{"id":230224,"date":"2020-09-03T16:03:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T21:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=230224"},"modified":"2020-09-04T00:32:26","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T05:32:26","slug":"pro-abortion-media-biased-attack-ted-cruz-pregnancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-abortion-media-biased-attack-ted-cruz-pregnancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-abortion media attack after Senator Ted Cruz says &#8216;pregnancy is not a life-threatening illness&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>The term &#8220;pregnancy&#8221; is trending on Twitter following a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTedCruz\/status\/1301203239140954112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweet<\/a>\u00a0from Senator Ted Cruz which stated, &#8220;Pregnancy is not a life-threatening illness, and the abortion pill does not cure or prevent any disease. Make no mistake, Mifeprex is a dangerous pill.&#8221; Pro-abortion media has seized upon his remarks, citing biased sources in an attempt to disprove Cruz, who just this week <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/dozens-congressional-leaders-letter-fda-abortion-pill\/\">led a call for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban the abortion pill<\/a>, mifepristone (brand name Mifeprex), from the U.S. market.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the facts, and they&#8217;re not in the media&#8217;s favor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CBS News reporter uses false &#8220;abortion is safer than childbirth&#8221; claim<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CBS News reporter Kate Smith previously\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/cbs-reporter-late-term-abortion-violent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> that the phrase\u00a0<em>late-term abortion<\/em>\u00a0is \u201cnon-medical\u201d and \u201cviolent rhetoric.\u201d Smith also conducted a <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/cbs-news-failed-facts-interview-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">softball interview<\/a> with Planned Parenthood&#8217;s recently-appointed president, who misleadingly stated that abortions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/learn\/3percent\/\">only account for three percent<\/a> of Planned Parenthood&#8217;s services, a claim that was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/fact-checker\/wp\/2015\/08\/12\/for-planned-parenthood-abortion-stats-3-percent-and-94-percent-are-both-misleading\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debunked<\/a>\u00a0by the Washington Post\u00a0<em>years<\/em> ago.<\/p>\n<p>In response to Senator Cruz, Smith <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/byKateSmith\/status\/1301521557144166400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>: &#8220;This is why pregnancy is trending on Twitter today. Here&#8217;s the risk of death for both abortion vs pregnancy: &#8211;&gt; Abortion: less than 0.6 per 100,000 &#8211;&gt; Pregnancy: 7.1 for per 100,000 Of course pregnancy isn&#8217;t a disease, but for some it&#8217;s a life threatening condition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_230226\" style=\"width: 441px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-230226\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-230226\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/CBS-News-reported-Kate-Smith-to-Sen-Ted-Cruz-over-call-to-ban-abortion-pill-Image-Twitter.jpg\" alt=\"Image: CBS News reported Kate Smith to Sen Ted Cruz over call to ban abortion pill (Image: Twitter)\" width=\"431\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/CBS-News-reported-Kate-Smith-to-Sen-Ted-Cruz-over-call-to-ban-abortion-pill-Image-Twitter.jpg 682w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/CBS-News-reported-Kate-Smith-to-Sen-Ted-Cruz-over-call-to-ban-abortion-pill-Image-Twitter-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/CBS-News-reported-Kate-Smith-to-Sen-Ted-Cruz-over-call-to-ban-abortion-pill-Image-Twitter-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/CBS-News-reported-Kate-Smith-to-Sen-Ted-Cruz-over-call-to-ban-abortion-pill-Image-Twitter-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/CBS-News-reported-Kate-Smith-to-Sen-Ted-Cruz-over-call-to-ban-abortion-pill-Image-Twitter-500x498.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-230226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CBS News reported Kate Smith to Sen Ted Cruz over call to ban abortion pill (Image: Twitter)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dr. Michael New, a Charlotte Lozier Institute <a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/team-member\/michael-j-new\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associate Scholar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Michael_J_New\/status\/1301547674735443968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publicly accused<\/a> the CBS News reporter of &#8220;comparing apples to oranges.&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/new-study-shows-childbirth-safer-abortion-michael-j-new\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. New<\/a>\u00a0previously labeled the claim that abortion is safer than childbirth &#8220;misleading for several reasons,&#8221; adding,\u00a0&#8220;First, the CDC and other health organizations invest few resources in tracking abortion-related deaths. Second, many of the cited studies end their analysis shortly after the birth or abortion takes place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Michael_J_New\/status\/1301547674735443968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> Dr. New replied to Smith, stating, &#8220;Separate studies using long-term public health data from California and Finland show that abortion is associated with a higher death rate than childbirth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_230229\" style=\"width: 449px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-230229\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-230229\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Michael-New-responds-to-CBS-News-reported-Kate-Smith-on-abortion-mortality-Twitter.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Michael New responds to CBS News reported Kate Smith on abortion mortality (Image: Twitter)\" width=\"439\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Michael-New-responds-to-CBS-News-reported-Kate-Smith-on-abortion-mortality-Twitter.jpg 666w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Michael-New-responds-to-CBS-News-reported-Kate-Smith-on-abortion-mortality-Twitter-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Michael-New-responds-to-CBS-News-reported-Kate-Smith-on-abortion-mortality-Twitter-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Michael-New-responds-to-CBS-News-reported-Kate-Smith-on-abortion-mortality-Twitter-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Michael-New-responds-to-CBS-News-reported-Kate-Smith-on-abortion-mortality-Twitter-500x505.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-230229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael New responds to CBS News reported Kate Smith on abortion mortality (Image: Twitter)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While Smith claimed that the risk of death from abortion was just 0.6 per 100,000 women, a study from Finland <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/14981384\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found<\/a>, &#8220;The age-adjusted mortality rate for women during pregnancy and within 1 year of pregnancy termination was 36.7 deaths per 100,000 pregnancies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A study that reviewed\u00a0California Medicaid records for 173,279 women who compared induced abortions to deliveries\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/12190217\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concluded<\/a> that &#8220;[h]igher death rates associated with abortion persist over time and across socioeconomic boundaries. This may be explained by self-destructive tendencies, depression, and other unhealthy behavior aggravated by the abortion experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A 2012 study which used\u00a0comprehensive public-health long-term data from Denmark\u00a0to analyze mortality rates for nearly <strong>half a million women<\/strong>\u00a0found &#8220;very strong evidence that giving birth is in fact safer than obtaining an abortion,&#8221; according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/new-study-shows-childbirth-safer-abortion-michael-j-new\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">review<\/a> of the findings by Dr. New.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Newsweek uses biased sources in attempt to claim abortion is safe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition to CBS News, Newsweek also pounced on Senator Cruz with an extremely biased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/ted-cruz-faces-backlash-fda-abortion-letter-stating-pregnancy-not-life-threatening-1529404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a>\u00a0titled, &#8220;Ted Cruz Faces Backlash for FDA Abortion Letter Stating Pregnancy Is &#8216;Not Life Threatening.&#8217; As the outlet did previously when <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/newsweek-abortion-activist-claim-live-action-censored\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publishing<\/a> false claims about Live Action, Newsweek turned to abortion-biased sources.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Cruz quickly called out Newsweek, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1301564352890314755\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeting<\/a>, &#8220;Want to know how fake news happens? This is a textbook example. Newsweek reports \u201cCruz has faced a backlash\u201d for my FDA letter defending women &amp; unborn children. Their evidence? 1 tweet from a Dem candidate &amp; 3 quotes from pro-abortion lobbyists. Voila!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_230237\" style=\"width: 524px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-230237\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-230237\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Sen-Ted-Cruz-responds-to-Newsweek-story-after-calling-to-ban-abortion-pill-Image-Twitter.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Sen Ted Cruz responds to Newsweek story after calling to ban abortion pill (Image: Twitter)\" width=\"514\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Sen-Ted-Cruz-responds-to-Newsweek-story-after-calling-to-ban-abortion-pill-Image-Twitter.jpg 663w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Sen-Ted-Cruz-responds-to-Newsweek-story-after-calling-to-ban-abortion-pill-Image-Twitter-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Sen-Ted-Cruz-responds-to-Newsweek-story-after-calling-to-ban-abortion-pill-Image-Twitter-658x700.jpg 658w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Sen-Ted-Cruz-responds-to-Newsweek-story-after-calling-to-ban-abortion-pill-Image-Twitter-500x532.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-230237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen Ted Cruz responds to Newsweek story after calling to ban abortion pill (Image: Twitter)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Newsweek cited\u00a0a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalacademies.org\/hmd\/Reports\/2018\/the-safety-and-quality-of-abortion-care-in-the-united-states.aspx\">report<\/a>\u00a0from 2018, claiming abortion is safe and effective. Newsweek claimed, &#8220;the risk of death subsequent to a legal abortion (0.7 per 100,000) is a small fraction of that for childbirth (8.8 per 100,000).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But this report was actually\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/follow-money-people-abortion-safe-financial-reasons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sponsored in part<\/a>\u00a0by foundations with possible profit motives (a massive conflict of interest), namely\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrlc.org\/archive\/news\/2006\/NRL07\/BuffettDonation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Warren Buffett<\/a>\u00a0(the Buffett Foundation) and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/secrecy-abortion-pill-maker-investors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Packard Foundation<\/a>. Packard\u00a0helped to finance the startup of the abortion pill manufacturer,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/secrecy-abortion-pill-maker-investors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danco Laboratories<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Newsweek also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/maternal-mortality#:~:text=Every%20day%20in%202017%2C%20approximately,dropped%20by%20about%2038%25%20worldwide.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cited<\/a> a pro-abortion World Health Organization (WHO) statistic on <em>worldwide maternal mortality,<\/em> which doesn&#8217;t even list the United States in its top 15 countries of concern.<\/p>\n<p>Newsweek also quoted as its expert Dr. Meera Shah, who has been an Associate Medical Director of a Planned Parenthood facility in New York as well as a Fellow with the Physicians for Reproductive Health (PRH).\u00a0\u00a0Live Action News <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/selena-gomez-1973-necklace-late-term-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously<\/a>\u00a0noted that PRH\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prh.org\/mission-and-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated mission<\/a>\u00a0includes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131026092309\/http:\/\/prh.org\/abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advocating<\/a>\u00a0for abortion and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131106095241\/http:\/\/prh.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abortion providers<\/a>. In addition,\u00a0PRH is funded by the original funders of abortion pill manufacturer,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/secrecy-abortion-pill-maker-investors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danco<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0namely, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.packard.org\/grants-and-investments\/grants-database\/physicians-for-reproductive-health-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Packard Foundation<\/a>\u00a0and the Soros-funded\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/uploads\/f1c1adba-30d1-4f56-be51-1ebcb34fd413\/a_complete_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Society Foundations<\/a>. Soros&#8217; Open Society also happens to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/npr-media-slandering-pro-lifers-funded-abortion-soros\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fund<\/a>\u00a0many news media outlets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Data on abortion complications and maternal mortality in the U.S. are &#8220;incomplete&#8221; and &#8220;highly suspect&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Few states <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/population-illegal-abortion-faqs\/\">voluntarily<\/a> report abortion-related complications, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/how-dangerous-abortion-pill\/\">there are <strong>no federal requirements<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to report either abortion-related complications or deaths.<\/p>\n<p>When a woman&#8217;s death resulting from abortion is documented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this death is also included in total <em>maternal mortality<\/em> (pregnancy-related) death statistics. The CDC\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/reproductivehealth\/maternalinfanthealth\/pregnancy-mortality-surveillance-system.htm#how\">defines<\/a>\u00a0a maternal death as \u201cthe death of a woman while pregnant\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>within 1 year of the end of a pregnancy<\/strong>\u2026.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The vast majority of abortions are committed in the first trimester of pregnancy. Comparing this timeframe with that of a pregnancy carried to term <em>plus one year after<\/em> is disengenuous at best.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_230234\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-230234\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-230234 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/How-does-CDC-defin-pregnancy-related-death-700x105.jpg\" alt=\"Image: How does CDC define pregnancy related death (Image: CDC website September 2020)\" width=\"700\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/How-does-CDC-defin-pregnancy-related-death-700x105.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/How-does-CDC-defin-pregnancy-related-death-300x45.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/How-does-CDC-defin-pregnancy-related-death-768x116.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/How-does-CDC-defin-pregnancy-related-death-500x75.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/How-does-CDC-defin-pregnancy-related-death.jpg 1542w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-230234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How does CDC define pregnancy related death (Image: CDC website September 2020)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/washington-post-no-proof-pro-life-mortality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2019<\/a>,\u00a0Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2019\/05\/21\/no-maternal-mortality-did-not-spike-texas-after-funding-cuts-abortion-clinics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fact checker<\/a> Glenn Kessler was critical of &#8220;anyone trying to tie a link between abortion laws and mortality rates.\u201d He also pointed out,\u00a0\u201c[S]ince 2007 the United States hasn\u2019t had an official annual count of pregnancy-related fatalities, or even an official maternal mortality rate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to Kessler, &#8220;ProPublica has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/how-many-american-women-die-from-causes-related-to-pregnancy-or-childbirth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documented<\/a>\u00a0[that] maternal mortality statistics in the United States are incomplete and highly suspect, prone to undercounting and overcounting. Since 2003, states have added a checkbox to death certificates, asking whether a person was pregnant when they died or had been in the previous year. But the data collection is not consistent, and the addition of a checkbox appears to have resulted in many false positives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pregnancy is not an illness<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Smith followed up her Twitter thread by adding, &#8220;The point of this is to say that pregnancy isn&#8217;t a life-threatening condition&#8230; until it is. For the families of people who&#8217;ve died from a pregnancy, it&#8217;s cruel to imply otherwise. Maternal mortality is real, much worse for patients of color, and woefully under-researched.\u00a0It depresses me to think that saying that is somehow controversial.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In response, Live Action founder and President Lila Rose <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LilaGraceRose\/status\/1301557677634416646\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> in part, &#8220;A woman should never be told to kill her child to avoid risk. Doctors can and must care for BOTH patients &#8211; a mother and her preborn child. Stop the vicious fear mongering.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_230240\" style=\"width: 616px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-230240\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-230240\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Lila-Rose-pregnancy-is-not-a-life-threatening-illness-Image-Twitter.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Lila Rose pregnancy is not a life threatening illness (Image: Twitter)\" width=\"606\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Lila-Rose-pregnancy-is-not-a-life-threatening-illness-Image-Twitter.jpg 670w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Lila-Rose-pregnancy-is-not-a-life-threatening-illness-Image-Twitter-300x85.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Lila-Rose-pregnancy-is-not-a-life-threatening-illness-Image-Twitter-500x141.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-230240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lila Rose pregnancy is not a life threatening illness (Image: Twitter)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There is never a reason to violently and <em>deliberately<\/em> take the life of a preborn child in an abortion to save the life of his or her mother. Tragically, women do die from legal abortion &#8211; more than media outlets like Newsweek and CBS are willing to report.<\/p>\n<p>Abortion is not a life-saving act. Every abortion ends the life of a developing human being.<\/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>The term &#8220;pregnancy&#8221; is trending on Twitter following a tweet\u00a0from Senator Ted Cruz which stated, &#8220;Pregnancy is not a life-threatening illness, and the abortion pill does not cure or prevent any disease. Make no mistake, Mifeprex is a dangerous pill.&#8221; Pro-abortion media has seized upon his remarks, citing biased sources in an attempt to disprove [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":193498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[9953,4,6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pro-abortion media attack after Senator Ted Cruz says &#039;pregnancy is not a life-threatening illness&#039;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pro-abortion media seized upon Cruz&#039;s remarks, citing biased sources attempting to disprove him. 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