Media coverage has been under a microscope recently, with various podcast hosts taking news reporters to task for their failures to report basic facts about former President Joe Biden. Did they not know the obvious?
That same level of scrutiny should extend to the coverage of the issue of abortion in which too often the obvious is not told. Far too often, news reports seem to treat the unborn child as if she is nothing. Not simply an inconvenience, but a nonentity.
When you take the baby out of the picture, the emphasis is placed on the circumstances of conception, rather than the humanity of the preborn child. This is a disservice not only to the baby but also to her mother. Because women who regret their abortions do not mourn “nothing.”
They mourn a human being, who might have greatly resembled themselves.
They mourn a person with a heartbeat.
They mourn a son or daughter, not a concept or a theory.
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There needs to be vast improvements in the manner in which the media cover the issue of abortion. It is time for some soul-searching. Readers, listeners, and viewers deserve facts, not spin.
Telling the whole story means including the development of the unborn child, and the repercussions when that child is ripped from a mother’s womb or allowed to pass into a toilet. When a woman comes face-to-face with the aborted child, the trauma can be devastating.
Women deserve to know all of the facts before choosing abortion.
It’s high time for the media to give them the truth.
LifeNews.com Note: Maria Gallagher is the Legislative Director and Political Action Committee Director for the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation and she has written and reported for various broadcast and print media outlets, including National Public Radio, CBS Radio, and AP Radio.
