But we won’t let them get away with it.
On no topic has the press been more consistently, and persistently, biased than on abortion. Americans, whatever their own views on the matter, have been poorly served by its coverage. Thoughtful journalists have long recognized it: In 1990, the Los Angeles Times ran a series of articles about the systematic tilt. But the problem hasn’t gotten better.
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If you seek receipts, we have plenty of them.
We have been especially busy countering ignorant criticisms of Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion in Dobbs (the one that overturned Roe v. Wade). When the New York Times distorted his opinion or pretended he ignored a key precedent, we pushed back. When Politico said he had mangled the history of abortion, we went to the primary sources that showed he was right.
The policy debate that followed Dobbs followed the same pattern. Democrats, with much of the press behind them, portrayed themselves as moderates and said Republicans were enacting laws so extreme they would endanger women with ectopic pregnancies. We got Mandela Barnes, the Democratic Senate candidate in Wisconsin, to admit that he opposed limits on abortion at any stage of pregnancy. And we pointed out that “Every Abortion Law in America Protects Women with Ectopic Pregnancies.”
And when reporters called restrictions on abortion after 15 weeks “sweeping bans,” we pointed out they prohibited fewer than 10 percent of all abortions.
National Review is a strongly pro-life publication in a media environment where that stance is all too rare. We’re also a strongly pro-truth publication — and on this issue, that means presenting facts that you won’t find anywhere else.
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