Posted on 07/15/2022 9:02:43 AM PDT by Morgana
On Thursday’s Chris Jansing Reports, the eponymous MSNBC host wondered if pro-life laws will have “a chilling effect on rape victims” and her guests readily informed her that they will.
Capitol Hill correspondent Ali Vitali was talking about the effect of Roe v. Wade’s demise could have on the midterms when she added, “I would also say when it comes to this really horrifying story out of Ohio, it does strike me that the knee-jerk reaction when you hear this kind of terror is to doubt the girl at the center of it. We have seen this time and again with women and in this case, someone who is not even of woman age yet being doubted in the press.”
Jansing then turned to Marty Schladen of the Ohio Capital Journal and suggested the case could hurt Republicans, “Ten years old. Marty, your reporting suggests the Republicans could have seen this coming. We were bound to see cases like. In 2021 alone, Ohio saw over 6,000 cases for sexual abuse cases with the victims under 18, that’s according to the Ohio Network of Advocacy Centers. From what you’re seeing, could this be, potentially, political quicksand for local and state Republicans as well?”
Schladen declared it was possible and that despite all his questioning on the issue, “I’m not getting any answers.” No word on the overwhelming majority of abortions that are sought by adults for nothing more than convenience.
Later, Jansing had another question for Schladen, “you talked to the head of a local pro-abortion rights group and she asks ‘what signal does that give to rape survivors across the state and the country?’ that these, this young girl was not believed. Is she concerned this will have a chilling effect on rape victims? Even parents of young girls who are thinking of reporting a crime?”
They doubted their existence because there were also basic journalistic problems that even the Washington Post was noting, mainly that the story was based on one source, Caitlin Bernard, who suddenly went silent whenever other media outlets called to verify the story. As for the girl's parents:
Speaking of Bernard, Schladen replied with some sloppy reporting of his own, “Very definitely. I think it speaks to a certain hostility and I think that hostility has actually even increased. I don’t know if you’ve seen the news today, but the attorney general of Indiana is talking about going after the medical license of the doctor there, Caitlin Bernard, who initially reported this. I think the fear is that this is going to have a chilling effect up and down the line.”
Despite blabbing about the crime to the Indianapolis Star, Bernard is not being investigated for reporting a rape of a 10-year-old. In fact, the opposite is true.
Who is really harming sexual abuse victims? Pro-lifers or journalists who do not adequately confirm facts when dealing with highly charged political issues like abortion?
This segment was sponsored by Ancestry.
Here is a transcript for the July 14 show:
MSNBC Chris Jansing Reports
7/14/2022
1:35 PM ET
CHRIS JANSING: So Ali, do Democrats see this as a lifeline, essentially, ahead of the midterms? Especially when you can look at extreme cases like these?
ALI VITALI: Yeah, I mean, look, Democrats have always, and as long as I have been on the campaign trail, reproductive rights have been, sort of, a guardrail in Democratic politics, but an untested one, Chris, because Democrats for a long time have talked about the potential for Republicans and conservatives to overturn Roe, but most voters never had to grapple with the idea that this could actually happen.
Women for the last 49 years have never had to thought, think about whether or not they had a fundamental right to access abortion care. So, this is really an untested moment in politics as abortion has always been a galvanizing issue for voters, but now what we’re seeing in polling, is the idea that this is rising in the ranks for voters as they consider their top issues going into the midterms, which is exactly what Democrats want because they see it as a moment to try to energize an electorate that frankly Democrats badly needed to energize.
I would also say when it comes to this really horrifying story out of Ohio, it does strike me that the knee-jerk reaction when you hear this kind of terror is to doubt the girl at the center of it. We have seen this time and again with women and in this case, someone who is not even of woman age yet being doubted in the press.
JANSING: Ten years old. Marty, your reporting suggests the Republicans could have seen this coming. We were bound to see cases like. In 2021 alone, Ohio saw over 6,000 cases for sexual abuse cases with the victims under 18, that’s according to the Ohio Network of Advocacy Centers. From what you’re seeing, could this be, potentially, political quicksand for local and state Republicans as well?
MARTY SCHLADEN: I think very possibly. I think that the thing our state’s leaders don't want to talk about what age should a woman or a girl be required to have her rapist’s baby? That’s a question I’ve asked several times and I’m not getting any answers to.
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JANSING: And Marty beyond abortion rights there’s the secondary issue and actually Ali touched on it in her last answer because you talked to the head of a local pro-abortion rights group and she asks “what signal does that give to rape survivors across the state and the country?” that these, this young girl was not believed. Is she concerned this will have a chilling effect on rape victims? Even parents of young girls who are thinking of reporting a crime?
SCHLADEN: Very definitely. I think it speaks to a certain hostility and I think that hostility has actually even increased. I don’t know if you’ve seen the news today, but the attorney general of Indiana is talking about going after the medical license of the doctor there, Caitlin Bernard, who initially reported this. I think the fear is that this is going to have a chilling effect up and down the line.
so, what’s their excuse for not publishing the names of the epstein victims purveyors of abuse?
Ah, a small portion of daily bullsh...er...Obamstuff excreted by our semi-literate, ill-educated, and totally loathsome media.
Didn’t we just find out about the rape of a ten year old that was being swept under the rug by an abortionist because abortion restrictions increased in ohio after Roe was overturned?
Depending on who the abuser is, I would say that it’s the msm and various agencies that are silencing the victims.
No one, except the abusers and their enablers, wants victims to be silenced.
Abortion because of rape is only .085% of all abortions.
If the left really thinks the decision that impacted the Roe ruling is so terrible, why do they keep exaggerating and making weird, nonsensical comparisons to bolster their argument? Apparently what the decision actually does just isn’t enough. And it makes them look unhinged and hysterical.
Indeed more sob stories than on the old Queen for a Day TV program in the 50’s.
We are learning more and more that it was the abuse of mother's live-in boyfriend that was being covered up by the pit-of-state journey.
No, pro-life laws will have the opposite effect.
If a girl cannot discretely kill her baby, then it becomes obvious something has been going on, particularly for underage girls.
It seems to me that being able to kill your child without questions asked reduces rape reporting and encourages cover-ups.
We know from years and years of investigating that Planned Parenthood and others do not report underage pregnancies and incest rapes, etc.
These people are sick in the head and soul.
Well,,,
except for that 10 year old,,,,
,, who was saved from an illegeal alien repeater rapist,,, and her rapist enabler mother,., as a result of those laws,..
Read a headline about her “defending him”, but was not sure of details. You are saying she was her live in boy friend and was turning a blind eye to him abusing her own daughter?
MSNBC Warns Pro-Life Laws Could Silence Victims of Sexual Abuse
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A 10 year old was saved, not silenced.
Grooming murder loving MSNBCLSD lies.
You are saying she was her live in boy friend and was turning a blind eye to him abusing her own daughter?
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Well andy,, the 10 year old child VICTIM did say she was RAPED TWICE.
So,,,,
,, maybe we should focus on THAT.
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Not just turning a blind eye. She basically enabled it.
Oh for God’s sake.
BULL💩!
more BS!
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