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I quickly decided that i needed to just paint the piece I was non-stop seeing in my head for this project. I wanted to desperately combine Paula Rego's form with the colours of Kieth Harring and the typography of Bob and Roberta Smith so i started the sketch and then got to painting.

I opted to stick to all colour and not do skin tones because I didn't want to add a racial aspect into my work, I believed I needed the piece to represent all women regardless of age or race.

The original idea was for it to be golden-esk, to give the influence that we are still worthy and important, but when I began painting the body it came out funny, looking more sickly, more mouldy, which was very much against what I had intended so I pivoted and decided upon a green tone. Unintentionally referencing the Liberty Statue in New York, America.

The reference came from this concept that she's a pivotal statue for Americans, that they respect and protect it. The idea was that if she could have an abortion, if she could be that low and broken and still be important, respected and protected, allowed that choice. Then maybe all women should too.

Due to working on the dress first when I eventually got round to larger sections that needed more space per colour I forgot to swap to a larger brush, this resulted in the piece getting streaky and me having to repaint sections to fix it.

Other than that the piece went smoothly, I briefly struggled with what to write on the canvas because I had to many ideas in my head that were overlapping but I resolved that by just adding text and filling the gaps until I felt at peace, happy with all I'd said.

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Revolution in itself can mean a variety of things, it primarily means to change and revolve though. To change. For me that meant something actively changing, something currently revolving and being redefined. That led me to women's rights, mainly because of how they are being attacked, how they are being defined as less than.

Within my project I wanted to look at how I could show this in my own way, I wanted to show the sheer velocity of issues and evidence on just one small aspect of women's rights, of our bodily autonomy. Choosing to look at women's abortion rights, the lack or privilege we have regarding them and how its impacting people, how it is revolutionising medicine, peoples choices and the knock on effect towards women, how many more people seek it out, break the law etc.

I would like to say I knew a fair amount about the current state of abortion rights but upon my research I truly discovered the disgusting behaviour and choices constantly being made, how historically the government/leaders have restricted women's choices and access, how abortions have been illegal longer than they have been legal and the amount of deaths from illegal abortions. It turned my stomach on every front and infuriated me.

I hoped I'd learn that there was some good in the system, that some choices were left and that there was hope.... I didn't learn that at any point. Instead I got repeatedly reminded how truly impossible it is to be a woman in this world.

On an emotional level I feel I've learnt more about myself, what bandwidth I have with my work and how much I can handle mentally and emotionally, how some themes may be perfect and powerful but aren't healthy for me to approach yet.

I believed I had done enough healing and understood myself and my rights enough to know I could handle this project and the weight of its context but I was wrong. I couldn't discuss it on my social media, couldn't talk openly with my community properly, I discovered I actually had very few people that I could talk to and not be spoken down to about the topic, very few people willing to hear the truth.

For me that realisation shook my enthusiasm, I know sometimes we have to chose difficult topics or discuss things that aren't 'socially' acceptable but I didn't think it would be such a challenge.

Technically I understand now that my Adobe skills need a lot of work, I can paint til theres no tomorrow but I can't create an illustrator piece without stress, so facing that challenge did resolve in me avoiding creating art even more.

Throughout my project my writing and english skills have regularly come in handy, helping me to articulate how I feel and what research I've found, I've also leant into my sketching skills when jotting ideas down, pulling on skills I don't often use because of being an art student. I've looked at typography in more ways than one during this project, understanding how it adds to protest art and how it can really assist in getting your view across.

Something I am startling aware of from this project is the limited amount of artwork I've produced, whilst the pieces I have made are consistent and clear on my theme it has drastically hindered me in the development of my work. I believe this is because I got to consumed by the history and research and the social media debates that I became blocked creatively, unsure of how I could make an impact when so many voices are already shouting about it.

Along the road I looked at Paula Rego and Bob & Roberta Smith, I looked at them to understand other pieces made in protest and the typography elements I knew I'd need. I carried their influences all the way into my final piece, combining Rego's choice for provocative poses with the Smiths choice of well worded typography.

I have learnt over the last year that my best work comes when I have the intent of drawing raw emotions, wether thats my own or from others, I create stronger work this way because I am connecting with it more deeply and I knew I needed to do that for this project, knew I needed to let the emotions I've been carrying pour into my work, let all the anger and sadness and fear from being a woman pour into my work. When I decided this I knew it meant making a big piece that shouted, no screamed the truth, the reality of being a woman and the overwhelming feelings we have, the names we are called and the views we are told that we and everyone around us have. I felt I could best convey that message through my typography, deciding that it would look like the public had scribbled these thoughts onto the canvas, letting it fill all the negative space around a broken lonely woman, letting it consume all that was left of her peace.

The words, sayings and sentences I chose all came from things I and other women I know have been called, from statistics and the histories I looked at, it all came from truth.

I feel like I've conveyed the feelings and message I wanted really well, I think I've shown my views well too.

I think the issue with doing a word based political issue always has its downsides as a creative, it can lose the emphasis you want if not depicted correctly. for me I had issues exploring how I could depict things, how to take all those words and feelings, all that history and put it into art. I believe that weakened my project and meant I was loosing emphasis for the issue I was looking at. In future if I decide to do a political issue I would definitely have thumbnails and sketches and draw it as soon as the idea is in my head, not letting myself get consumed by information or routines or the process i 'should' be following.

Other than this I feel my project was generally very strong and I'm proud I could final discuss abortion rights and do a controversial topic, I'm glad I got the opportunity to finally get involved with an issue that was effecting me instead of just following it.

On a generalised project view, I do believe I've met the brief, I think I have clearly depicted revolution for me, shown my own change within my work and my knowledge. I think I've done this because of how invested emotionally I am and how clear it is that I have an opinion, a voice and instead of just talking I drew it and showed you how it feels.

I showed in my work how lost you can feel and then in my final piece I showed the loneliness and objectification women feel, I feel I showed how I feel every day and the fears I contend with daily.

I think throughout this project I have taken my own path of growth and change, I think I've had a personal revolution, learning to speak up, learning to advocate for myself and others and that my voice is valid. that not only do I deserve space in the room but I deserve a seat at the metaphorical table and I will pull one up if needed.

I learnt about my rights and about myself. I learnt that I really like being an advocate and helping people, even in the smallest way. I learnt that I can make change and be apart of the fight in my own way.

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a lot of the time throughout this project I've wondered how to depict my work and how to be truthful to myself and my stance on women's rights.

I've questioned if I'm allowed to take a position on things as an artist, as a business woman and as an 18 year old. I have wondered if I will be judged and questioned, demanded I'm wrong.

the truth is, we need more people willing to speak honestly, if I'm seen as rude and arrogant because I will be honest then I am ok with that, I am ok being the bad guy if I am making change and having an impact. people who do right are very rarely viewed as heroes. and this isn't a fantasy world of black and white, of heroes and villains.

as women we get told to sit down, be quiet and look pretty. but as children we are encouraged to get up and run around and learn, to get messy, as teens we are told to be seen and not heard, that our opinions don't matter because we haven't experienced the world enough.

ever wonder why fantasy stories where true change happens is often led by teenagers and young adults? it is because they aren't warped by the truth of our world enough to fall for it, they can still see the black and white and everything in-between and they want to fix it.

the next generations want change and freedom.

women want change and freedom.

I want change and freedom.

so yes, my work is influenced by some powerful artists, yes I have strong opinions, and yes I will not quiet down.

I refuse to let people view me as an item, an object or as something to quieten. I may not be a politician or someone who can change the government but I can speak up honestly and be real. I can keep fighting for everyone's rights. and educate myself the best I can.

hopefully my final piece properly depicts this.

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after looking at my ideas individually I then looked to combining the concepts, adding Typography to the human form, making posters look like gallery pieces.

the common assumption and issue is that I'm copying Paula Rego and that removes the reality of the work, it takes from my truth.

in reality, I am not copying Paula Rego in anything more than her choice of form. choosing to take agonising forms that honestly depict abortions helped me drastically, as did taking the logic of heavy typography from Bob and Robert Smith.

as an artist we are trained to reflect our work and show our research but doing so too heavily creates a paradoxical belief that we are copying someone else in its entirety.

as a creative I've always had images in my head with little to no prompts needed so referencing and linking my work to galleries and artists is always difficult and I can loose myself in it or loose the connections. I end up drawing at straws to connect my work.

that's why for this I am ok with the fact it is clear who inspires me, the issue and the artists have pushed me to create something i've yet to see and if its been made before, maybe the reason is because we need to see it again until we resolve things properly.

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after looking to the pose I wanted I wanted to see if I preferred piece of just typographic fronts.

I dabbled with some common sayings and typical comments, brain storming what I wanted but it didn't feel right regardless.

I wanted something powerful and impactful that also looked at a poster aspect, something that could be found in a gallery or in a protest.

a lot of protest art tends to be surrounding the needed statements, they argue the truth in such small words and spaces.

no matter how I described it or thought of it I just couldn't make it make sense without the person depicting the truth.

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after the endless amount of research I've created I wanted to look at different ideas for a final piece incorporating them.

I started with a simpler design, looking to the sayings I wanted and base design logic. The concept was to keep the sketches simple and dependent on my final choice I'd then create a final piece mock up.

something I wanted to encourage from the get go was the statements, I needed the typography to reflect how we look to rape culture and what women wear more than what happens, how we presume its her fault for being provocative and sensual instead of how a man may be wrong, how that all then feeds into the ideology of rape and porn culture, how often the view of what and how sex is feeds into this concept that women must respond a certain way otherwise its irrelevant even though we are all different.

obviously I prioritised the concept of abortion rights, looking at pro-choice and pro-life, looking to how rape culture, the porn industry and so much more feeds into the ideology that abortions are wrong and against gods wishes. something I strongly disagree with as someone who has deeper experiences than most would presume of an 18 year old woman.

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after looking to the base idea and restating my initial ideas, I wanted to look to my design idea, if I wanted a typographic piece of if I wanted a person or both.

Throughout the entire project I've been drawn to Paula Rego's work and her posings and how she respectfully yet realistically displayed the truth of women's suffering, the truth behind an abortion. her agonising poses are the epitome of what we need in the daily fight for women's rights.

The fight for women's rights started as our need for the vote, to work a job, to be more than an item and years, decades later we are fighting to yet again make that choice within ourselves, fighting to decide who we become, we may not be fighting with our fists but everyday women fight with their bodies and souls for a grain of the rights men have, they fight across the globe for the independence that someone decided the white man could have from birth.

Abortion rights are just one tiny aspect of all of it, one small consideration and belief that should be determined by the person experiencing it.

so with that I sketched some ideas, looked to the layout. I knew I wanted the form in the centre with the reality written around the edges. I just couldn't decide between it being central or taking the entire space and I was torn between two poses.

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I've included a collection of videos and screenshots from social media that looks at rape culture, abortion rights, womens stances, child brides and the generalised behaviour of men on social media.
i need to clarify, i have not hunted for these, they have come up on my feed and its been sporadically collected over the last couple weeks - that is how often inappropriate behaviour appears on peoples socials, its normalised to the point you scroll past it.

within my evidence i have an entire debate from America about the stance of abortion and gestational agreement, the pro-life side argues that all foetuses from the point of conception are humans and should be protected under the human rights acts, the other side is argued by a pro-abortion - sub section of pro-choice who believe abortions should be an accessible medicine but doesn't make opinions on other pro-choice stances. they debated for 4 hours in disgusting debating behaviours however it is an educating and real view on the state of America.

the collection of screenshots include men describing on social media what they would do if the world froze for 10 minutes, if society collapsed and many other economical issues. the majority of comments consisted of notions to rape or straight up saying they would and men agreeing with them. there was posts of what men have done to women and so much more that honestly makes my stomach turn and is revolting behaviour from teenagers and grown men.

the ideology that boys will be boys is reinforced by this constant disgusting behaviour on social media and in friendship groups. it effectively gives males a free pass to act how they wish and teaches females that we have to get on with it or worse that its our faults.

women shouldn't have to fear for their lives, all they want is to walk home safely, to have healthcare they NEED, to not have to question and fear every man on the goddamn planet. we shouldn't have to try and decipher if a man is being nice for the sake of kindness or to get sexual favours in return, we shouldn't live in this belief system that we must return kindness from a man with any form of physical favour. we shouldn't be teaching the next generation that boys will be boys, that periods are disgusting or that if something bad happens to us involving a man that its our fault.

we should be able to rely on the system to let us make our own medical decisions - hysterectomies, birth control, abortions - we should be able to rely on the police to actually  follow up a rape report, to investigate. we should be able to speak up and have the recognition as victims and not be seen as seductresses and predators.

all of my research is to back this, the evidence is to show the reality, i don't sit scrolling on my social media, i can't because it makes me feel horrid, if i can find all this evidence and show the reality of being a woman this easily, if i can prove it this easily how can it not be believed that this is the reality.

yes my project is primarily focussed on looking at abortion rights, the lack of them and the slow loss of them in the UK, but it also looks at how women are treated.
the debate on abortion comes from the need to control women, to make us less than and to dissolve who we are. to make us a statistic, a criminal or an object.

i do agree that it isn't every man but how can i know when i'm walking home... how can someone know the nature of a person until they've seen it? we can't so we have to assume its all because if we get it wrong we can't laugh about it, we'd be dead or traumatised and then we become another statistic, another woman who deserved it or whose clothes said we wanted it.

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Am I afraid of drag queens/kings, trans people, non binary people or cishet men

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Rape poem

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Safety equipment men vs women

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Child brides.

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Speach/song about being a lady

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Reality of how men think women have it.

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Clothes of Sexual Assault victims

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First period product study using blood

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Woman speaks out on why all women must speak up.

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U.K. government rape advisor quits and why

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Popular women dealing with sexism.

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https://www.youtube.com/live/_LU6VVykDV8?si=rLS8yL12HgRkNBqc
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Pro-abortion vs pro-life debate 1v2

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Rape culture/women’s rights loss

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Rape culture/women’s rights loss.

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bob & roberta smith response - experiment

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bob & roberta smith response - experiment

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bob & roberta smith response - experiment

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bob & roberta smith response - experiment

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bob & roberta smith response -experiment

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bob & roberta smith response -experiment

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after completing all my research i wanted to create a mood board/ mind map to look at what i'm considering creating for my final piece.
- i did make this before completing my responses to my artists. so have notes to add.

the idea i have most prominently is to have a woman mid abortion in the centre of a large canvas - probably bleeding - surrounding her i want statistics, comments, notes, debates and quotes about being a woman and abortions.
hence why in my mind map i included a piece i created during summer - similar idea but with my own medical notes and looked more and breaking the wall that i hide my medical conditions behind - i felt it would best represent visually what i have in mind. i also included some images from my pinterest that i feel resonate with the heartbroken and lost emotions that women often feel.

i plan on creating another mood board that includes my responses to help me stay on plan for my final piece.

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bob & roberta smith response - experiment

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bob & roberta smith response - experiment

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Regos work is such an impactful and revolutionary theme that its impossible to ignore her. the poses she uses and depictions of women really get me, despite the subject its nice to have representation within art.

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looking to ai art for inspiration on womens rights or abortion rights art pieces i found most of it was blocked or restricted access due to an unexplained community guidelines.
the few pieces i could access were either anatomically incorrect - additional arms etc - or it was covered in paragraphs of non understandable letterings.

i personally don't agree with ai art because of how it effects working artists and gives an unhealthy view about how easy art is, the most important part is it lacks the creative emotional spark that artists have. ai art can't and will never understand the creative development process that artists follow.

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my sites that helped me research the American law was unclear as to the specifics of the politicians standpoints but it outlined the parties and their main views.
the main similarity that the US and UK have in common politically is the pushing of laws based on what groups largest and which parties agree with each other, their wording to confuse the public and overwhelm them - e.g. we must protect all lives, this is gods wish - basically peddling to the mass opinions and sliding the reality underneath.
its a foul insignificant manipulative way of doing things thats unjust, unfair and completely not understandable to the public.

this is part of the reason the majority of younger generations that can vote refuse to vote. they see no point if it wont change and its a decision of the better of two terrible options.

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the us statistics are more broken down than the uk statistics probably because of the states recording it differently but it really does show the connected issues regarding age, education, class and race

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the restrictions on financing for abortions within the US is ridiculous, its an oblivious system that targets low income women and restricts them, the fact that its not apart of insurance coverage in the reproductive healthcare department is unbelievable, the characteristic of how insurance companies don't even offer it or clarify if its offered is even sillier.
it infuriates me the fact that the offer of healthcare and insurance is so limited when it comes to abortions and that its more restricted on the people who need access. low income women are not financially or mentally fit to be parents, their working and learning and often care givers to other family members, or they already have children and can not afford another dependant.

The restrictions and laws passed surrounding healthcare allocations for abortions is yet another way to control women, its leading them to this logic that there is something wrong with them if they end up in that situation or for not wanting children. frankly it teaches them that sex is bad and only an enjoyable option for men, which is utterly ridiculous, stupid and wrong.

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changes since COVID and overturning of ROE

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changes since COVID and overturning of ROE

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due to the covid-19 pandemic the US looked at accessible options for abortions in an attempt to keep the service running, the alternative was no access at all.
the solution was too have mifepristone sent by post if pregnancy was confirmed under the marker. then they tried to take mifepristone away and people were lying to get the pill.

with all the roe v wade changes cities began naming themselves 'sanctuary cities' - the assumption is this is on the pro-choice side but it was a pro-life sanctuary, that protected fetuses and outlawed all forms of reproductive care.... the discrimination in said cities is disgusting.

obviously living in the uk i didnt experience these changes first hand but i felt it, being outcast and people viewing me as less because i don't want children and am very open about this.
the idea that an entire city would discriminate against women because of their choice to have or not have children and then what they do after that is vile.

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with the overturning of roe v wade the state by state penalties became state decision. above ive simplified and explained what the state laws effectively mean, the limitation of states that actively have no penalties are drastically outnumbered by the states that have it as a felony and serious punishments. this disgusts me, it makes me genuinely fear for women and the future we are looking towards, the amount we have regressed makes me feel horrid. this is not how our world should be and we should be doing more to improve the conditions, governments should be working with minorities and not against them.

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Since mifepristone and misoprosal was fda approved for abortions up to 10 weeks they have predominantly been used in abortions for younger women especially. The removal of its approval despite it being perfectly safe and working how it was intended - to induce the stop of Fetus growth and induce contractions/cramps within the uterine walls to cause the passing of a Fetus- has caused not only abortions to be more limited and and specifically monitored but it also requires early stage pregnant people to have to go through a surgery that’s traumatises the body along with the mind, that’s not to say that medical abortions didnt originally cause trauma in its patients.

It was given primarily to pre 10 weeks gestation pregnancies, younger women or women who needed to hide their abortions for personal safety. It was an additional safe accessible option that had even received approval for telephone prescribing and to be a postable medication.

For me that frustrates me, its yet another control method on womens bodies, its another way to limit and constrict something that should be open and accessible.

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From the point any form of abortion was legalised it became a ticking time bomb on it becoming illegal again, on it becoming a federal offence. This is because from the day it was legalised there have been bills, proposals, acts and cases pushed through the American government/parliament to restrict access, viability age, choice and qualifying reasons. It has been changed across state and across countries and it is sickening. Before the overturning of roe v Wade the states had actively reduced the cap on abortions to 22 weeks, majority of pregnant people don’t know they are pregnant until 10+ weeks, that makes the majority of pregnant people unable to have access to medical abortions. MEDICAL ABORTIONS. 22 weeks is typically the half way point in pregnancy, a Fetus isnt long term viable at 22 weeks gestation, they would die outside the womb. Yet they have more rights than the women, the women looses the choices after 22 weeks.
Even after that was passed they continued to push the demands for tighter restrictions, that the legal reasonings to have an abortion be changed, that it should only be considered when both lives are at extreme risk or the child is at risk of being handicapped. The designated handicapped as ANY DISABILITIES THAT THE PARENT AND DOCTER VIEWED AS A LIMITATION. How is that ok? To protect the life of a Fetus if their going to be “normal” but they can die if they may have a disability.
Politicians and pro-lifers and religious people didn't stop arguing and demanding stricter abortion laws until it was illegalised, they weren’t happy until it wasn’t a choice.

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With the overturning of roe v wade in America brought about more funding and encouragement towards the pro-life movement and more backing to anti reproductive rights groups and religious groups. More religious parties in politics are backing the pro-life organisations to solidify the law change. Politicians don’t realise that this wont stop abortions though, they don’t understand that all this does is encourage suicide rates, travelling to other countries for medical care and illegal abortions, it just encourages further mental health decline and more unsafe medical procedures done by undereducated people.
The Supreme Court and politicians also dont realise that the more they restrict it, the more they take away basic human rights the more other countries like the uk will copy and the more activists, feminists, pro-choicers will protest and revolt.
- their solution, illegalise protesting of any form. \
That doesn’t stop people talking about it or it being a problem though, it just makes more of a challenge.

As a young woman who has to grow up in this world and is discovering very obviously that i am viewed as a statistic, I’m viewed as a baby making machine and an object, I’m not a person no matter how much i shout and talk about it. No matter how clear it is that i am just as capable as men, no matter how much i prove that i am, I’m still an object, a statistic and someone disagreeing with the politicians. How is that ok? Why should my voice matter less than a mans or a politicians that dont understand the reality of those decisions? Someone without a uterus should not have input on a country wide decisions for people with uteruses. They can talk about it and join in but at the end of the day those laws should be determined by the people it will effect.

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With the introduction of roe v. Wade it meant the turning point, the revolt was finally going the way of pro-choice, it was making a positive turning point and stayed that way for many years after its original introduction. In my opinion the laws should of gotten looser, giving more access and support but things at that point staying the same was better than going backwards.
Throughout the entire fight for reproductive rights theres always been the pro-life side and the religious commitment sides, the people that believe life shouldn’t be restricted and that it begins at conception - psalm 139:13-16 references this where it says ‘ for you formed my innermost being; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because i am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, i know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when i was made in the secret place, when i was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.’ - some saying it begins at intent. That the expulsion of sperm includes the intent to make life, hence the verse in the bible - Matthew 5:29-32 - it is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your hands - even your stronger hand- causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. - many often reflect that to men and their masturbation tactics and that the intent behind that is sinful and encourges the issue. Believe that the bible told them abortion is murder and its wrong with the verse - exodus 20:13 ‘you shall not murder’.
It’s been mentioned that miscarriages are the woman’s punishment for sinning and betraying her husband - number 5:27-28 states ‘ if she has made herself impure and been unfaithful to her husband, this will be the result: when she is made to drink the water that brings a curse and causes her bitter suffering, it will enter her, her abdomen will swell and her womb will miscarry, and she will become a curse. -
I think it’s a bunch of Malarkey, the restrictions and controls on womens reproductive rights have nothing to do with the sin or sinner or controlling their right to choose, its all about another power move to control women, it’s another way to ‘prove’ women are less then men. It’s used as a way to ‘speak for god’ to talk his opinion yet it makes no sense, the Christian view and the Christian bible is contradictive and controlling to women.

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When the first discussion was starting regarding if they should legalise abortions and what limits it should have the original pro-choice side was catalised with the Sherri finkbine issue, it was the change that showed why it should be accessible. It drastically helped change the narrative from the assumption that the only people seeking abortions were young unmarried women and that actually the urge to not want a pregnancy was something women of all demographics could agree with.

Then With all the legal issues regarding access to abortions a lot of women have been travelling to Mexico and seeking healthcare there as its legalised in most of Mexico. It’s good that the informations there but women that return from Mexico post abortion are still at risk of persecution because of certain state laws.

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After looking at the British history I wanted to look into the comparison of British and American histories to see how much we copy each other and what laws align with each other.
I discovered quite a lot of similarities, often being the lack of clarification about laws and restrictions.
The clearest difference with the two is how long it took for each to make progress within the legality of abortions. - America legalised it later than Britain and had stricter more unclear laws, going on to illegalise it sooner aswell.

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Something about Kruger gives me strength, the way she works with women and creates posters that tell a story, make a display, I think the combination of Barbara Kruger and the Guerilla Girls styles would make a powerful piece.

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Something i was unsure of was how to approach my response to the Guerilla Girls, i wanted to adapt and explore a poster styling digitally, i went for something simpler to show my basic awareness of how they work, i did it like this because i want to revisit my artists by creating a combined piece with influence from more than one creative.

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Hopefully this simplifies it a little bit in case you dont or cant read all of my research, there’s a lot i know.

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The fact these statistics only date back to the first legal law passed is ridiculous, we should of been recording the discovered illegal abortions, those illegal and risky abortions wether successful or not would of helped determine how much legality to dish out and how beneficial the laws were being. Nobody thought of that though.

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In an odd turn of events the uk became a safe place where people could travel to and receive an abortion under the nhs. It was implemented by the nhs to give wider reach and so they could help more people yet they couldn’t resolve their own laws.

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Did you know all the different religions view abortion and its rights differently? Yeahhh i didnt either, i can tell you now that its a load of lies. They say all the different denominations think and view it differently, so you assume its a large difference, it isnt. The differences are minute, the difference is the support their churches offer if you fit the tiny requirements they have. Generically their against it, despised it.

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After looking at the laws i found that the wording of the law makes no sense. At every turn I found unclear requirements and clauses that were left to opinions.
I wonder how understandable then law is to someone who hasn’t researched the history or enjoys learning new words or lawyers, i wonder how simple the law is to understand for a law abiding citizen, for someone who is overwhelmed and unsure.
The answer is that it IS NOT, it isnt a simply understandable or clear law, it confuses and contradicts constantly and was confusing me regularly.

So yes i broke down the law and conditions, i tried to comprehend the work and make it make sense, i even attempted simplifying for others to understand and yet all i understand is that the system, doctors and politicians are working against the vulnerable woman, not for her.

And i believe it’s ridiculous, it’s an over complicated law that makes no sense. Let women just have access, let women make the decision of if they wish to be a parent.