If you read the article it has a number of misspellings, and the name of the woman in question — Anya Kamenetz — is spelled several different ways. I think this blog was written so quickly, that the author slipped on with the headline. The word “it” is missing, but the word “If” should not be there. That’s my guess. Only the author can answer for sure.
That was my thought in post #2.
Only the author can answer for sure.
Which is what he did in post #3.