MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Members of the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform (CBR) are on the West Virginia University (WVU) campus in Morgantown this week with their pro-life message.
WVU student organizer Brooklyn Milam was at the Mountainlair Thursday afternoon with several others covering graphic depictions of abortion brought by CBR and refuting claims characterizing the procedure as murder.
“There are people here on our campus who are not students voicing their opinions and spreading misinformation regarding abortions and forced birth,” Milam said. “They’re comparing it to the genocide and the awful things that have happened during the Holocaust and during the civil rights movement regarding lynchings and killings of Jews.”
CBR organizer Jacinta Robin said the group brought their Genocide Awareness Project (GAP), which includes graphic images. The CBR webpage states the group is “working to establish prenatal justice and the right to life for the preborn, the disabled, the infirm, the aged, and all vulnerable peoples through education and the development of innovative educational resources.”
“Abortion is modern-day genocide, and we want to raise awareness about that,” Robin said. “Because of abortion, one million Americans are missing, and worldwide, at least 58 million people are missing, and we find that to be a genocide.”
Milam said the student body learned via social media. CBR planned to come to Morgantown and immediately began to organize. She said as long as the group has a presence on campus, they will also be there to provide the opposing viewpoint.
“We organized, made a group chat, and people just keep adding and adding and adding,” Milam said. “There are at least 50 of us that have come to organize who were here for a sit this morning, and that will keep showing up for students.”
The CBR is preparing to wage a legal battle against pro-abortion advocates that have asserted the images displayed at events are altered in any way. Officials from the organization said they require certificates of authenticity and affidavits from all photographers or technical experts.
“We show children who have been decapitated and dismembered—that is the reality of abortion,” Robin said. “A lot of people think it’s just a blob of tissue. Abortion decapitates and dismembers tiny human children, and that’s the message we’re bringing to West Virginia University.”
The images created emotional responses from both sides, including covering up the images, taking the covers off, and vocal responses. But, the CBR, the images, and interaction with staff, they said, lead to pregnant college students deciding to keep their baby.
“If our audience could prove to us that abortion and decapitating and dismembering children were good things, we would pack up and leave,” Robin said.