Lobbyists fight to fly aborted foetus ads over Hawaii beaches [View All]

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Do these people actually think people will be grateful to them for this?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1650485,00.html

An anti-abortion group has gone to court to argue its right to fly pictures of aborted foetuses over tourist beaches on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, as aerial advertisements.

The Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform, based in California, already displays pictures of first-term aborted foetuses on billboards on the sides of trucks, as well as pictures of what it claims are aborted limbs on its website home page. Now it wants to take its message to the skies.

Robert Muise, a lawyer for the centre, told three judges from the San Francisco-based ninth US circuit court of appeals that flying the pictures over sunbathing holidaymakers was the only way his clients could make their point effectively. "That's the essence of their message," said Mr Muise. "Those pictures convey messages that are rhetorically inexpressible."

Jon Van Dyke, the city's special deputy counsel, told the court that the proposed banners would pollute Hawaii's natural beauty and make the island less attractive to tourists. "We have a unique, wonderful place. We have outstanding scenery that people come from all over the world to see. This is important for us who live here, and it's vital to our economy."