Sunday, January 23, 2005

Killing Babies

It may be a coincidence, but there are several items in the British press about infanticide on the weekend that the press ignores the March for Life protesting Roe v Wade...I'd give a link for that, but I can find only links to small town church newspapers stating folks are leaving for the march, or "red state" local protests...

Does the great NYTimes ignore it? Nope. Their Friday headline was on page A14, and is already in the "archive", i.e. you have to pay for it...
Here is the NYT abstract of the article:

Words of Support From Bush at Anti-Abortion Rally
ABSTRACT - Thousands of opponents of abortion gather at Mall in Washington (DC) for annual March for Life rally; Pres Bush addresses crowd by telephone from Roswell, NM, his voice amplified through large speakers; thanks them for their devotion to 'noble cause' and vows to press ahead with efforts to protect life at all stages; advocates of abortion rights are also digging in, holding rally to commemorate Roe v Wade decision; Sen Barbara Boxer introduces measure to prohibit government from interfering with reproductive rights; same bill was introduced in House by Rep Jerrold Nadler; photo (M)

Emphasis mine, of course...notice the language. Those who support abortion are in favour of "rights" (abortion rights, but later corrected to "reproductive right", a more kindly euphenism)...

But those who oppose killing the most vulnerable are "anti abortion".
Equal time to each side, and no mention of numbers. Guess the fact that ordinary people, the type who rarely come out for any protest, who nevertheless come down in a snowstorm--500 from Conneticut , for example, or groups from Greensburg PA or "anti abortion activists" from Delaware (although the article is actually quite good, they use the PC language in the headline)... or 53 who came in from Michigan or isn't really news.

News is reporting the demonstrations from professional protesters, who always get noted on the front page.

Citizen Smash
, call your office...

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