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Images of aborted fetuses put on public display have sparked controversy lately \u2014 but the man behind them has no plans to remove them.<\/p>\n

Details: <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Lori Saunders shielded her 8-year-old daughter\u2019s eyes as the trio of trucks left the Westgate Mall area.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur children shouldn\u2019t be subject to these graphic images,\u201d Saunders said. \u201cNobody should have to see this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Neither the billboard trucks nor a plane toting a banner featuring images of aborted fetuses appear likely to leave Amarillo soon.<\/p>\n

Even though the Rev. Frank Pavone, the priest they\u2019ve been brought in to support, disagrees with the tactic.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs ill-advised as what we\u2019re doing is, it\u2019s much better advised than the alternative, which is to allow the bishop to make false claims and misstatements of fact,\u201d said Gregg Cunningham, executive director of The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, an anti-abortion group based in California.<\/p>\n

Controversy has swirled around the Roman Catholic Diocese of Amarillo since Bishop Patrick J. Zurek earlier this month ordered Pavone, who leads several prolife nonprofit groups, to return here to sort out questions over finances. Pavone is a priest in the Amarillo Diocese and a board member of The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform.<\/p>\n

Cunningham\u2019s group last week launched a protest on Pavone\u2019s behalf. It features the billboard trucks and airborne banners that have riled Amarilloans such as Saunders, who isn\u2019t Catholic and wasn\u2019t aware of the dust-up between the bishop and his priest.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve lived in Amarillo for eight years and I\u2019ve never seen anything like this,\u201d Saunders said.<\/p>\n

Pavone did not return a call for this story, but he said during an Ave Maria Radio interview last week that he\u2019d asked Cunningham not to picket. He called it \u201cvery, very counterproductive to put a bishop of a diocese in a position where there\u2019s going to be this kind of public protest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cunningham heard the interview, but declined to confirm whether the conversation with Pavone took place.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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If you\u2019re wondering what sorts of images we\u2019re talking about, click here. <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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