Abortion is the number one issue for Kamala Harris in this election. It is about the only policy agenda item she has delivered and been clear on, while everything else on her slate is either a contradiction or a question mark. The topic of abortion dominates campaign ads from various PACS as a number of states have abortion amendments featured on the ballot this year, so clearly the Democrats believe this is a wedge issue.
And so does the press. In a sign of support for the party (a surprise to no one by this stage), the news outlets have been pushing out a series of tragic stories about the various abortion laws and the fallout from the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision. But as these rendering reports are delivered across the news landscape, we have to ask a simple question in response:
If this matter is so obviously wrong, why does the press consistently have to lie about the results?
In the various news reports we have seen a pattern develop, and that is once you wade past the alarming headlines, the details of these stories reveal that the abortion law is almost always a non-factor in the events. The press has been literally manufacturing a series of nightmare scenarios which - just like those nocturnal horrors - prove out to be unreal.
Texas
ProPublica has been a source of many of these dramatic reports, and the latest is of a Texas woman who died from a sepsis infection following a miscarriage. It was claimed this was the result of doctors not wanting to care for her due to the risks from a pre-Dobbs Texas law putting doctors at risk of being sued for a later-term abortion procedure.
Georgia
The case of Amber Thurman received widespread attention after her death, which was blamed on that state’s recently imposed stricter abortion laws. “Thurman’s case marks the first time an abortion-related death, officially deemed “preventable,” is coming to public light.”
Florida
A South Florida woman suffered complications after her water broke at 15 weeks and was sent home before the hospital Ob-Gyn doctor was consulted. She later miscarried in a public restroom and had severe consequences that nearly took her life.
Nevada
Nick Kristoff, citing a Washington Post article, highlighted a case of a woman arrested for having a miscarriage, blaming this on oppressive abortion laws.
Texas again
In another overhyped case, a Texas couple endured a miscarriage scenario and the emergency facility issued Misoprostol so her body could expel the remains, but when that failed, they returned and were told further procedures could not be performed. The woman’s declining condition is blamed on the strict Texas laws.
Multiple Examples - AP
The Associated Press has a series of stories where it is clear that the tragic results were more due to hospital error than the law preventing care. A Texas woman with an unviable ectopic pregnancy was discharged despite a doctor saying she needed the care. In another case, an ectopic woman was sent home with the belief she would naturally miscarry rather than need an operation.
CNN
The network came out with a report claiming that since abortion had been sent back to the states, we have seen a rise in infant mortality as a result. Then we saw how the network was playing games.
That the media are not being forthright with these details spells out how they believe this is an issue to aid the Democrats. As a result, dutifully these scare tactics and exaggerated claims are delivered, which underscore the problem is not as bad as it is being sold. Once again, we see that something claimed as an obvious nefarious threat needs to be proven with fraudulent evidence.
This is the media complex currently mewling about misinformation being a threat to this election, all while they are perfectly content to deliver falsehoods in order to sway the vote to the side the press complex prefers.