{"id":257310,"date":"2021-11-16T08:38:22","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T14:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=257310"},"modified":"2021-11-15T19:37:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T01:37:39","slug":"telemundo-preborn-babies-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/telemundo-preborn-babies-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Telemundo journalist calls preborn babies ‘products’ while discussing Texas law"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Supreme Court recently\u00a0heard oral arguments<\/a> regarding a lawsuit over the Texas Heartbeat Act, which restricts abortion after a preborn child’s heartbeat can be detected \u2014 usually at six weeks gestation. The case has garnered immense media attention and was recently discussed on the Spanish-language network Telemundo, which airs throughout the United States. Yet the story has garnered an unusual amount of attention due to an interesting slip of the tongue by one of the network’s journalists.<\/p>\n

“Hoy D\u00eda,” a Telemundo morning program, featured a discussion of the Texas law with anchors Nicole Su\u00e1rez and Nacho Lozano, who interviewed journalist Martin Berlanga. The three showed their disapproval of the Texas Heartbeat Act, framing the law as “restrictive” \u2014 and referred to a preborn child as a “product.”<\/p>\n

NICOLE SUAREZ: All eyes are on the Supreme Court, which on Monday is going to review the controversial Texas abortion law.<\/em><\/p>\n

NACHO LOZANO: We are two months away from its enforcement. The restrictive measure represents a challenge to women’s reproductive rights set out in the constitution. Martin Berlanga is with us at the main table and will explain what is at stake today.<\/em><\/p>\n

MARTIN BERLANGA: There are many things at stake, especially the right to decide for your body, in the case of many women, but also the right of many others defending the right to life for that bab… eh, product.<\/em><\/p>\n