{"id":233337,"date":"2020-10-23T17:20:50","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T22:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=233337"},"modified":"2024-09-20T12:18:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T17:18:47","slug":"cnn-fact-check-late-term-abortion-falsehoods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/cnn-fact-check-late-term-abortion-falsehoods\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN fills fact check on late-term abortions with falsehoods"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a so-called \u201cfact check\u201d of the vice-presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris, CNN reporter Caroline Kelly <\/span>presents<\/span><\/a> a barrage of disinformation that hides the realities of late-term abortion and the agenda of the Biden\u2013Harris campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the debate, Pence <\/span>stated<\/span><\/a> that \u201cJoe Biden and Kamala Harris support taxpayer funding of abortion all the way up to the moment of birth, late-term abortion.\u201d CNN, which begins each of its fact checks with the phrase \u201cFacts First,\u201d uses a flurry of falsehoods to undercut Pence\u2019s factual statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

The \u201cMedical Term\u201d Farce<\/b><\/p>\n

CNN begins its fact check with an attempt to delegitimize the phrase \u201clate-term\u201d abortion by declaring it \u201cis not a medical term.\u201d This claim is flatly disproven by medical journals that have published articles with titles like:<\/span><\/p>\n