Abortion

Amanda Marcotte: Paul Ryan Thinks Family Life Should Be ‘Reserved For the Elite and the Rest of Us Can Go Hang’
By Tom Johnson | October 24, 2015 | 9:49 PM EDT

After Paul Ryan vowed that he wouldn’t reduce time spent with his family even if he became Speaker of the House, quite a few liberals accused the Wisconsin congressman of hypocrisy given that he has, in the words of one feminist site, “spent much of his political career fighting laws that promote realistic work-life balance for parents.”

Lefty pundit Marcotte believes that Ryan is even worse than a hypocrite. In a Thursday column for Salon, Marcotte asserted that Ryan’s “family time” stand “is a perfect distillation of the Ayn Rand-constructed worldview he has, where all the goodies are reserved for the elite and the rest of us can go hang…Increasingly, the Republican worldview is one where even basic things like love, connection, and other basic human needs are being reclassified as privileges that should only be available to the wealthy.”

WashPost Hypes 'Tea Party-Like Faction' of Faithful Catholic Bishops
By Matthew Balan | October 22, 2015 | 5:50 PM EDT

On Thursday, the Washington Post's Anthony Faiola spun the latest synod of Catholic bishops at the Vatican as a "theological slugfest" between two main factions of the Catholic hierarchy: the "liberal"/"progressive" backers of "Pope Francis's vision for a more inclusive church," versus a "backlash" from "conservatives/"traditionalists." Faiola even hyped how some unnamed "moderate conservatives" at the meeting were "shocked" by the "vehemence of the backlash," which supposedly pointed to a "rise of a Tea Party-like faction of bishops within the hierarchy."

The Onion: ‘Planned Parenthood Has Enough Fetus Cash to Keep Going’
By Erin Aitcheson | October 21, 2015 | 3:02 PM EDT

Some things hit a little too close to home—especially if you’re a humorless liberal who doesn’t get satire unless it’s aimed at conservatives.

That being said, yesterday The Onion came out with the headline ‘Defunded Planned Parenthood Reassures Supporters It Has Enough Fetus Cash To Keep Going’ in light of Texas barring Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood. 

CNN's Costello: Fiorina 'Went to War' With Planned Parenthood; Used 'Falsehood'
By Matthew Balan | October 20, 2015 | 6:49 PM EDT

Carol Costello took aim at Carly Fiorina on Tuesday's CNN Newsroom over her attack on Planned Parenthood at the last Republican presidential debate. Costello asserted that "some say Carly Fiorina can't figure out how to define feminism for a GOP audience...she effectively stood up for women everywhere with that great comeback to Donald Trump. But then, she went to war with Planned Parenthood...I understand she's pro-life, but she used a falsehood out of that video to do it."

CNN Hounds Pro-Lifer on 'Very Deceptive' Edit in Undercover Videos
By Matthew Balan | October 20, 2015 | 3:41 PM EDT

On Monday's Anderson Cooper 360, CNN's Drew Griffin hounded David Daleiden of the Center for Medical Progress over his insertion of outside footage into his undercover videos that targeted Planned Parenthood's sale of aborted babies' organs and tissue. Griffin underlined to Daleiden that "the problem people are having is, that this is not an aborted child...that does seem very deceptive to me." He also played up that "the confusion of David Daleiden's sloppy edits has made its way into the Republican presidential race."

WATCH: Liam Neeson Narrates Haunting Pro-Abortion, Anti-Catholic Ad
By Katie Yoder | October 20, 2015 | 11:28 AM EDT

After voicing Aslan in the film adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia, actor Liam Neeson is lending his voice again -- this time in support of abortion.

In a haunting video released Monday, the Irish actor calls for a “repeal of the eighth” amendment in order to expand abortion “rights” in Ireland.

Liberal Actress -- Who Had Her Own Abortion at 21 -- Laments Procedure Being 'Demonized' in the U.S.
By Melissa Mullins | October 19, 2015 | 4:06 PM EDT

Outspoken abortion rights activist and Hollywood actress Amy Brenneman was interviewed by the Huffington Post’s HuffPost Live last Thursday, where she complained that abortion is being “demonized” in the United States. In an interview that discussed her role in the HBO series, The Leftovers, Brenneman discussed her motivation for joining Ms. magazine’s 2006 petition for supporting the pro-choice movement, "We Had Abortions"

Spinning for Dems, NY Times' Healy Accuses GOP of Sounding 'Dark Notes' in Focus on Substantive Issues
By Clay Waters | October 17, 2015 | 5:34 PM EDT

Reporter Patrick Healy made the front of Friday's New York Times marveling at how differently Republicans and Democrats see America, in "One Nation, Under Debate. Or Are There 2?" Healy, who is hypersensitive to the political strengths of Hillary Clinton, portrayed the Republican presidential field as dour and negative, while his strange choice of cultural commentators for a political story -- playwrights Christopher Durang and Tony Kushner -- betrayed a left-wing cultural perspective.

Wasserman Schultz’s Shocking Answer to When Her Children Became Human
By Kristine Marsh | October 15, 2015 | 12:34 PM EDT

The Media Research Center’s video department, MRCTV.org, was at the Democratic debate this past Tuesday in Las Vegas, Nev., asking politicians hard-hitting questions that the liberal media refuse to ask.

One of these questions came from reporter Brittany Hughes. Hughes clearly caught the DNC chair, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), off-guard when she asked the staunchly pro-abortion politician this thought-provoking question: “Were [your children] human beings before they were born?”

MSNBC Helps Planned Parenthood Spin End of 'Reimbursement' for Baby Parts
By Michael McKinney | October 13, 2015 | 5:02 PM EDT

On Tuesday's Live with Thomas Roberts, the MSNBC host relayed the recent decision by Planned Parenthood to no longer seek "reimbursement" for tissue from aborted fetuses. Roberts asked NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell if the move was simply to “calm critics out there and ease pressure off of Planned Parenthood?” O'Donnell pointed out that this has been a "summer of rhetoric" and that Planned Parenthood was seeking a way to alleviate Congressional pressure. O'Donnell would read on air the Planned Parenthood written statement that the new policy "takes away the smokescreen that extremists have been using to attack Planned Parenthood."

Liberal Media Call Weird, Crude ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ ‘Intoxicating,’ and ‘Charming’
By Julia A. Seymour | October 12, 2015 | 6:10 PM EDT

Ludicrous and offensive content remains ludicrous and offensive, even when it’s set to music.

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend on the CW network is meant to be a comedic, musical tale of female obsession with a former flame. Left-wing Slate.com said the show that made a joke about teen abortions and included a gross-out nether regions waxing was “charming,” and “very funny.” The Los Angeles Times called it “intoxicating” and “daffy.”

'The Good Wife' Wants to 'Kick Some Pro-Lifer Butt in 2016'
By Karen Townsend | October 12, 2015 | 12:35 AM EDT

Season 7 of The Good Wife is off with a roar using timely references for its liberal, pro-abortion viewers. The writers pull no punches that this show promotes Hillary Clinton for President – a continuing part of this season’s storyline is that Peter (Chris Noth) is running for re-election as governor of Illinois and is really, really hoping to be Hillary’s pick for Vice President. In this episode, "Innocents," Alicia (Julianna Margulies), Peter’s ex-wife, notes how much their relationship and the Clintons’ are alike. Both relationships, you see, are full of adultery and enabling. How fun! Alicia and Hillary could swap tips on how best to live with a man who has so little respect for women!