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An anti-abortion poster depicting a fetus in an American Indian headdress has sparked a protest at the University of New Mexico.
Around two dozen or so American Indian students a held rally Wednesday after an anti-abortion activist brought the poster to UNM during event for student groups. The poster depicts a fetus in late trimester on an American Indian medicine wheel adorned with eagle feathers. Above the image are the words, “abortion extinction.”
Students said the poster was racist.
Liz Turner, an organizer with the anti-abortion group 40 Days for Life, said the poster was made by a local activist and was not part of the organization’s literature handed out earlier this week.
The group was promoting its annual 40-day vigil outside an Albuquerque Planned Parenthood clinic scheduled to begin next week.
