Journalists Mislead Americans Regarding ‘Roe’

Do most American’s really understand what Roe v. Wade was about? I’m not sure they do. In this AP story, the author writes:

A solid majority long have felt that Roe v. Wade should be upheld. Yet most support at least some restrictions on when abortions can be performed. Most think having an abortion should be a personal choice. But they also think it is murder.

It’s obvious something isn’t clear. How could you “support” something that you consider to be murder? What’s particularly troubling is that for each person who reads the entire story, there are 10 who merely scan the headline, tagline or photo caption. So when they read a caption like:

A solid majority of Americans feel that Roe v. Wade… should be upheld.

They’re getting an misleading picture of a confused poll group. Here’s what Roe really did.

Roe struck down the abortion laws of all 50 states.
Roe gave us unfettered abortion-on-demand.
Roe is responsible for partial-birth abortion.
Roe has brought an increase in minor girls who have been preyed upon by older men.

Roe was a single court case, where the judges cited zero precedents. Yet, poll after poll has shown that Americans favor parental notice, spousal consent, informed consent, an outright ban on partial-birth abortion, and other reforms as well. The American people should not have their voice silenced by a handful of activist judges.

We should all see the AP and others for what they really are—agenda-driven news. Take some time and read past the misleading titles and subtle language.

This is the best argument I’ve ever read for protecting children in the womb.

“We can see, then, that the unborn child differs from a newborn child in only four ways—size, level of development, environment, and degree of dependency—and none of those differences are good reasons for disqualifying it as fully human.”

Click here to read the entire discussion and please feel free to link to or copy it so more people can see what abortion truly is.