01.21.2008 10:21 am

Poor taste to show pregnant belly?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

3 callers objected to the photograph atop today’s front page of the Post-Dispatch, which showed three hands touching a very pregnant belly. The woman was being examined at the Community Birth Center in Columbia, and the photo accompanied the second of two stories on the legality — or lack thereof — of midwives in Missouri. (Part One ran Sunday.)”I don’t care to see a pregnant, naked belly,” said one man. “Is it really necessary to show that? Poor selection of pictures. Now I’ve got to explain that to my two granddaughters.”Another man and a woman expressed similar thoughts, calling the story and photo selection a matter of bad taste.

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“a pregnant naked belly…?

Are you kidding me with this Victorian bullsh**? How much must someone hate the human body (including their own apparently) to actually take the time and complain about something this ridiculous?

I hope to God that the folks who complained were all over the age of 80…

— donnie

8:54 pm January 21st, 2008

That wasn’t as offensive to me as the ASPIRE36 Male Potency Ad on the Education Spotlight page on Monday about a Catholic, bible reading young lady. The PD is just an offensive paper on so many, many levels.

— A CENTRIST

11:01 am January 23rd, 2008

“Now I’ve got to explain that to my two granddaughters”??

I can handle that one for him: It’s a pregnant belly. You will see a lot of those in real life.

Stephanie Cordle’s photo of the pregnant mother did nothing but illustrate what the story was about. A pregnant belly is no more obscene than an overweight man’s shirtless beer gut — which also has appeared in print a time or two.

— stlhartg

10:37 pm January 23rd, 2008

I don’t think a beer gut is quite comparable to a pregnant midsection; nor do I think either are offensive.

I agree with the first post- Victorian, self-loathing BS.

Thanks for the coverage on midwives. I went to Mizzou and there were some really interesting people working in the repro field…

— alarch

7:16 pm February 23rd, 2008

Poor taste to show pregnant belly?

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