Activists plan to show graphic video of live abortions on JumboTron on Alamo grounds

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Ohio-based activist group Created Equal plans to show live video footage and photographs of abortions near the Alamo on Wednesday.

The group, along with locally based Love of Truth Ministries, will show the abortions live on a projection screen, which they classify as a "JumboTron TV," as well as answer questions and hand out brochures near the historic shrine, said executive director Mark Harrington.

Harrington warned that the images are graphic, and parents should to find an alternative route when traveling with children throughout the event from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

"It's not something we choose to do, and frankly I would be willing to stop showing the photos if the killings would stop," he said. "If it saves one life here at this campus or at The Alamo, then it is worth exposing this, or maybe offending some people's feelings."

Officials of the General Land Office, which oversees the state’s Alamo complex, and the city’s Center City Development and Operations Department, which oversees Alamo Plaza, did not immediately confirm the demonstration.

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Harrington said the main goal is to create dialogue about abortion, especially within the younger generation.

"Obviously we feel it is important to show the photos because without that, abortion is just a word," he said. "They have to see it to believe it."

The organization chose the Alamo site because of the large amount of people that visit the area.

Love of Truth Ministries went Tuesday to San Antonio College, where representatives showed still photographs of abortion to students outside the Chandler Physical Education Center, college spokeswoman Vanessa C. Torres confirmed.

College police reported there were no serious altercations or disruptions.

He said the feedback at the college has been mixed, and the organization's goal is to educate the people "in the middle."

"We're trying to stimulate dialogue with people who may not be completely decided on this issue, and that's the good part of it," he said.

The organization travels throughout the country with its JumboTron TV showing videos of abortions.

Harrington said the organization believes life begins at fertilization, and "abortion is simply age discrimination."

The events are the first San Antonio event, and the organization chose to visit the city because Texas is seen as a "a battleground state" on the abortion issue.

The event comes after the U.S. Supreme Court halted new regulations that would require abortion clinics to meet expensive standards of surgical centers last week. Although clinics closed due to the regulations, many reopened last week because of the repeal.

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