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The plenary featuring, Lauren Rankin, a social media’s activist and an expert in reproductive rights, introduced a new perspective of violence that surrounds the sensitive matter of abortions. Her accounts of being physically attacked, yelled at, threatened, and stalked seem to be disregarded and ignored as it seemed inconvenient to the public due to her role in protecting women who made a decision. Decisions that deeply affect their mentality. In hearing of all the aggressive actions involved in socially deemed sensitive matters was like a slap to reality. There exists people, who abuse their beliefs and try to force them onto others taking to extreme methods and inconsideration. When we look to media, media's perception of aggressive protesters does not do any justice to Lauren Rankin’s perspective. We do not see the tears from women who are being harassed by self dictated evangelists. We don’t see the violent depictions that society placed on these women, the women who made these difficult decisions based off their beliefs or situations. All we see is what media or society dictates.

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