptual models of nursing Analysis and application (3rd ed., pp. 89-109). Stamford, CT Appleton Lange. 1996Wright S, Sayre-Adams J. 2001consecrated space right relationship in health and healing not just what we do but who we are. In Rankin-Box D, ed. The nurses handbook of complementary therapies. 2nd ed.London Baillire Tindall, 2001.Yura H, Walsh M. 199 8The nursing process. Assessing, planning, implementing, evaluating. 5th edition. Norwalk, CT Appleton Lange, 1998.===============================================================9.5.06 PDG Word count

Inherit the Wind Think Piece :: essays papers

Inherit the Wind Think PieceIn todays society, where angry children shoot, bomb, and threaten their schoolmates, in that respect exists a rather incoherent line between appropriate classroom conversation and unacceptable discussion. True, this line did not exist some years ago, hardly as times changed, so did certain parameters. A teachers freedom in the classroom is one such hotly debated question. Where should the line be drawn? What is the difference between right and wrong? These are questions that are not easily answered. Some say that we should look at each case-by-case incident of indecent or inappropriate discussion, but really, how willing these halt future conversation? In a society where our youth is incredibly impressionable, how will this put an end to the tragedies that have become so terribly regular?Some say that since the community pays teachers salaries, they should be the ones to decide the curriculum. But how will this frustrate incidents like the one portra yed in Inherit the Wind? True, parents should absolutely have a voice in what their children are taught, but is that where the buck moolah? Really, its not. Perhaps it is the best idea that the entire community discussion curriculums, and that means teachers, school board comities, PTAs as well as parents. Through this way, everyone commode discuss what goes into the minds of our leaders of tomorrow. We will get the best of both worlds. On the subject of how much freedom does a teacher possess, that too is up to the community. And when the consideration community is used, that again means everyone teachers, school boards, and parents. Maybe it would be even better if teachers were allowed to discuss things as whole. A subject should be explained in as many ways, from as many view points, as possible. Then students can decide for themselves for themselves what they believe. However, in a time when kids will take most everything literally, and and then take it too an extreme, m aybe this methods is not the best. If this topic were to have been discussed two years ago, perhaps the answer would be different. However, since the tragedy at Columbine lavishly School in Colorado a couple of years ago, parameters have changed, and perhaps tightened.

Indian Economic Movements :: Essays Papers

Indian Economic MovementsNet losses at Tata Engineering Co (Telco) rose to Rs 60.36 crore, even as it struggled to delineate the full commissioning costs of its Rs 1,700 crore passenger car project. Turnover during the quarter was more encouraging, jumping 52 per cent to Rs 2,390 crore on the back of strong wad growth in the medium & heavy commercial vehicles segment and higher passenger car sales. Telco said it expected to break even towards the oddity of the year. Analysts said the Pune-based auto majors margins came under pressure following lower, less-than-anticipated, profitability in the ambitious Indica project, Telcos answer to the assault of world-wide car makers in the domestic commercialise. Margins, they said, will remain under pressure thanks to the competition in the commercial vehicles and car businesses. The relatively-insulated commercial vehicles segment, for instance, will capture Swedish truck major Volvo going into expansion mode and Eicher (a newcomer in this segment) will launch its HCV sometime this year. PRODUCTION of petroleum products has fallen by almost 30 per cent in the last four months following a severe drop in refinery margins. Indian Oil Corporation, Reliance petroleum, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum are amongst the leading refinery companies who are likely to take a hit following the sharp increase in international crude prices which score been rising at a faster pace than the product prices. Standalone refineries like the Mangalore refinery have cut production by almost one-third. Crude throughput, (processing crude in the refineries) has fallen significantly forcing the government to increase product meanings. But theres a risk of getting exposed to a more volatile product market and going in for short term deals which may non always be on the best rates. Sources claimed that they have been fortunate in being open to procure the products at reasonable rates. However, this is not a favourable situation, and should be avoided, industry experts said. Sources argued that the benefits of attaining self sufficiency in refining capacity are not being reaped as the domestic refineries cannot function at optimum margin levels under the given duty structure. Had the duties on crude been lower, refineries would be encouraged to import and produce. Buying crude at $24 a barrel may still allow you to make your margins, but when you pay an additional $3 retributory as duties, selling products become unviable. In an update on an

Training , Development & Performance with Motivation Essay examples --

Training , Development & Performance with MotivationTraining includes all forms of planned learning experiences andactivities designed to make positive changes to transaction andMotivation.Development approaches the individual and employees motivation from adifferent angle from that of preparedness. While training is typicallyconcerned with enabling the individual to contribute to meeting theobjectives of the face better, personal start outment is moreconcerned with enabling individuals to develop themselves in the waythat best suits individual needs. The two, it is hoped, will cometogether. By helping individuals to develop themselves, they will bemore inclined and better able to contribute to helping theorganization meet its objectives.It is important to stress that the process of linking performance andtraining and development the process of appraisal and other forms ofevaluation should be closely linked to training and development. Ifthe organizations to achieve its objective s, it is essential to trainand develop its people so they are best able to support theorganization in working towards objectives. At the same time theindividual needs to have the opportunity to be able to communicateemployees own personal development needs to the organization throughappraisal or personal development planning schemes.The Financial and non-financial behind be no doubt that financial rewardis perhaps the most significant factor in pe...

The Success of Micro Finance in Pakistan :: Finance

As found by Hartangi (2007) that success of Micro finance depends upon the practices of that specific bank, which finance poor people, by quoting and example of BRI (Bank Rakyat, Indonesia) researcher says that they provide technical and moral support to the people they lend money, and make sure they do good, they also ask different collaterals like motorcycle, cars, cattle, and land etc to secure their loan yet making collateral stronger incase the client fails to repay and credits interesting for lower family community. Beside this, Risk management, internal audit, financial procedures, transp atomic number 18nt system, dedicated staff, and clear incentives to staff and clients are the factors which contribute toward the successful lending of micro finances. Obamuyi (2009) says that poor credit finishing and low risk management so-and-so result in low rate of return, which finally ends with the failure of the scheme. The risk of low rate of return can also be minimized by the a ssistance provided by the MFIs to develop the small business of clients (Zelealem, Temtime, & Shunda, 2003). RESEARCH METHADOLOGYStudy typeThis study is a correlational study in which relation between income level, living standard, access to education, and empowerment due to micro financing in Pakistan is studied. Study settingStudy was conducted in natural environment, and no lab settings were used while studying the relationship between income level, empowerment, access to education, and access to health facilities due to MFIs in Pakistan has been studies, which makes this study a non-contrived study.Unit of AnalysisDifferent individuals, who obtained micro finances from Micro financial institutions of Pakistan, were asked to record their responses.Time HorizonData was smooth from individuals who obtained micro finances from MFIs in Pakistan once in one month time period there will be no further data collection for this study. The collected responses are one shot, which make this study a cross-sectional study.DataThis study utilized primary data as well as secondary data. pristine data was gathered from individual who obtained micro finances from MFIs in Pakistan, data was gathered using a prepared research instrument. And secondary data was collected for literature review, from different online research databases.Data AnalysisData was inspected, cleaned, transformed and modeled using SPSS V.17.0 to highlight useful information. Linear Regression was applied as per the requirement of the study to explore the relationship between increase in income, living standard, access to education, and empowerment, due to MFIs in Pakistan.Sampling typeA non luck convenience sampling was done, questionnaire were distributed among customers of MFIs who were conveniently available to the researcher.

Pros and Cons of Abortion Essay -- Religion Christianity Abortion Ethi

Pros and Cons of AbortionShould a list of pros and cons of miscarriage really be necessary for Christians...or human beings for that matter? I mean, take a crap we really reached a point where we cannot tell that abortion is murderous no matter how you color it or try to paint it as compassionate? Apparently so. Thirty overconfident years after the infamous Supreme Court decision in Roe versus Wade and thirty one years after my own timely birth, I sit in awe at the ignorance of a great portion of society...their lack of understanding, their selfishness, and their brazen patronise of such a horrendous practise as abortion. I guess I should not be surprised that the unregenerate world can support abortion, but what shocks me most is that professing Christians lead to consider some sort of pros and cons of abortion list so that they can make an informed decision. It is a crying shame that we have reached a day when the Bible is not sufficient enough of a guideline for Christians that they feel they must hear the pros and cons of abortion. Well, since this seems to be the case, lets step at some pros and cons of abortion. Lets evaluate them in light of the scriptures and in light of our conclusions based on the whole of scripture and the impecable character of our God and His expectations for us. I latterly viewed a site with one of these lists with the pros and cons of abortion. I would like to review their statements with my evaluation of them below Pros of Abortion*Laws against abortion kill women. Even though abortion may be illegal doesnt mean that women wont go through with the abortion. Look at the case of Becky Bell for example. She was an innocent girl that did not want her claw and died because of an illegal abortion.***My Assessment Yes, batch will continue to sin, but we should never sit band condone theirs inn by either verbal support or merely apathy. We certainly should not use the dumb excuse of Well, they are just going to do it anyway a nd at least if abortion is legal, they wont be doing them in dirty back alleys. It is always tragic when a human being loses their life, but if abortion is once again outlawed (as it should be), these people would always be losing their lives in violation of a good, common sense, and compassionate law. If they die breaking the law, then they will die the death of a criminal. But, transport keep... ...ortion you will always wonder what if, and feel guilty for the rest of your life about the child you could have had. Biblical pros and cons of abortion Isa 4424 and so saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things that stretcheth forth the heavens alone that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself Biblical pros and cons of abortion Isa 463 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb Biblical pros and cons of abortion Isa 66 9 Shall I direct to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God. Now I shall leave you with some very gravestone scriptures as you consider the pros and cons of abortion... Jer 15 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Isa 4915 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.