{"id":210821,"date":"2019-09-15T23:45:26","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T04:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=210821"},"modified":"2019-09-16T01:11:50","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T06:11:50","slug":"mainstream-media-united-supporting-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mainstream-media-united-supporting-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Mainstream local and national media are united in supporting abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Local news organizations in many states around the country are wielding their influence to oppose pro-life initiatives, according to a recent <\/span>analysis<\/span><\/a> by <\/span>The Washington Free Beacon<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Free Beacon analysis of editorial board opinion pieces, which represent the official stance of the newspapers, found systematic bias against the pro-life cause. For instance, the report found that only one newspaper — Georgia\u2019s Augusta Chronicle — endorsed a heartbeat bill, while 21 papers in 12 states wrote editorials condemning such legislation. And several newspaper editorial boards wrote multiple pieces hammering home their condemnation of pro-life legislation and support for the pro-abortion cause.<\/span><\/p>\n

Many of the editorials pull no punches and make use of inflammatory rhetoric to hammer home their point. The Free Beacon points out one such egregious example in the <\/span>Anniston Star<\/span><\/a>: \u201cIn state capitals all across the land, Republicans are gleefully using women as pawns in their political game. So deep is their desire to overturn the Roe v. Wade abortion ruling that they\u2019re oblivious to their lunacy.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>According to the <\/span>Kansas City Star<\/span><\/a>, \u201cRepublicans often say that government shouldn\u2019t pick winners and losers, but women in crisis would lose if this bill becomes law. Government should get off our backs, but other perches are OK.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>And the St. Louis Dispatch editorial board <\/span>wrote<\/span><\/a>, \u201cIf big government seizes control over women’s wombs, as these legislators advocate, Margaret Atwood’s \u2018The Handmaid\u2019s Tale’ won\u2019t look quite so bizarrely fictitious anymore. Gilead looms ever larger on America’s horizon.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Why has \u2018heartbeat\u2019 just become a \u2018medically inaccurate\u2019 term? Abortion.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Many of the editorials rely on a variation on the <\/span>bodily autonomy<\/span><\/a> argument, which completely ignores the life of the preborn baby in the womb. And, as Secular Pro-Life has <\/span>pointed out<\/span><\/a>, bodily autonomy is not the real issue at hand for these abortion activists, since an initiative that would have no bearing on a woman\u2019s autonomy — the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 962) — has been blocked from a vote over 80 times in the House of Representatives by pro-abortion Democrats.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some also try to discredit or distract from the <\/span>science<\/span><\/a> that supports heartbeat bills. An Akron Beacon Journal <\/span>editorial<\/span><\/a> favorably cites a Democrat who argues that babies who cannot survive outside the womb are not deserving of protection. The Quad-City Times <\/span>editorial<\/span><\/a> strikes an agnostic tone: \u201cIt’s pointless to argue about highly subjective elements, such as when a fetus becomes a person. These are, in many ways, matters of personal morality.\u201d A Des Moines Register <\/span>editorial<\/span><\/a> mocks pro-life claims about the human dignity of the preborn: \u201cA fetus is not considered its own person. Not for tax purposes. Not for life insurance. Not by the census. Not when you buy an airline or movie ticket. A fetus cannot be taken into foster care. It isn\u2019t eligible for a kid’s meal at a restaurant. A pregnant woman who drinks a glass of wine is not serving alcohol to a minor. Governments issue birth certificates, not fetal heartbeat detection certificates.\u201d Live Action News has covered the ways the pro-abortion media has attempted to downplay<\/a> the humanity<\/a> of preborn children with regard to heartbeat bills.<\/span><\/p>\n