{"id":203071,"date":"2019-05-28T08:26:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T13:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=203071"},"modified":"2019-05-25T14:47:29","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T19:47:29","slug":"african-american-pro-life-cut-cnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/african-american-pro-life-cut-cnn\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN cuts Black, female pro-life activist (and other pro-lifers) from abortion program"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In October of 2018, CNN “United Shades of America” producers invited\u00a0Students for Life Appalachian Regional Coordinator and Minorities Outreach Regional Coordinator Elizabeth Parker, an African-American pro-life activist, to participate in an interview for their episode on \u201cboth sides\u201d of the abortion debate.\u00a0When the episode aired May 19th, not only was Parker\u2019s interview cut, there was also virtually no representation of the pro-life side at all.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very disappointed\u00a0at\u00a0the dishonesty exhibited by the people who asked me to take time out of my schedule to do this project,” said Parker in a\u00a0Students for Life press release<\/a>. “They said that the goal of the episode was to\u00a0take a look\u00a0at both sides of the abortion debate. I went, gave them my time, and got cut for my trouble \u2013\u00a0as\u00a0did the rest of the pro-life invitees. Clearly, they only wanted to portray abortion positively.\u201d<\/p>\n

Apparently, Parker’s name is one the mainstream media would rather forget. Back in February, she helped Mississippi Valley State University launch the first Students for Life Group at a Historically Black College\/University (HBCU)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Parker told Live Action News, “It’s disappointing but not surprising that CNN cut a voice of truth out about the other side of abortion that the pro-choice side doesn\u2019t want you to know. We came to the interview upon an invitation in good faith to have a genuine discussion about what it means to be pro-life in this day and age.”<\/p>\n

“We were told that our voice was wanted, to help shed light so that both sides could be heard,” Parker added. “Instead we showed up to the equivalent of a fixed card game, and unfortunately another loss on the pro-choice side to have a genuine dialogue about the truth about abortion and how it has affected so many communities, especially the black community, negatively. ”<\/p>\n

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