PrintApril 17, 2013
Reproductive Justice in Philadelphia
After the widespread media uproar that resulted from the exposure of Kermit Gosnell's baby-butchering abortion clinic...
Oops, sorry, let's try that again. After the widespread media silence that resulted from the exposure of Kermit Gosnell's baby-butchering abortion clinic, one begins to see just where the abortion issue is going. The flagrant non-effort of journalists and pundits to shine the light on Gosnell's actions is instructive; it tells a tale, one that begins and ends with a clear roadmap for the future of "reproductive" rights in the United States.
Of course, the mainstream media in recent days managed to raise itself from its torpid slumber to offer some half-hearted commentary on the systematic murder of living babies that Gosnell engendered.Why hasn't there been broader and round-the-clock coverage of Gosnell's atrocities? "I can't explain it," writes David Weigel over at Slate. "It's never made sense to me, how a local crime story becomes a national story." Well,...(Read Full Article)
