An anti-abortion group in Racine is under fire after mailing plastic fetuses to 44,000 people.
The mailing also included an informational letter and a fundraising envelope, WISN-TV in Milwaukee reported.
Mystical Listrom said she was not happy when she opened a Wisconsin Right to Life letter accompanied by a plastic fetus.
"It's my right to choose to do what I want with my body. I shouldn't have people telling me what I can and can't do with my body," Listrom said.
Her neighbor, Glenda Pollock, got the same package.
"If they had sent a letter explaining why they think abortion should not be allowed, I wouldn't have a problem with that. It was the plastic fetus that bothered me," Pollock said.
"We thought it would be appropriate to send out some information to get people talking about the subject," said Dave Obernberger of Wisconsin Right To Life
Dave and Bonnie Obernberger, of the Racine County chapter of Wisconsin Right to Life, said the plastic figure represents an 11- or 12-week fetus.
They sent it out this week to mark the 35-year anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion.
"I pray that they'll look at it a little more than being offended by it, but being educated by it," Dave Obernberger said.
The Obernbergers said they have already gotten some response, and they expect more.
Pollock wasted no time having her voice heard. She brought the package to the post office and mailed it back.
"I had to pay to have it returned because it was a non-profit mailing, which I was happy to pay. It was just over $1 and it was well worth it," Pollock said.
Pollock filed a complaint with the U.S. Postal Service; however, it doesn't appear to be illegal.
Postal officials said it doesn't fit their standards of obscene or lewd, but they said people can fill out a form that would prevent them from getting mail from Wisconsin Right to Life in the future.
The mailers were sent to every home in Racine and to some of the surrounding suburbs.
