Abortion and Lies: Two Sins Don't Make a Right #037
Over on Twitter, Megan Fox (the writer - not the actress) posted an amazing thread that I think is worth highlighting. You can see the original thread in its entirety here.
“The story about a 10 yr old pregnant girl who had to go from Ohio to IN for an abortion gives me serious pause for a number of reasons. There are many red flags.
I'm going to detail them here.
#1. A pregnant 10-year-old is evidence of a heinous crime against a child but in every article (and there are SO MANY) there is no mention of criminal investigation, no police involvement, not even a town where this allegedly occurred.
#2 An unnamed alleged "child abuse" doctor called Dr. Caitlyn Bernard (an abortionist in Indiana) to ask for help. But any doctor who knows of abuse would be required to also call law enforcement. There should be a criminal investigation going involving Ohio DFS and police.
#3 which maybe should be #1 The TIMING of this horrific story is too on the nose. Roe v. Wade was just overturned. The media is desperate for stories to push the pro-abortion narrative, and stoke fear, anger, and division. They love this.
#4 The article first published in the Indy Star, a local Ohio paper's site but in record time was picked up by huge international press. On the 2nd, The Hill and Newsweek had it and by the 3rd, The Guardian had it, and by the 4th it was on TMZ, reaching all the kids.
I heard about it from a teenager at a 4th party and a red flag went off big-time. If the kids have heard about it it was placed where they will see it intentionally. Fake news is always sold to the young'ns because they will swallow it the fastest.
SO. DAKOTA GOV. GRILLED OVER 10-YEAR-OLD PREGNANT RAPE VICTIM
#5 It was immediately used as a political weapon against Republican Governor Kristi Noem and will be used against other pro-life politicians to make them answer this possibly hypothetical or made-up scenario to win political hit points.
#6 #DrCaitlynBernard, the only source, is an abortionist and has been in the NYT participating in an anti-Trump hit piece and is clearly an activist. She has a stake in preserving abortion, it literally pays her bills.
#7 There's no way to verify Bernard's claim. She has doctor-patient confidentiality. No one can FOIA her. The media won't ask any questions and even if they did she wouldn't answer. There is no proof that this 10-year-old even exists and yet the media ran with it full tilt.
#8 Jennifer Rubin used this to batter conservatives, her former colleagues, in the Washington Post. This further gives me serious doubts about the veracity of the story. Rubin is a notorious tool for the left using this story to harm pro-lifers https://archive.ph/4OtgE.
#9 Why don't any of them care about the crime committed against the child? Lawmakers in OH should demand an investigation into who raped this child. They are the only ones who can get information through DFS and help the girl seek justice for the crime, if it happened. Did it?
#10, #DrCaitlynBernard got a call from another doctor asking for help for a horribly abused child and her first instinct was to call the media. That should make you all stop and think for a minute. What's really going on here?
Here's what the spread over time through media looks like according to the first two pages of a Google search. I'm going to do other search terms. But this story had legs. Is that an accident that it got maximum coverage?
Here she is again #CaitlinBernard in June interviewed by PBS, crying. Predicting doom...the very thing she's now claiming. How is she in contact with so much media? https://web.archive.org/web/20220701010852/https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/an-abortion-ban-is-likely-in-indiana-some-doctors-say-womens-health-will-suffer
The big question now is why was it the
that reported this exclusively of all local OH news stations (CBS, ABC, NBC) that didn't? According to star site, they are owned by Gannet Co., a huge media company. But Gannet's site doesn't list them. So is this still accurate?
And here's #DrCaitlinBernard again! More media coverage in June before this alleged incident where she is predicting doom. She's a serious abortion activist https://web.archive.org/web/20220630064010/https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/indianapolis/healthcare-workers-rally-for-abortion-access-on-iupui-campus
Not even Snopes can confirm this story. They want to, but they can't. #DrCaitlinBernard doesn't return anyone's calls. I wonder why that is? https://web.archive.org/web/20220706011116/https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/07/05/abortion-10-year-old-rape-victim-ohio/
Now, it is very likely that more information may come out that proves the alleged horrific abuse happened and I don’t think Megan is highlighting this story to throw shade on this alleged victim. What I read in this thread, and what I think is Megan’s larger point, is that the media and pro-abortionist advocates are a hammer in search of a nail right now and it’s not beyond the realm of possibility that a clearly motivated activist for abortion would create the worst possible scenario to drum up outrage for her side. And she has a willing media that would immediately believe the story and run with it, even presenting it to a sitting Governor as true, ignoring normal guidelines which would require further investigation. Especially when the single source is a clear activist who only benefits from the story going mainstream.
Add to that that anyone who even challenges this story will be accused of “not believing a young abuse victim” and you have a nearly perfect emotionally persuasive argument.
I’ve seen in interactions on my Facebook feed the willingness of medical professionals, lawyers (no surprise there I guess), and progressive pastors to hyperbolize, even sometimes lie, to defend a “woman’s right to choose”. And I’m sure as time goes on we will see more examples come out of false flags and hyperbolic emotional appeals which end up not being true. And unfortunately, it will be from the people who are supposed to guard us against these types of things.