When this classroom activity was made public in the media, it stirred up debate between the Catholic Church, which is fiercely opposed to abortion and advocates an infant's "right to life," and women's groups, who stress a woman's "right to choose" in matters concerning her own body. With each camp holding an opposing view, real communication has been difficult.
活動經由媒體報導曝光，引發了極力反對墮胎、強調胎兒生命權的天主教，與贊成墮胎合法、主張婦女擁有自己身體自主權的女性團體展開論戰。有關胎兒「生命權」與婦女「身體權」的兩極思辯，兩造立場各一，其實很難有所對話。