We told you previously about a controversial anti-abortion ad in NYC that set off a wave of controversy all around the country. Now the billboard has been removed but not before upseting people all around the nation and the mother of the little girl in the ad. Deets inside...
The ad above, purchased by Texas-based Life Always, upset folks around the country with its claim that "the most dangerous place for an African American is in the womb."
Because it was branded offensive, it has been covered "for safety reasons" over concerns of harrassment of the wait staff in the restaurant the ad hung over.
But the ad itself has had far-reaching implications. Tricia Fraser, whose six-year-old daughter Anissa was pictured on the ad, is furious. Tricia told the New York Daily News that Anissa was photographed by a modeling agency two years ago, but she didn't know an anti-abortion campaign aimed at African Americans would use her image. "I was devastated that they portrayed her like that," she said.
And though Tricia has not spoken to anyone from Life Always, she wants them to know, "I will feel so much better if I had something from that organization saying we will no longer use that child's image."
SMH...but for anyone out there, when you sign a release form, you basically give people the right to use your likeness in any way they want.
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