{"id":10034,"date":"2013-02-23T15:11:43","date_gmt":"2013-02-23T22:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/?p=10034"},"modified":"2013-02-23T15:11:43","modified_gmt":"2013-02-23T22:11:43","slug":"does-the-pro-abortion-media-really-care-about-womens-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/2013\/02\/does-the-pro-abortion-media-really-care-about-womens-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Does the Pro Abortion Media Really Care About Women’s Health?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Mollie, who blogs at Get Religion<\/a>, wrote a post a couple of days ago that fits right in with a discussion we\u2019ve been having here at Public Catholic.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I published two posts yesterday which revolved around the question of how much genuine concern for women the pro choice movement truly has<\/strong>. They have spun the whole issue of abortion as being one of women\u2019s health care. But what do they do when abortionists ignore what is best for the health of an individual woman, sometimes to the woman\u2019s great peril?<\/p>\n

In addition to lobbying for and passing laws which make it possible for \u201cmedical personnel\u201d (including midwives) who are not doctors to perform surgical abortions on women, how do they react when an abortionist actually kills a woman?<\/p>\n

Mollie\u2019s post takes on several pillars of the mainstream media for their reporting of the abortion death of a woman. This reporting appears to be biased to the point of deliberate inaccuracy. <\/p>\n

If these abortion advocates (and it seems quite clear that these publications are abortion advocates) truly cared about \u201cwomen\u2019s health care\u201d<\/strong> one would think that they\u2019d be all over this story. Instead, they do their best to sweep the whole thing \u2014 along with the life of the woman \u2014 under the journalistic rug. <\/p>\n

You can read my first post on this issue, Woman Sues Planned Parenthood for Forced Abortion and Medical Malpractice<\/a> which was about Planned Parenthood forcing an abortion on a woman and then dumping her when she experienced complications here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

My second post, California Governor Signed Law Allowing Non-Physicians to Do Abortions<\/a>, which describes state laws that allow medical personnel who are not doctors to perform abortions on women can be found here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Mollie\u2019s fine article, Mainstream media defense of abortion never rests<\/a> says in part:<\/p>\n

I once served on a jury that convicted a man of conspiracy to commit mail fraud. We all thought he did it, but we weren\u2019t sure the government had made its case. The evidence was strong but his defense attorney had done such a good job of explaining it away or striking various aspects from the record that we almost let him off.
\nIt didn\u2019t work, but it almost did. His attorney did such a fantastic job that I remember thinking, \u201cIf I ever am accused of a crime, I want this man to represent me.\u201d
\nAnd that\u2019s how I feel about this Washington Post write-up we\u2019ll look at shortly. My thought is, \u201cIf I ever kill someone, I sure hope the Washington Post covers for me.\u201d Only problem with this plan (other than my fervent hope I never commit such an act) is that I think they may only provide this exculpatory service for abortionists.
\nLet\u2019s first look at the story as written up by the Journal News, a Gannett publication most recently known for publishing the home addresses of legal gun owners. The piece, \u201cCoroner: Jennifer Morbelli bled to death following abortio n,\u201d begins:
\nA New Rochelle woman died of complications from a late-term abortion at a Maryland clinic, the Montgomery County, Md., coroner confirmed Wednesday.
\nJennifer Morbelli, 29, a schoolteacher in White Plains, bled to death after amniotic fluid in her womb spilled into her bloodstream, said Bruce Goldfarb, a spokesman for the Montgomery County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office.
\nThat newspaper also has a feature about how the doctor who performed the abortion was profiled in a documentary film praising late-term abortionists .
\nNow, Newsday\u2018s piece is headlined, lengthily, \u201cJennifer Morbelli, New Rochelle teacher, died of complications after abortion, medical examiner says .\u201d
\nThe Washington Post piece, which took surprisingly long to go online (I had previously been writing about how there was no story there even many hours after it was appearing at other sites) went up late last night.
\nSee, it takes time \u2014 and, I guess, many phone calls with abortion rights groups to get it just right \u2014 to write the story this way. Headline, of course, is \u201cMd. medical examiner cites rare complication in death of woman after abortion .\u201d Then we get many, many words about how this was just a freak accident and that legalized abortion on demand through all nine months of pregnancy had absolutely nothing meaningful to do with the death of this young woman (never mind the dead child, of course):
\nA 29-year-old woman died of natural causes after visiting an abortion clinic in Montgomery County and suffering a rare complication related to childbirth, according to an initial finding by the Maryland medical examiner\u2019s office.
\nAre you freaking kidding me, Washington Post? Are you freaking kidding me? CHILDBIRTH? CHILDBIRTH?
\n(Read more here<\/a>.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mollie, who blogs at Get Religion, wrote a post a couple of days ago that fits right in with a discussion we\u2019ve been having here at Public Catholic. I published two posts yesterday which revolved around the question of how much genuine concern for women the pro choice movement truly has. 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