Posted on 03/05/2020 12:53:14 AM PST by Morgana
A recent sympathetic article on abortion in Bloomberg Businessweek offered a textbook lesson in liberal media bias.
Written by Cynthia Koons and Rebecca Greenfield, the February 27 article’s headline whined that “Abortion Clinics Are Getting Nickel-and-Dimed Out of Business.” “Abortion Clinics Are the Most Challenging Small Business in America,” an alternative headline cried. And the subtitle moaned, “From legal battles to securing vendors to getting the walls painted, every budget line is a struggle.” Right from the outset we know this will not be a fair piece.
The article began by talking about Amy Hagstrom Miller, the owner of the abortion business in the 2016 Supreme Court case Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, which involved a Texas law that sought to increase health and safety standards at abortion clinics in the state. Hagstrom Miller won her case, which Bloomberg dubbed “a happy ending,” even describing a photo of her on the steps of the Supreme Court as “iconic” and gushing over her “radiant” smile. This woman, who has contributed to the deaths of thousands, got the star treatment.
The article also deferred to pro-abortion terminology, using “abortion-rights advocates’” favored term for laws increasing health and safety standards, “TRAP (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) laws,” six times. They even used the old pro-abortion talking point that “these measures can dictate a building’s specifications right down to hallway widths,” as if mandating hallways be able to accommodate a stretcher is unreasonable. Don’t forget, emergency personnel couldn’t get a stretcher through the crowded hallways of infamous abortionist Kermit Gosnell’s clinic and that led to a woman ultimately dying. God forbid abortion facilities be held to the same standards as endoscopy, laser, and plastic surgery centers.
Ironically, they pointed to a Kaiser Family Foundation study saying 7 in 10 support abortion being legal, but the KFF key findings also said 7 in 10 “support laws requiring abortions to be performed solely by doctors who have hospital admitting privileges,” similar to Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt.
To further the obvious liberal bias, the writers cited pro-abortion sources like the Abortion Care Network, National Abortion Federation, and Guttmacher Institute and no pro-life sources for statistics. All three of the latter organizations had hyperlinks to their websites when mentioned, meanwhile, when an official for Americans United for Life was quoted, the hyperlink went to a broken stockquote page.
In addition, they described the Federalist Society as “resolutely anti-abortion” but offered no such strident qualifying language before pro-abortion organizations. The Guttmacher Institute, which used to be Planned Parenthood’s research arm, is simply dubbed a “nonprofit.”
Then, as if all this shilling for the abortion industry wasn't enough, they helpfully linked to a GoFundMe campaign for an abortion clinic in debt that might have to shut down if it doesn't receive the needed funds.
Bloomberg News is owned by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, a pro-abortion politician whose non-profit gave $14 million to Planned Parenthood in 3 years. It's clear where he and his supposed news network stand on abortion.
They cut so much, there is nothing left...
Imagine one day someone woke up and said there’s good money to be made aborting babies. 75 million babies later they have to demand that all restrictions on abortion, assert infanticide as a right and legalize abortion by non doctors to break even. Drug dealers have higher business standards.
I find this hard to believe.
If a woman wants an abortion she will get the money.
The days of it being underwritten by the gov’t are over so the cash cow for the doctors is over.
Fewer babies being murdered is a good thing, but no babies being murdered is much better.
“Small business”?
“40 Days for Life” -— the pro-life prayer vigil on the sidewalk outside the abortion mill near YOU -— is still in action, from now until almost Easter. Please grab your Bible, your kippa, your cross, your rosary, your heart, and go join them.
Make it plain and visible to the world that abortion slays infants, violates the Divine and Natural law, and if unabated, is a bigger threat to the human race than the Coronavirus.
Coronavirus just kills the body. For those who cooperate with it, abortion kills the soul.
Stopping the political demand for abortion is as simple as shutting down the aftersale market of dead babies.... Or maybe it is a matter of faith that the democrats worship Moloch.... or maybe to supply 72 virgins in the afterlife for the religion of peace? Maybe children who are pregnant have adults simply trying to ensure a mother doesn’t have to care for a baby. Whatever can justify murder or whatever protects or enshrines the right of murders can be found in the DNC pillars on which it stands, having traded slavery for abortion, they still have their Plantations Planned Parenthood, and not KKK hoods.
Compared to Microsoft or Exxon, yes.
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