Currently underway in Philadelphia is the trial of one doctor Gosnell. He is charged with multiple counts of homicide in connection with late term abortions in which he is alleged to have delivered babies alive only to then kill them. He is also charged in connection with the death of at least one mother who underwent an abortion.
There is almost no coverage of the trial by the national media. The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News is an exception to this blackout. In fact, the Fox News Channel is providing coverage across its schedule. If you look at the mainstream media, however, there is only silence.
Let's do a thought experiment. Suppose that the doctor had used an assault weapon to kill these kids. Would that be enough to bring media attention to the deaths? While no number has been released of allegedly viable children who were killed in these purported abortions, the total is at least in the teens. Is this somehow less newsworthy than the Newtown killings because the children were unwanted? Is it less newsworthy to the mainstream media because the children were minorities?
The sad thing is that the supporters of abortion rights weaken their position by trying to hide alleged murders like these. In Pennsylvania, it is illegal to carry out an abortion after the 24th week of pregnancy. This is completely in accord with the Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade. In fact, under the court rulings, the children (or fetuses, if you prefer) at this late point in the pregnancy are considered individuals with constitutional rights of their own. Why should the mainstream media be silent on these killings just because they happened in the context of abortion?
It has been forty years since the Supreme Court settled the basic law in America regarding abortion. During the first three months of pregnancy, the mother has the choice to abort. During the second three months, the states can regulate abortion, but they cannot prohibit it in most cases. During the last three months of pregnancy, abortion is not to be permitted except in extremely rare cases.
In Philadelphia, the doctor was allegedly busy aborting babies during the last third of pregnancy. If this is proven, it means that the doctor was murdering infants. There is no other way to put it.
The media should be ashamed that it is not covering this story.
There is almost no coverage of the trial by the national media. The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News is an exception to this blackout. In fact, the Fox News Channel is providing coverage across its schedule. If you look at the mainstream media, however, there is only silence.
Let's do a thought experiment. Suppose that the doctor had used an assault weapon to kill these kids. Would that be enough to bring media attention to the deaths? While no number has been released of allegedly viable children who were killed in these purported abortions, the total is at least in the teens. Is this somehow less newsworthy than the Newtown killings because the children were unwanted? Is it less newsworthy to the mainstream media because the children were minorities?
The sad thing is that the supporters of abortion rights weaken their position by trying to hide alleged murders like these. In Pennsylvania, it is illegal to carry out an abortion after the 24th week of pregnancy. This is completely in accord with the Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade. In fact, under the court rulings, the children (or fetuses, if you prefer) at this late point in the pregnancy are considered individuals with constitutional rights of their own. Why should the mainstream media be silent on these killings just because they happened in the context of abortion?
It has been forty years since the Supreme Court settled the basic law in America regarding abortion. During the first three months of pregnancy, the mother has the choice to abort. During the second three months, the states can regulate abortion, but they cannot prohibit it in most cases. During the last three months of pregnancy, abortion is not to be permitted except in extremely rare cases.
In Philadelphia, the doctor was allegedly busy aborting babies during the last third of pregnancy. If this is proven, it means that the doctor was murdering infants. There is no other way to put it.
The media should be ashamed that it is not covering this story.
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