In the photo below, we can see a few Amish women protesting against Texas’ new law on abortion. Taken by Getty Images on the 24th of July 2021, the sign that one of the women is holding is a drawing of the state of Texas as a bloody coat hanger to represent the coat hanger abortion myth. In this myth, many people believe that women use coat hangers to pull out the fetus and abort it. Though this myth has been proven false, many people still believe it.

The author is mainly responding to the fact that Texas just changed the lives of all women living in Texas, no matter their race, gender, religion or sexual orientation. The purpose of this image is to bring to light the situation that is occurring in Texas. Because of this new law, every single woman in Texas is suffering and is having part of their freedom ripped from them. Personally, I believe that the main target audience of this post can be the politicians and officials that voted on this new law and the rest of America. These two groups are the main audience because this photo is showing how every single female in Texas is suffering from this bill.Texans politicians are also the main target because they are the reason the law is in effect. The author’s stance on this issue is very clear; they are against the law like most of America. This issue is not just a problem in Texas; eight other states have made abortions illegal. With keeping this in mind, the genre of this image would be a public statement since the artist is trying to inform the general public about this issue.

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