If you look into this, you'll see that the media was complicit in lying to the American people about abortion. It was sold to America by the abortion lobby and the media using made-up surveys and other made-up "facts". Check out David Kupelian's book "The Marketing of Evil".
I figured as much. Even though I had some doubts because it wasn't the "media of today", I was still picturing the "Greatest victory for women in years..." newscasts.