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Designer of "I Had an Abortion" Shirt Unveils New Tee for Sexual Abuse Victims

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Jennifer Baumgardner was the subject of national notoriety in 2004 when she designed a shirt with the controversial message, "I had an abortion." Now the activist is back with a new shirt proclaiming "I was raped," and she is drawing scorn from pro-life advocates who say the shirt is both distasteful and fails to help women. Planned Parenthood eventually included the abortion shirts in its online store even though some of its local affiliates were embarrassed by them and said they were inappropriate. Baumgardner went through several designs of the new shirt with graphics and words that were even too shocking for her. Eventually she settled on a shirt with a vault or safe with its door ajar and a small note in the form of a name card at a dinner setting. The note carries the controversial "I was raped" phrase. "What the safe design loses is shock value," Baumgardner told the New York Times. She added the softer design allows women to "own the experience" and remove the stigma that surrounds sexual abuse.
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I am not sure that anyone would walk around in a city with a shirt that says "I was raped" or "I had a abortion" on it. I think both shirts are distasteful.