{"id":209903,"date":"2019-09-05T17:11:38","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T22:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=209903"},"modified":"2024-09-20T12:20:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T17:20:08","slug":"facebook-fact-check-live-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/facebook-fact-check-live-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Editors of Facebook&#8217;s fact checker website may have invited abortionists to target Live Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Editors of the <a href=\"https:\/\/healthfeedback.org\/claimreview\/lila-rose-claim-that-abortion-is-never-medically-necessary-is-inaccurate-it-is-necessary-in-certain-cases-to-preserve-mothers-life-young-america-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>\u00a0HealthFeedback.org may have been the initiators of the recent &#8220;fact check&#8221; of Live Action by Facebook. The editors of Health Feedback invited\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/meet-facebook-fact-checker-abortionists-live-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two <em>abortionists<\/em><\/a>\u00a0to write a response to Live Action founder and president Lila Rose&#8217;s statement that &#8220;abortion is never medically necessary.&#8221; The abortionists unsurprisingly <a href=\"https:\/\/healthfeedback.org\/claimreview\/lila-rose-claim-that-abortion-is-never-medically-necessary-is-inaccurate-it-is-necessary-in-certain-cases-to-preserve-mothers-life-young-america-foundation\/\">ruled<\/a> Rose&#8217;s statement &#8220;inaccurate,&#8221; which led to\u00a0Facebook&#8217;s decision to reduce the distribution of links to LiveAction.org as well as content shared on Rose\u2019s Facebook page.\u00a0As Live Action News <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/facebook-live-action-false-abortionist-fact-check\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously<\/a> documented, the &#8220;fact check,&#8221; written with feedback from\u00a0abortionists\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/meet-facebook-fact-checker-abortionists-live-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robyn Schickler and\u00a0Daniel Grossman,<\/a> came weeks after Rose published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\/videos\/508975856517573\/?v=508975856517573\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a>\u00a0of a speech she gave to the Young America\u2019s Foundation to her Facebook page.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_209954\" style=\"width: 673px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-209954\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-209954\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-factcheck-Lila-Rose.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Health Feedback fact check Lila Rose\" width=\"663\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-factcheck-Lila-Rose.jpg 663w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-factcheck-Lila-Rose-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-factcheck-Lila-Rose-500x402.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-209954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Health Feedback fact check Lila Rose<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Health Feedback is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/sciencefeedback.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science Feedback<\/a>\u00a0non-profit <a href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-science-feedback\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">registered<\/a> in France and founded by <a href=\"http:\/\/emmanuel.vincent.earth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emmanuel Vincent<\/a>. The site\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sciencefeedback.co\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claims<\/a>\u00a0to challenge \u201cthe credibility of influential claims and media coverage\u201d of climate and health, and claims its goal to \u201chelp create an Internet where users will have access to scientifically sound and trustworthy information.\u201d However, the Science Feedback website includes Rose&#8217;s statement that abortion is never medically necessary as &#8220;inaccurate&#8221; despite the fact that over a thousand doctors agree with Rose.<\/p>\n<p>Vincent is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/vincentemmanuel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">listed<\/a> as a <em>Research Scientist<\/em> at the University of California&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/ccc.ucmerced.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center for Climate Communication, UC Merced<\/a>. Live Action News has documented the close ties between the University of California and abortion philanthropists <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/meet-facebook-fact-checker-abortionists-live-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. In fact, the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ucmerced.edu\/search\/node\/packard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Packard Foundation<\/a>,\u00a0an original investor in the abortion pill manufacturer, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/secrecy-abortion-pill-maker-investors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danco Laboratories<\/a>,\u00a0is a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ucmerced.edu\/news\/2001\/packard-foundation-donates-more-11-million-university-california-acquisition-proposed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">substantial donor<\/a> to UC Merced.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"box_title\">Health Feedback\u00a0<\/span>Contributor Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To\u00a0<span class=\"box_title\">become a Health Feedback contributor, the group&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/healthfeedback.org\/for-scientists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> tells applicants that they must:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>have a PhD in a relevant discipline,<\/li>\n<li>have at least one published article in a peer-reviewed scientific journal within the last three years in the field of health science or medicine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But in looking at prominent online profiles of the &#8220;fact-checker&#8221; abortionists\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/meet-facebook-fact-checker-abortionists-live-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schickler and Grossman,<\/a>\u00a0it was unclear to Live Action News whether either met those standards.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_209813\" style=\"width: 792px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-209813\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-209813\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/facebook-abortionists-grossman-schickler.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"782\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/facebook-abortionists-grossman-schickler.jpg 1198w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/facebook-abortionists-grossman-schickler-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/facebook-abortionists-grossman-schickler-768x417.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/facebook-abortionists-grossman-schickler-700x380.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/facebook-abortionists-grossman-schickler-500x271.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-209813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robyn Schickler, Daniel Grossman<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Health Feedback\u00a0Process<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If the Health Feedback process as explained on its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/healthfeedback.org\/process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> was followed, it seems to indicate that Live Action was targeted by Health Feedback editors, who then invited two abortionists to publish the so-called &#8220;fact check.&#8221; It does not appear that any OB\/GYNs from abortion neutral groups were invited to balance the abortionists&#8217; claims, including those from the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians &amp; Gynecologists (AAPLOG).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_209906\" style=\"width: 886px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-209906\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-209906\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-process-09032019.jpg\" alt=\"Image: HealthFeedback fact check process \" width=\"876\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-process-09032019.jpg 876w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-process-09032019-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-process-09032019-768x342.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-process-09032019-700x312.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-process-09032019-500x223.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-209906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HealthFeedback fact check process<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Health Feedback&#8217;s editors seem to have targeted a pro-life statement and then assigned abortionists as the &#8220;experts&#8221; to fact check the statement. The problem here is the conflict of interest; abortionists are trying to protect their industry and their livelihood &#8212; the way they make money.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Health Feedback Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Health Feedback&#8217;s editor in this case was\u00a0<a title=\"Posts by Flora Teoh\" href=\"https:\/\/healthfeedback.org\/editor\/florateoh\/\" rel=\"author\">Flora Teo<\/a>. According to her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/flora-teoh-19559452\/?originalSubdomain=sg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn page<\/a>, Two has a scientific background in &#8220;microbiology and immunology,&#8221; not obstetrics and gynecology. But there is an interesting tidbit in her past work experience with the Singapore\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.a-star.edu.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">research company<\/a>\u00a0A*Star, where she was a\u00a0<span class=\"lt-line-clamp__line\">&#8220;postdoctoral fellow in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.a-star.edu.sg\/imcb\/Science\/Investigators\/Pls\/Pls-Profile\/ResearchListID\/21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Humanised Mouse Unit<\/a> at the Institute of Molecular and Cell<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"lt-line-clamp__line\">Biology.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_209980\" style=\"width: 729px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-209980\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-209980\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-editor-of-prolife-site-fellow-in-Humanised-Mouse-Uit.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Health Feedback editor of prolife site fellow in Humanised Mouse Unit (Image: LinkedIn) \" width=\"719\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-editor-of-prolife-site-fellow-in-Humanised-Mouse-Uit.jpg 719w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-editor-of-prolife-site-fellow-in-Humanised-Mouse-Uit-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-editor-of-prolife-site-fellow-in-Humanised-Mouse-Uit-700x504.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-editor-of-prolife-site-fellow-in-Humanised-Mouse-Uit-500x360.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-209980\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Health Feedback editor of prolife site fellow in Humanised Mouse Unit (Image: LinkedIn)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Why is this important and why could this point to a conflict of interest? According to one study <a href=\"https:\/\/jvi.asm.org\/content\/93\/3\/e01066-18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a> in the Journal of Virology, <em>aborted\u00a0fetal tissue<\/em> is being used for A*Star research.<\/p>\n<p>The study states in part, &#8220;&#8230;\u00a0mice were purchased from The Jackson Laboratory and bred under specific-pathogen-free conditions at the Biological Resource Centre (BRC) at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore&#8230;.&#8221; Under <em>materials,<\/em> it states, &#8220;Human fetal livers were obtained <strong>from aborted fetuses at 15 to 23\u2009weeks of gestation<\/strong> in strict accordance with the institutional ethical guidelines of KK Women\u2019s and Children\u2019s Hospital, Singapore, with written consent from the donors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In reality, the humans who donated these organs could never have given written consent, because they were killed to obtain them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_209982\" style=\"width: 591px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-209982\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-209982\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-editor-worked-at-A-Star-which-used-aborted-fetal-tissue-for-Humanised-Mouse-Uit.jpg\" alt=\"Image: American Society for Microbiology\" width=\"581\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-editor-worked-at-A-Star-which-used-aborted-fetal-tissue-for-Humanised-Mouse-Uit.jpg 581w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-editor-worked-at-A-Star-which-used-aborted-fetal-tissue-for-Humanised-Mouse-Uit-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-editor-worked-at-A-Star-which-used-aborted-fetal-tissue-for-Humanised-Mouse-Uit-500x413.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-209982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: American Society for Microbiology<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Another Pro-life Health Feedback Fact Check uses Abortionists<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Live Action was not the first pro-life site to be fact-checked by abortionists at Health Feedback. In July, the same editor, <a title=\"Posts by Flora Teoh\" href=\"https:\/\/healthfeedback.org\/editor\/florateoh\/\" rel=\"author\">Teo,<\/a>\u00a0assigned two other abortionists to <a href=\"https:\/\/healthfeedback.org\/claimreview\/oral-contraceptives-associated-with-increased-relative-risk-of-blood-clots-but-not-a-significantly-increased-absolute-risk-generally-safe-to-use\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fact check<\/a>\u00a0LifeSiteNews, another pro-life news website. In that case, abortionist fact-checker,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cuanschutztoday.org\/cu-anschutz-study-offers-clues-for-why-birth-control-may-fail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aaron Lazorwitz<\/a>, was described by Health Feedback as the &#8220;Assistant Professor (Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology), School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver.&#8221; But according to the website <a href=\"https:\/\/abortiondocs.org\/abortionists\/aaron-m-lazorwitz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AbortionDocs.org<\/a>, he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Aaron%20Lazorwitz%2C%20abortion%20&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commits<\/a> abortions.<\/p>\n<p>The site&#8217;s second &#8220;fact-checker,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bixbycenter.ucsf.edu\/philip-d-darney-md-msc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philip D. Darney<\/a>, was described as a &#8220;Professor, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/paying-millions-abortion-training-taxpayers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health<\/a>.&#8221; As Live Action News <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/paying-millions-abortion-training-taxpayers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously<\/a> documented, Bixby trains abortionists and was originally founded as\u00a0the Center for Reproductive Health Research &amp; Policy in 1999\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/129688664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philip Darney, MD<\/a>, and others.\u00a0The Center offers online abortion training courses and lectures through its\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.innovating-education.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Innovating Education in Reproductive Health<\/a>.\u00a0In addition, as <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/fda-abortion-pill-deaths-hospitalizations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously<\/a> reported, Darney &#8220;has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bixbycenter.ucsf.edu\/philip-d-darney-md-msc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">served<\/a>\u00a0on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/can-we-trust-new-study-claiming-women-certain-about-abortions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boards<\/a>\u00a0of <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/studies-funded-abortion-supporters-attempt-disprove-women-regret-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planned Parenthood Federation of America<\/a> and the Guttmacher Institute, Planned Parenthood\u2019s former\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/how-independent-is-guttmacher-from-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">research arm,<\/a>&#8221; after being\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smith.edu\/libraries\/libs\/ssc\/prh\/transcripts\/darney-trans.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inspired<\/a> by the debunked population theory &#8220;The Population Bomb&#8221; published by\u00a0Paul Ehrlich.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_209987\" style=\"width: 515px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-209987\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-209987 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Health-Feedback-abortionist-fact-checkers-Darney-and-Lazorwitz.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Health Feedback abortionist fact checkers Darney and Lazorwitz\" width=\"505\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Health-Feedback-abortionist-fact-checkers-Darney-and-Lazorwitz.jpg 505w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Health-Feedback-abortionist-fact-checkers-Darney-and-Lazorwitz-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Health-Feedback-abortionist-fact-checkers-Darney-and-Lazorwitz-500x350.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-209987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Health Feedback abortionist fact checkers Darney and Lazorwitz<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Updated Data<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Health Feedback published its &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/healthfeedback.org\/claimreview\/lila-rose-claim-that-abortion-is-never-medically-necessary-is-inaccurate-it-is-necessary-in-certain-cases-to-preserve-mothers-life-young-america-foundation\/?fbclid=IwAR0pTsDR8_Dn__Svm87xAVz461QSQucidq4X9V_semBuWcrvtCSk_u10H2s\">fact check&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0of Live Action and Rose on August 30, 2019, which coincidentally (or not so coincidentally) was the very same day Facebook made its decision to &#8220;reduce distribution&#8221; of Live Action&#8217;s pages. Then, after Live Action responded with evidence that the claim is <a href=\"https:\/\/aaplog.org\/fact-checking-the-fact-checkers-abortionists-misrepresent-the-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supported<\/a> by AAPLOG, Health Feedback\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/healthfeedback.org\/claimreview\/lila-rose-claim-that-abortion-is-never-medically-necessary-is-inaccurate-it-is-necessary-in-certain-cases-to-preserve-mothers-life-young-america-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">updated<\/a> its &#8220;fact check&#8221; with a &#8220;clarification&#8221; from the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_209966\" style=\"width: 681px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-209966\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-209966\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-factcheck-ACOG-update.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Health Feedback fact check ACOG update\" width=\"671\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-factcheck-ACOG-update.jpg 671w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-factcheck-ACOG-update-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-factcheck-ACOG-update-500x367.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-209966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Health Feedback fact check ACOG update<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But there are serious conflicts and problems with using ACOG as an unbiased source. Why?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ACOG is a radically <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/american-college-obstetricians-gynecologists-pro-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pro-abortion<\/a> organization.<\/li>\n<li>ACOG\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/intranet.bixbycenter.ucsf.edu\/publications\/files\/BixbyCenter_10YearReport_2009.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">funds<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/paying-millions-abortion-training-taxpayers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health<\/a>\u00a0at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) which <a href=\"https:\/\/bixbycenter.ucsf.edu\/abortion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trains<\/a> abortionists and employs <a href=\"https:\/\/bixbycenter.ucsf.edu\/daniel-grossman-md-facog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grossman<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>ACOG has been <a href=\"https:\/\/ibisreproductivehealth.org\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/publications\/Ibis%202016%20990.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">funded<\/a> by Ibis Reproductive Health, an organization where Grossman is also on <a href=\"https:\/\/ibisreproductivehealth.org\/about-us\/staff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">staff<\/a>. According to the Ibis\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ibisreproductivehealth.org\/funders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>, the organization receives <a href=\"https:\/\/ibisreproductivehealth.org\/funders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">direct funding<\/a> from abortion pill manufacturer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/secrecy-abortion-pill-maker-investors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danco Laboratories.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ACOG is funded by the Buffett Foundation (<a href=\"http:\/\/990s.foundationcenter.org\/990pf_pdf_archive\/476\/476032365\/476032365_201612_990PF.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016<\/a>) which <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/study-funded-abortion-pill-investor-buffett-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invested<\/a> in the abortion pill manufacturer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_208986\" style=\"width: 653px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-208986\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-208986\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Ibis-receives-funds-from-abortion-pill-Mgf-Danco-Laboratories-and-Packard-Gerbode-Hewlett.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Ibis receives funds from abortion pill Mgf Danco Laboratories and Packard Gerbode Hewlett\" width=\"643\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Ibis-receives-funds-from-abortion-pill-Mgf-Danco-Laboratories-and-Packard-Gerbode-Hewlett.jpg 643w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Ibis-receives-funds-from-abortion-pill-Mgf-Danco-Laboratories-and-Packard-Gerbode-Hewlett-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Ibis-receives-funds-from-abortion-pill-Mgf-Danco-Laboratories-and-Packard-Gerbode-Hewlett-500x416.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-208986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ibis receives funds from abortion pill Mgf Danco Laboratories and Packard Gerbode Hewlett<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Health Feedback (Science Feedback) Safeguards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite these conflicts, \u00a0coupled with editorial invitations to known abortionists with <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/meet-facebook-fact-checker-abortionists-live-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ties<\/a> to big abortion, Science Feedback <a href=\"https:\/\/sciencefeedback.co\/community-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claims<\/a> they safeguard their credibility by requiring contributors\u00a0&#8220;to have appropriate credentials in a relevant scientific area and to demonstrate high-level ethical standards in their scientific and public practice.&#8221; The same &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/sciencefeedback.co\/community-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Community Standards<\/a>&#8221; page makes clear that the weight of different points of view or other interpretations are to be given.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_209940\" style=\"width: 867px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-209940\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-209940 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ScienceFeedback-Community-STandards.jpg\" alt=\"Image: ScienceFeedback Community Standards\" width=\"857\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ScienceFeedback-Community-STandards.jpg 857w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ScienceFeedback-Community-STandards-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ScienceFeedback-Community-STandards-768x453.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ScienceFeedback-Community-STandards-700x413.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ScienceFeedback-Community-STandards-500x295.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 857px) 100vw, 857px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-209940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Science Feedback Community Standards<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Health Feedback abortionists did neither of these, and as Live Action News <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/facebook-live-action-false-abortionist-fact-check\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously<\/a> made clear, &#8220;Live Action&#8230; has made this claim with the support and backing of\u00a0<strong>over\u00a0a thousand<\/strong>\u00a0medical professionals, who signed the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dublindeclaration.com\/\">Dublin Declaration<\/a>.&#8221;\u00a0In addition, Live Action News <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/facebook-live-action-false-abortionist-fact-check\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pointed out<\/a> that\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/aaplog.org\/what-is-aaplogs-position-on-abortion-to-save-the-life-of-the-mother\/\">2,500 OB\/GYNS<\/a>\u00a0of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians &amp; Gynecologists affirm that direct abortion \u2013 the purposeful destruction of the preborn child \u2013 is not medically necessary to save the life of a woman.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the fact check listed seven &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/healthfeedback.org\/claimreview\/lila-rose-claim-that-abortion-is-never-medically-necessary-is-inaccurate-it-is-necessary-in-certain-cases-to-preserve-mothers-life-young-america-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">references<\/a>,&#8221; not one of those was noted as a direct rebuttal related to Rose&#8217;s specific claim that abortion is never medically necessary. Instead, the footnotes were linked to general claims of abortion safety.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_210026\" style=\"width: 687px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-210026\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-210026 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Health-Feedback-study-references.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Health Feedback study references\" width=\"677\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Health-Feedback-study-references.jpg 677w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Health-Feedback-study-references-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Health-Feedback-study-references-675x308.jpg 675w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Health-Feedback-study-references-500x227.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-210026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Health Feedback study references<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Live Action News\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/study-pushing-abortion-pill-access-gain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously<\/a>\u00a0reviewed three well-known\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-abortion-studies-funding-media-ignore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abortion philanthropists<\/a>\u00a0funding many of the studies listed above, and summarized as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation\u00a0<\/strong>gives\u00a0millions of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hewlett.org\/grants\/?keyword=Planned%20Parenthood%20&amp;sort=relevance&amp;current_page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dollars<\/a>\u00a0to abortion groups like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hewlett.org\/grants\/?keyword=NARAL&amp;sort=relevance&amp;current_page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NARAL<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hewlett.org\/grants\/?keyword=planned%20parenthood%20&amp;sort=relevance&amp;current_page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planned Parenthood<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hewlett.org\/grants\/?keyword=National%20Abortion%20Federation&amp;sort=relevance&amp;current_page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Abortion Federation<\/a>. They\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hewlett.org\/grants\/?keyword=Gynuity&amp;sort=relevance&amp;current_page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fund<\/a>\u00a0Gynuity Health Projects,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hewlett.org\/grants\/?keyword=University%20of%20California%20at%20San%20Francisco&amp;sort=relevance&amp;current_page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UCSF<\/a>, and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hewlett.org\/grants\/?keyword=Guttmacher&amp;sort=relevance&amp;current_page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guttmacher Institute<\/a>.\u00a0A stated\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150315063047\/http:\/\/hewlett.org\/programs\/global-development-population\/us-reproductive-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">goal<\/a>\u00a0of Hewlett has been \u201cto expand access to abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_205959\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<div id=\"attachment_205959\" style=\"width: 795px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-205959\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-205959 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Hewlett-goal-to-expand-abortion.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Hewlett goal to expand abortion\" width=\"785\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Hewlett-goal-to-expand-abortion.jpg 785w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Hewlett-goal-to-expand-abortion-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Hewlett-goal-to-expand-abortion-768x476.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Hewlett-goal-to-expand-abortion-700x434.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Hewlett-goal-to-expand-abortion-500x309.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-205959\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hewlett goal to expand abortion<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2022 The\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/webcache.googleusercontent.com\/search?q=cache:Wf12yInjKY8J:https:\/\/www.packard.org\/grants-and-investments\/grants-database\/gynuity-health-projects-llc-5\/+&amp;cd=1&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David and Lucile Packard Foundation<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s\u00a0previous\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110518050157\/https:\/\/www.packard.org\/what-we-fund\/population-reproductive-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>\u00a0made clear its goal is \u201cexpanding access to safe abortion.\u201d Packard\u2019s current\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.packard.org\/what-we-fund\/population-reproductive-health\/what-were-doing\/united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>\u00a0says it exists to \u201censure that women receive quality abortion care by supporting advocacy in targeted states and addressing the clinic and provider shortage.\u201d The Foundation is a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.packard.org\/what-we-fund\/grants-database\/?grant_keyword=Planned+Parenthood+&amp;program_area=Population+and+Reproductive+Health&amp;award_amount=All+Amounts&amp;award_year=All+Years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">substantial donor<\/a>\u00a0to <a href=\"http:\/\/packard.org\">P<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.packard.org\/?s=Planned+Parenthood+&amp;post_filter%5B%5D=grant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lanned Parenthood<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.packard.org\/?s=%22National+Abortion+Federation%22&amp;post_filter%5B%5D=grant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Abortion Federation<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.packard.org\/what-we-fund\/grants-database\/?grant_keyword=NARAL&amp;program_area=Population+and+Reproductive+Health&amp;award_amount=All+Amounts&amp;award_year=All+Years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NARAL<\/a>, and an original\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.packard.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Packard_MIR_2016mar8.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investor<\/a>\u00a0in the abortion pill manufacturer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/secrecy-abortion-pill-maker-investors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DANCO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_205961\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<div id=\"attachment_205961\" style=\"width: 1044px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-205961\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-205961 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Packard-Foundation-goal-to-expand-abortion-US-accessed-07052019.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Packard Foundation goal to expand abortion US accessed 7\/5\/2019\" width=\"1034\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Packard-Foundation-goal-to-expand-abortion-US-accessed-07052019.jpg 1034w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Packard-Foundation-goal-to-expand-abortion-US-accessed-07052019-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Packard-Foundation-goal-to-expand-abortion-US-accessed-07052019-768x328.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Packard-Foundation-goal-to-expand-abortion-US-accessed-07052019-700x299.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Packard-Foundation-goal-to-expand-abortion-US-accessed-07052019-500x213.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1034px) 100vw, 1034px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-205961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Packard Foundation goal to expand abortion US accessed 07052019<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2022 <strong>The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation<\/strong>\u00a0is also an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foundationsearch.com\/990\/LATEST\/9\/WALLACE%20ALEXANDER%20GERBODE%20FOUNDATION%202016%20946065226.PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investor<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/secrecy-abortion-pill-maker-investors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DANCO<\/a>\u00a0(granting $250,000 in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/990s.foundationcenter.org\/990pf_pdf_archive\/946\/946065226\/946065226_200212_990PF.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2002<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/990s.foundationcenter.org\/990pf_pdf_archive\/946\/946065226\/946065226_200412_990PF.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2004<\/a>, and annually)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/fdnweb.org\/gerbode\/recent-grants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grants<\/a>\u00a0large amounts of money to pro-abortion groups. Gerbode\u00a0has been described by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/girls-women-grants-funding\/2015\/3\/16\/whos-making-grants-to-train-the-next-generation-of-abortion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inside Philanthropy<\/a>\u00a0as funding the \u201cnext generation of abortion doctors.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_205863\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<div id=\"attachment_205863\" style=\"width: 1047px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-205863\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-205863 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Wallace-A-Gerbode-Foudation.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Wallace A Gerbode Foundation funds Danco abortion pill mfg (2002) \" width=\"1037\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Wallace-A-Gerbode-Foudation.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Wallace-A-Gerbode-Foudation-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Wallace-A-Gerbode-Foudation-768x290.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Wallace-A-Gerbode-Foudation-700x264.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Wallace-A-Gerbode-Foudation-500x189.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1037px) 100vw, 1037px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-205863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wallace A Gerbode Foundation funds Danco abortion pill mfg (2002)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Seven of the above referenced studies were funded by Packard and Hewlett, while five were funded by all three abortion philanthropists, including one unnamed anonymous donor.<\/p>\n<p>Authors of the studies are also connected to deeply biased organizations on abortion including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ansirh.org\/about\/faculty-and-staff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health<\/a>\u00a0(ANSIRH)<\/strong>, a group which\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachtraining.org\/trainingworkbook\/EarlyAbortionTrainingWorkbook2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publishes<\/a>\u00a0workbooks on abortion training<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/paying-millions-abortion-training-taxpayers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health,<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0which trains abortionists, as Live Action News <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/paying-millions-abortion-training-taxpayers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously<\/a> documented<\/li>\n<li><strong>University of California<\/strong>, which\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/meet-facebook-fact-checker-abortionists-live-action\/\">is heavily funded<\/a> by Danco&#8217;s investors (Packard and Buffett), and is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/dangerous-self-abortion-pill-push\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sponsoring<\/a> clinical trials to expand abortion in the U.S.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ibis Reproductive Health<\/strong>, an abortion organization which is &#8212; according to their own\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ibisreproductivehealth.org\/funders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0<strong>directly<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ibisreproductivehealth.org\/funders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">funded<\/a>\u00a0by abortion pill manufacturer Danco Laboratories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even the seventh reference from a study published by the National Academies of Science (NASEM) was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/dangerous-self-abortion-pill-push\/\">funded by abortion collaborators and organizations behind abortion expansion efforts<\/a>, as <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/profit-motive-study-claiming-abortion-safe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously<\/a> documented.\u00a0NASEM\u2019s report, \u201cThe Safety and Quality of Abortion Care in the United States,\u201d was financed in part by foundations with possible profit motives (a huge conflict of interest), namely\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrlc.org\/archive\/news\/2006\/NRL07\/BuffettDonation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Warren Buffett<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/secrecy-abortion-pill-maker-investors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Packard Foundation,<\/a>\u00a0which seeded the start-up of the abortion pill manufacturer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/secrecy-abortion-pill-maker-investors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danco Laboratories, LLC<\/a>. In addition, one of the study &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nap.edu\/read\/24950\/chapter\/1#vii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reviewers<\/a>&#8221; of the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/profit-motive-study-claiming-abortion-safe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> was none other than Grossman himself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_209951\" style=\"width: 836px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-209951\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-209951 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-Community-standards-1.jpg\" alt=\"Image: HealthFeedback Community standards\" width=\"826\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-Community-standards-1.jpg 826w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-Community-standards-1-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-Community-standards-1-768x413.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-Community-standards-1-700x376.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HealthFeedback-Community-standards-1-500x269.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-209951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Health Feedback Community standards<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Science Feedback <a href=\"https:\/\/sciencefeedback.co\/community-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">states<\/a>\u00a0that a scientist can undermine their own credibility by &#8220;not disclosing important conflicts of interest.&#8221; Yet, Live Action News has <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/meet-facebook-fact-checker-abortionists-live-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documented<\/a> several ways these abortionist fact-checkers failed to disclose such conflicts (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/meet-facebook-fact-checker-abortionists-live-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>), namely that Grossman and Schickler are associated with organizations either directly funded by abortion pill manufacturer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/secrecy-abortion-pill-maker-investors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danco Laboratories<\/a> or by Danco&#8217;s investors.<\/p>\n<p>The abortion industry continues to falsely sell abortion, the intentional targeting of the preborn child in the womb, as health care. To legitimize abortion, which includes the violent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abortionprocedures.com\/abortion-pill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chemical poisoning<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jgw4X7Dw_3k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dismembering<\/a> of the second of two patients (the preborn baby) during a pregnancy, abortion advocates rely upon websites like Health Feedback and others who refuse to show the American public exactly what abortion is. As long as Health Feedback refuses to publish a view in disagreement with those who support abortion on demand, they can never be considered credible nor taken seriously as a legitimate scientific resource.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editors of the website\u00a0HealthFeedback.org may have been the initiators of the recent &#8220;fact check&#8221; of Live Action by Facebook. The editors of Health Feedback invited\u00a0two abortionists\u00a0to write a response to Live Action founder and president Lila Rose&#8217;s statement that &#8220;abortion is never medically necessary.&#8221; The abortionists unsurprisingly ruled Rose&#8217;s statement &#8220;inaccurate,&#8221; which led to\u00a0Facebook&#8217;s decision [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":210045,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[15,20722,8,9459],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Editors of Facebook&#039;s fact checker website may have invited abortionists to target Live Action<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Editors of the website\u00a0HealthFeedback.org may have been the instigators behind a Live Action fact check, by inviting 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