HERINGTON, Kan. - A graphic abortion display in a small Kansas town has caused an emotional stir and now the homeowner has put up even more pictures.
People in Herington are not happy with a controversial display againt pro-choice political candidates on Main Street.
"To have that! It's a half of a head held up by forceps. It’s disgusting,” said neighbor Katharina Mascareno. “And I think what would my children think if they saw that!"
The woman who put up the display at her home says the need for the sign teaches people. “It’s just like the saying, a pictures worth a thousand words so that's what were doing. Peacefully teaching," said abortion protester Bonnie Kraemer.
What is upsetting her neighbors are two graphics pictures that show body parts of an allegedly aborted fetus.
There is nothing illegal at all about the display. The only law Herington has about political signs is that if they're in the front yard, they have to be less than 16 square feet, but if they're posted to a house, they can be as big as anybody wants them to be.
People in town say don't have a problem with Kraemer's political views, but some say the pictures are just too graphic.
Tracy Parks runs a day care across the street. She says many parents stopped bringing their kids there since the graphic posters went up.
"The kids are having nightmares from it. They say ‘We can’t afford to bring our kids here to have them traumatized by that,’" Parks said.
"The more fuss, the more attention they're bringing to it, the more coverage were getting, so in retrospect they're basically helping us," Kraemer said.
Kraemer says she'll continue hanging the signs until the election but has agreed to cover them up when school busses go by.
