Eric Scheidler, executive director of the Pro-Life Action League, agreed that seeing the end result of one’s actions helps inform one’s present actions — but not just with cigarettes.

“Absolutely I think seeing what abortion really is and what it does to an unborn child can have a tremendous impact on a woman considering abortion and I would certainly like to see the day when women have that information so they are really making an informed decision,” Scheidler told TheDC. “Sometimes graphic images are needed to bring home reality, and I’d love to see that in the case of abortion too.”

But other pro-lifers contend that it is images of life’s beauty that ought to be stressed.