ABC gave pro-abortion advocates free advertising last night with its "World News Sunday." During the report, an abortionist unequivocally stated that late-term abortion is "really a miscarriage of a stillborn fetus."
Anchor Dan Harris framed Steve Osunsami's segment as a look at why doctors risk their lives to perform abortions given the "constant threat" of violence they face, as evidenced by last week's murder of abortionist George Tiller and recent comments from Tiller's accused killer that "similar attacks are planned all over the country."
Harris teased the segment "Tonight, we talk to late-term abortion providers who fear they are targets. Why do they do it?" He stated in his introduction, "Why would a doctor take that risk? And why would a woman make that choice?"
Osunsami's report quickly revealed itself as a propaganda piece. He lamented, "Tiller was one of the few doctors in the U.S. who specialized in late-term abortions, abortions performed as late as the third trimester. With Tiller's death, there are now fewer than a dozen U.S. doctors who offer the procedure."
Neither abortion provider featured in the segment actually explained why they perform lateterm abortions. In fact, both avoided using the word "abortion." Toni Hawkins, executive director of Atlanta's SurgiCenter, simply stated that Tiller's death "will make us more firm in our resolve in what we do and why we do what we do."
LeRoy Carhart, a Nebraska abortionist and the plaintiff in Gonzales v. Carhart, the 2007 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban, offered a description of late-term abortion, "It's very much a three day, four day, even five day procedure. And in our procedure, after the first day, the fetus is no longer alive. So it's really a miscarriage of a stillborn fetus."
Why can't Hawkins or Carhart call "what they do" abortion?
Hyping up the fear of violence, Osunsami also noted that Carhart's "safety was such a concern he would only meet us behind closed doors and he came with security."
As if to make late-term abortions more palatable, Osunsami also reported that Carhart "wants America to know that late-term abortions are rare. A small percentage of all abortion procedures."
Kara Black, a woman who went to Tiller for an abortion after finding out at six-and-a-half months into her pregnancy that her baby would need three open-heart surgeries and could expect to live just 3 to 5 years, defended Tiller and the procedure. She told ABC, "How do you recover from a loss of a 3 to 5-year-old as you watch them slowly die?" Black added, "If people knew what he really was doing up there and dropped this, you know, fairy tale that, you know, you get pregnant, you have a healthy baby. It doesn't happen like that."
One can imagine the difficulty of Black's decision. However, ABC portrayed late-term abortion as the only choice she had in this circumstance when that is not the case. [See another point of view here.]
Osunsami did include a short sound-bite from Tom McClusky, vice-president for government affairs at Family Research Council. "Any abortion we see in the pro-life movement as being wrong, but in the case of late-term abortions, these are children that have arms, have legs, feel pain," he stated.
Funny how Carhart managed to leave those details out of his description of the "procedure."
—Colleen Raezler is a research assistant at the Culture and Media Institute
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Excuse me while I laugh in your face, Carhart
June 8, 2009 - 12:29 ET by danebramageIf there were ever any doubt as to whether these people are evil or simply misguided, let it be put to rest. One cannot achieve this level of sophistry by accident.
EDIT: And yeah, to address the point of the article: ABC is entirely complicit in this and guilty as charged. No one--no one--is so stupid that they don't understand the attempt to deceive going on here. This is a slam-dunk case of intentional bias.
Even some abortionists have
June 8, 2009 - 18:46 ET by GrannyGrump42Even some abortionists have chided these guys for trying to pretend it's not an abortion that they do.
And you know why they kill the baby on Day 1? So the mother can't change her mind -- something she could do if they didn't kill the baby until the last minute.
Once again...half the story
June 8, 2009 - 12:21 ET by SnappyOnce again...half the story is the whole story.......
Sure, a miscarraige of a stillborn fetus. Of ourse they need to put into context that they KILL the fetus prior to the miscarriage.
Miscarriage = God decided
June 8, 2009 - 12:24 ET by taterMiscarriage = God decided the child wouldn't live
Abortion does not equal miscarriage.
www.theholyrosary.org
"There is no problem, I tell you, no matter how difficult it is, that we can not resolve by the prayer of the Holy Rosary." -Sister Lucia
"And in our procedure, after
June 8, 2009 - 12:29 ET by SickofLibs"And in our procedure, after the first day, the fetus is no longer alive.
So it's really a miscarriage of a stillborn fetus."
Liar. It's really the extraction of a formerly viable, near-term baby that you have murdered in the womb.
Further proof that pro-abortionists are mentally ill
June 8, 2009 - 12:50 ET by R D HelmMental gymnastics of this sort to justify the murder of the members of one's own species for the sake of "convenience" says much about these people.
They are sick, deranged and twisted monsters, and should be treated as such.
-Dave
Nobody can be that stupid.
June 8, 2009 - 12:53 ET by IamTinmanYou can be confused about some things, but no one can look at chocolate and believe it's vanilla. These people are ending the lives of sentient human beings without their consent. That my friends is murder no matter how many ways the pro abortion folks try to spin it!
Yesterday the Washington Post....
June 8, 2009 - 13:06 ET by Prester John...had an absolutely appalling piece about a third year medical student who, while being raised pro-life and while never seeing an actual abortion, plans on performing them.
Be prepared to be stunned by the absolutely illogical reasoning by the person in question.
My Choice
I grew up believing that abortions are wrong. Now, I expect to perform them someday.
Among other things this future doctor claims that with regard to partial birth abortion initially, "...I was horrified. I remember the flyer I saw at a pro-life event that described the procedure: It claimed that when the baby's head emerges, the doctor jabs a pair of scissors into the back of its neck, severing the spinal cord. Even after I became pro-choice, this crossed a line for me. But later, I learned that this description was misleading and graphically politicized.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/05/AR2009060502006.html?sub=AR
Lord have mercy on us.
Re WaPo article
June 8, 2009 - 13:40 ET by slickwillie2001The article gives no further clue as to what "graphically politicized" means. This woman sounds like she was a far-lefty 'womans-studies' moonbat type before she got to medical school though.
Abortionist Carhart: "And
June 8, 2009 - 14:19 ET by TEAbortionist Carhart: "And in our procedure, after the first day, the fetus is no longer alive."
"[T]he fetus is no longer alive"? What? The fetus was alive before the abortion? How can that be? Abortion enthusiasts like those at ABC always tell us that life only begins after a successful, complete, natural birth that was intended to be a successful, complete, natural birth (infants who survive abortions don't count as humans entitled to further life, according to them).
He kills them on Day One at
June 8, 2009 - 18:53 ET by GrannyGrump42He kills them on Day One at TILLER'S mill. Read his testimony here about how he kills the little ones at his own mill, which is in what looks like an old muffler shop:
Dr. Leroy Carhart's testimony
Carhart: My normal course would be to dismember that extremity and then go back and try to take the fetus out either foot or skull first, whatever end I can get to first.
Question: How do you go about dismembering that extremity?
Carhart: Just traction and rotation, grasping the portion that you can get a hold of which would be usually somewhere up the shaft of the exposed portion of the fetus, pulling down on it through the os, using the internal os as your counter-traction and rotating to dismember the shoulder or the hip or whatever it would be. Sometimes you will get one leg and you can’t get the other leg out.
Question: In that situation, are you, when you pull on the arm and remove it, is the fetus still alive?
Carhart: Yes.
Question: Do you consider an arm, for example, to be a substantial portion of the fetus?
Carhart: In the way I read it, I think if I lost my arm, that would be a substantial loss to me. I think I would have to interpret it that way.
Question: And then what happens next after you remove the arm? You then try to remove the rest of the fetus?
Carhart: Then I would go back and attempt to either bring the feet down or bring the skull down, or even sometimes you bring the other arm down and remove that also and then get the feet down.
Question: At what point is the fetus...does the fetus die during that process?
Carhart: I don’t really know. I know that the fetus is alive during the process most of the time because I can see fetal heartbeat on the ultrasound.
How could anyone be so heartless?
June 9, 2009 - 01:07 ET by general companyAnd to think people make a living doing this, what the hell are we doing. How can anyone think this is a good thing, a right, a privledge to uphold?
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
This is our souls w/o God.
June 9, 2009 - 01:17 ET by pahuberW/o God we do what is right in our own minds. God gave us the commandments that sin may abound? No, but that sin may be shown to be exceedingly sinful.
W/o a standard by God we are adrift in sin... doing what is right in our own minds.
However, I personally believe tiller new that what he did was wrong, but did it anyhow... and got paid well for it no matter who was murdered (baby) or died (patient).
just like abel's blood cried
June 8, 2009 - 14:47 ET by ronout from the ground for justice, can you imagine the sound of the millions and millions of murdered babies who cry out for justice. they will get their justice one day from a loving and caring Creator. woe to those who ended the lives of God's creation.
Pictures of Carhartas place
June 8, 2009 - 15:11 ET by sevenhttp://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2009/06/olbermann_names.html
Carharts abortion place is gross. It is so bad you wouldn't buy stolen car parts there. He runs on a generator and has portible toilets in the parking lot.
carhart is runing a filthy enterprise and women should stay away.
Re cries
June 8, 2009 - 15:37 ET by slickwillie2001Hopefully Tiller has forever to listen to those cries.
Amen! Doubling down on
June 8, 2009 - 15:46 ET by bigtimerAmen!
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Anchor Dan Harris framed
June 8, 2009 - 18:55 ET by GrannyGrump42Anchor Dan Harris framed Steve Osunsami's segment as a look at why doctors risk their lives to perform abortions given the "constant threat" of violence they face, as evidenced by last week's murder of abortionist George Tiller and recent comments from Tiller's accused killer that "similar attacks are planned all over the country."
Maybe they stay in it the same reasons mafiosi and drug dealers stay in the business. $$$$$$$$$$$
You don't have to really believe what you're doing is noble to be willing to risk getting shot to keep at it.
"With Tiller's death, there
June 8, 2009 - 19:01 ET by GrannyGrump42"With Tiller's death, there are now fewer than a dozen U.S. doctors who offer the procedure."
Less than thirty seconds of research proves that to be false. Abortion Clinics Online lists 36 that advertise abortions at 22 weeks or later:
http://www.gynpages....
Alabama Montgomery - Beacon Women's Center (24 weeks LMP)California Beverly Hills - Prochoice Medical Center (24+ weeks LMP)Fremont - Choice Medical Group (24 weeks LMP)Fresno - Family Planning Associates Medical Group (22 weeks LMP)Los Angeles - Eve Surgical Center (26+ weeks LMP)Los Angeles - Family Planning Associates Medical Group (24 weeks LMP)Los Gatos - Choice Medical Group (24 weeks LMP)Oakland - Family Planning Specialists Medical Group (22 weeks LMP)Sacramento - Choice Medical Group (24 weeks LMP)Sacramento - Pregnancy Consultation Center & Medical Group (24 weeks LMP)Salinas - Choice Medical Group (24 weeks LMP)San Francisco - Choice Medical Group (24 weeks LMP)San Jose - Choice Medical Group (24 weeks LMP)Santa Cruz - Choice Medical Group (24 weeks LMP) ColoradoBoulder - Boulder Abortion Clinic (26+ weeks LMP) ConnecticutBridgeport - Summit Medical Centers (24 weeks LMP)Hartford - Summit Medical Centers (24 weeks LMP) FloridaFt. Lauderdale - All Women's Clinic (24 weeks LMP)Ft. Lauderdale - BSS International (24 weeks LMP)Sarasota - Premier Institute for Women's Health (24 weeks LMP)West Palm Beach - Presidential Women's Center (22 weeks LMP) GeorgiaAtlanta - Atlanta Surgi-Center (26 weeks LMP)Atlanta - Feminist Women's Health Center (25 weeks LMP)Atlanta - Summit Medical Associates (25 weeks LMP) IllinoisChampaign - Women's Health Practice (22 weeks LMP)Granite City - Hope Clinic for Women (24 weeks LMP) KansasWichita - Women's Health Care Services (26+ weeks LMP) MassachusettsBoston / Chestnut Hill - Women's Health Services (23 weeks LMP) MichiganDetroit - Northland Family Planning (24 weeks LMP)Detroit - Summit Medical Associates (24 weeks LMP)Grand Rapids - Heritage Clinic for Women (22 weeks LMP) NevadaLas Vegas - A-Z Women's Center (24 weeks LMP)Las Vegas - Summit Family Planning (24 weeks LMP) New YorkNew York City / Queens - Liberty Women's Health Care of Queens (24 weeks LMP) OhioCincinnati - Women's Med Center (24 weeks LMP)Dayton - Women's Med Center (24 weeks LMP)
"Abortion Broadcasting
June 9, 2009 - 00:52 ET by RR GOP"Abortion Broadcasting Company"...LOL.
Since they are so pro-abortion why don't they air an unexpurgated segment showing a fetus being yanked out of his mother?
Funny that they never want to go into the actual details of what is involved with an abortion. They're too busy removing themselves from the actual horror of the entire monstrosity of this practice and sanitizing it for the viewer's protection.
These are the same types that praise Holocaust gorefests but won't show something that can be easily filmed and documented in real time and is happening now.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).
I think there is no
June 9, 2009 - 03:04 ET by sudmufI think there is no difference between the man that shot Tiller and John Brown.
"miscarriage" of justice
June 9, 2009 - 04:55 ET by m1xramWell, we all know the obvious part they left out about the "miscarriage." Just to be clear, it was the premeditated murder of the child that preceded the "miscarriage." There is no real way so say how angry this makes people. It's not easily expressed, but let me make the attempt.
None of us, who mark the continual murder of innocents, will ever be satisfied, until the perpetrators are caught, convicted, and executed for their heinous crimes. It is my personal hope that someday this country will have another president, like Lincoln, who will have the courage to wipe this evil from our county's soul.
....yes, after the
June 9, 2009 - 06:22 ET by msh1973....yes, after the abortionist kills the poor little thing. This is pure evil and this guy is not telling the truth. God help them.