{"id":320327,"date":"2024-10-17T10:44:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T15:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=320327"},"modified":"2024-11-04T00:57:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T06:57:30","slug":"real-world-harms-misleading-women-pro-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/real-world-harms-misleading-women-pro-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The real-world harms of misleading women about pro-life laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An unfortunate trend of misinformation and disinformation has been adopted by abortion advocates since the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dobbs<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> decision overturned <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roe v. Wade<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. One recent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/pregnant-50-life-death-states-abortion-1966246?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2Z9XzT91pj0QWKnIFua0hOZsJlNJtJKXrwMocrNGeLW97qalTuEJfrCqo_aem_PUfo6r3My6mzA8TIDX8M1w\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Newsweek<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> piece gives a perfect example of the media\u2019s failure on this front. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spreading easily-debunked falsehoods is not a victimless crime, and the people who pay for it are women seeking medical care.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Narrative: Pregnant women are refused treatment because of pro-life laws<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Renee Jefferson tells her story in Newsweek, she found herself pregnant at the age of 50, a time in life that comes with more medical complications in pregnancy. She called her OBGYN\u2019s office, who performed her routine testing. During her ultrasound, she writes, she was found to have an ectopic pregnancy. However subsequent laparoscopic surgery found it was not an ectopic pregnancy, but a molar pregnancy located in her uterus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/health\/diseases\/17889-molar-pregnancy\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">complete molar pregnancy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 sometimes called a hydatidiform mole \u2013 is <em>not a preborn baby<\/em>; it happens when something goes wrong at fertilization. Instead of a baby, a tumor of fluid-filled sacs forms in the uterus. Although usually non cancerous, there is a small chance that it could become cancerous, and usually needs to be removed via a D&amp;C procedure. To hear the media tell it, D&amp;Cs are only used for abortions \u2014 but this isn&#8217;t true at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Predictably, the author uses her own story as a jumping-off point to parrot misinformation, repeating debunked claims that pro-life laws have caused women to be turned away from medical care. She specifically brought up a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/texas-women-blame-pro-life-law-ectopic\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">case in Texas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where Kyleigh Thurman claimed she was refused treatment for an ectopic pregnancy, and Jaci Statton was allegedly refused treatment for a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/woman-bleed-hospital-lot-pro-life-law\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">partial molar pregnancy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 not even the same situation. Recently, the two ideology-driven <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/fact-check-did-georgias-law-kill-mom\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ProPublica<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/fact-check-georgia-law-second-woman-abortion-pill\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pieces<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on women in Georgia made similar claims about Georgia\u2019s now-overturned heartbeat law. There are many such stories that have been repeated so often that even Vice President and presidential candidate <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/harris-election-abortion-rights-georgia-amber-thurman-5ba5dabf0dc3c98de12389c34b47475d\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kamala Harris<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has repeated them on the campaign trail.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Truth:\u00a0 Pro-life laws explicitly allow for treating pregnant women in all cases<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But when people tell these stories in the mainstream media, they aren\u2019t telling the truth: treatments for miscarriage and ectopic pregnancies are legal in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">every<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> state, as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/treatments-miscarriage-ectopic-legal-state\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Live Action News has shown<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It\u2019s not even a matter of interpretation, as most laws <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">specifically state<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the removal of an ectopic pregnancy is legal\u2013because they are not abortions, something even abortion giant <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-ectopic-treatment-abortion\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Planned Parenthood knows<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Kyleigh Thurman\u2019s case, sec. 171.205 of Texas\u2019 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/TX\/text\/SB8\/id\/2395961\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">heartbeat law<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> states that it does not apply \u201cif a physician believes a medical emergency exists\u201d; Texas\u2019 Health and Safety code <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/statutes.capitol.texas.gov\/Docs\/HS\/htm\/HS.245.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">states<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cAn act is not an abortion if the act is done with the intent to: \u2026 remove an ectopic pregnancy.\u201d Georgia\u2019s heartbeat law <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.ga.gov\/api\/legislation\/document\/20192020\/187013\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stated<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that \u201cany such act shall not be considered an abortion if the act is performed with the purpose of [&#8230;] removing a dead unborn child caused by [miscarriage]; or removing an ectopic pregnancy.\u201d The list goes on for every single heartbeat or other pro-life law.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">explicit<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> allowances for emergencies \u2014 for removing ectopic pregnancies, etc. \u2014 <strong>are no secret to journalists reporting on these topics<\/strong>, and it\u2019s their job to read these statutes and report on them <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">accurately<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Result: Lies about pro-life laws inflict real harm and suffering on pregnant women<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These objectively false claims are not said in a vacuum. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When so many high profile media outlets constantly give easily-debunked, provably false lies about pro-life laws so much air time and circulation that even presidential candidates are parroting them from the campaign trail, the truth gets drowned out. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And that has serious, real-world consequences that hurt vulnerable pregnant mothers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some women suffering miscarriages \u2014 not knowing that a D&amp;C is <em>not<\/em> usually the first line of care for a miscarriage \u2014 are <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/5-facts-texas-radio-host-wife-miscarriage\/\">showing up to urgent cares and ERs demanding D&amp;Cs<\/a>. When they&#8217;re given other first-line treatments instead (like a prescription drug), or are instructed to <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/obgyns-set-record-straight-miscarriage-treatment\/\">utilize watchful waiting to naturally complete the miscarriage<\/a> (unless certain symptoms of infection appear), they complain to the media that they&#8217;ve been <em>denied miscarriage care<\/em> \u2014 and the supposed reason is always because of pro-life laws. The media&#8217;s agenda-driven spreading of this disinformation then spreads fear to other women, who then panic if they miscarry and can&#8217;t get a D&amp;C immediately, when in reality, they may be in no danger.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lies told in the case of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/fact-check-did-georgias-law-kill-mom\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amber Thurman<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/fact-check-georgia-law-second-woman-abortion-pill\/\">Candi Miller<\/a> regarding Georgia\u2019s pro-life law are also misinforming women and misrepresenting pro-life laws entirely. ProPublica claimed, \u201c[Georgia] had made performing the procedure [a D&amp;C] a felony, with few exceptions.\u201d In <strong>no<\/strong> state is a D&amp;C <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">procedure<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 which is used <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/tests-procedures\/dilation-and-curettage\/about\/pac-20384910\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">routinely<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on non-pregnant women to treat various conditions \u2013 illegal. What\u2019s illegal is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>directly ending<\/strong> the life of a preborn child<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> using <em>any procedure or pill at all<\/em>, including a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abortionprocedures.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">D&amp;C procedure<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Even the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/ap-blames-pro-life-negligence-admits-everywhere\/\">admitted earlier this year<\/a> that its own analysis revealed: &#8220;Serious violations that jeopardized a mother or her fetus\u2019 heath occurred in states with and without abortion bans\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sadly, too often doctors and hospital administrators also internalize these lies, and that can affect the care that they give. This, too, hurts women. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If any physician mistakenly believes that performing D&amp;C or prescribing a medication for miscarriage is illegal, or that treating an ectopic pregnancy is illegal, or that an early delivery in a life-threatening pregnancy situation is illegal, it is likely because 1) that physician has been listening to dishonest media reports, and 2) that physician hasn&#8217;t been informed by anyone (nor has that physician chosen to educate himself or herself) about the laws of the state in which he or she practices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a self-fulfilling prophecy, and a tragic circle: When hospital staff believe the media claim that pro-life laws will cause women to be turned away from receiving legal care, what do those hospital staff do? They negligently <em>turn women away from receiving care<\/em>. Then, the media picks up the story and reports it as one in which women were <em>turned away from legal care on account of pro-life laws<\/em>, <strong>when all along, the plain language was in the law that allowed the treatment<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The moral responsibility rests on the media to read and understand what they\u2019re reporting (and to direct readers to the actual text of the law) and tell it faithfully and truthfully. The media&#8217;s <em>lies<\/em> about pro-life laws are a clear and present danger to women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/resist-pressure-to-dispense-the-abortion-pill\/\"><b><i>Urge Walmart, Costco, Kroger, and other major chains to resist pressure to dispense the abortion pill<\/i><\/b><b><i><\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unfortunate trend of misinformation and disinformation has been adopted by abortion advocates since the Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade. One recent Newsweek piece gives a perfect example of the media\u2019s failure on this front. 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