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(Pro Life Campaign<\/a>) On Tuesday, RT\u00c9\u2019s [Raidi\u00f3 Teilif\u00eds \u00c9ireann, an Irish public service broadcaster] Scannal aired the second part of a two-part special into the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar in 2012.<\/p>\n

While the programme did include some excellent points from Pro Life Campaign spokespeople and Senator R\u00f3n\u00e1n Mullen, RT\u00c9 clearly made a conscious editorial decision to cut short these interventions and insert them into parts of the programme where the context wasn\u2019t clear and where the one line points being made would have been lost on the viewing public. If the remarks by the pro-life contributors hadn\u2019t been edited and were allowed to develop, it would have been a very different programme. It comes as no surprise that the programme makers weren\u2019t prepared to let this happen.<\/p>\n

The programme never challenged the settled media narrative that Ireland\u2019s pro-life laws were responsible for Savita\u2019s death. Instead, the two-part special rehashed all the same media speaking points that are completely at variance with the facts surrounding the case and the key statements contained in the report of the Coroner\u2019s Inquest.<\/p>\n

Twelve years on from Savita\u2019s death, it\u2019s unbelievable that RT\u00c9 is still pushing the same line that has been widely disputed \u2013 and even debunked<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If RT\u00c9 is going to keep commissioning documentaries about the case, then at the very least they should make room for the viewpoint that holds Savita\u2019s death had nothing to do with Ireland\u2019s then pro-life laws and everything to do with the mismanagement of her care<\/a> from the time she was admitted to hospital.<\/p>\n

The Scannal programme repeatedly referred to Savita\u2019s death taking place after being denied an abortion. Yet it\u2019s abundantly clear from the Coroner\u2019s Inquest report and the testimonies of the doctors who treated Savita that if they had been aware of the seriousness of her condition earlier they would have intervened. And they were clear on this point too \u2013 that the law would not have stood in their way.<\/p>\n

In keeping with other taxpayer funded RT\u00c9 programmes on abortion, the Scannal series completely overlooked this critical evidence and instead reinforced the original narrative which propelled the public outcry in 2012 and subsequently led to the dismantling of legal protection for unborn babies in Ireland and the door being opened to abortion on demand.<\/p>\n

READ: \u2018PREVENTABLE\u2019: How pro-abortion media is weaponizing reporting on maternal deaths<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2018, an inquest in England found that a 38 year old mother, Reeta Saidha, died after \u201cinsufficient monitoring and missed opportunities\u201d at the hands of hospital staff after sepsis developed during her pregnancy. The details of her case are almost identical to Savita\u2019s yet her death received almost no media attention while Savita\u2019s case received wall to wall coverage.<\/p>\n

Why is that? Could it be that the media was simply using Savita\u2019s case to open the door to abortion in Ireland? Abortion, as we know, has been legal in England since 1967. Could it be that the media didn\u2019t think it would benefit their narrative by reporting on Reeta\u2019s case?<\/p>\n

Would it not have served the public interest better for RT\u00c9 to have commissioned a programme in 2024 asking these kinds of questions for a change rather than parroting the settled media position on the Savita case over and over?<\/p>\n

Or what about the evidence published in the Irish Medical Journal earlier this year concerning the woman in Limerick who nearly died following an abortion, due to the presence of an undetected ectopic pregnancy. This is a case that directly relates to the new abortion law and its potentially adverse impact on women\u2019s health and lives. Has RT\u00c9 given a second\u2019s thought to producing a programme on this case or on any of the other cases that have come to light since the law changed?<\/p>\n

The fact that RT\u00c9 has never once in its history commissioned a programme that puts the pro-abortion side on the defensive answers the two questions posed above.<\/p>\n

No RT\u00c9 documentary on abortion would ever be complete without Catholic imagery and very dated pro-life footage overpowering the screen, juxtaposed with footage depicting the pro-abortion movement as caring, sophisticated and human rights based. For those who prefer caricatures to impartial content, Scannal\u2019s two-part special didn\u2019t disappoint.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, the real issue here is not the documentary makers, it is RT\u00c9\u2019s decision to air the programme. RT\u00c9 executives are fully aware of the deep seated bias at the station when it comes to abortion but they have chosen to do nothing about it.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve obviously made the cynical calculation that senior members of government wanting to curry favour with the media will continue to act as convenient cash cows for the station, at least for the time being, while refraining from demanding better standards in return.<\/p>\n

Clearly, RT\u00c9 hasn\u2019t factored in the explosion in people tuning into alternative media outlets and abandoning what is increasingly referred to as the legacy media. The move from one to the other may be happening at a slower pace in Ireland but in keeping with trends elsewhere, the move away from traditional media outlets like RT\u00c9 is guaranteed to accelerate. If RT\u00c9 bosses had any interest in holding onto viewers, they would take steps to rebuild trust and restore impartial programming at the station. Right now, there are no signs that\u2019s going to happen. By the time it dawns on them where things are headed, it will be too late to recover the lost ground. While it\u2019s very upsetting having to put up with the same old same old from RT\u00c9 day in, day out, there\u2019s a quiet comfort in knowing their days may be numbered.<\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published at Pro Life Campaign<\/a> and is reprinted here with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n

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