Friday’s CBS Evening News devoted a full story… to late-term abortion Dr. LeRoy Carhart – who stepped in to succeed Dr. George Tiller, known for performing many partial birth abortions, after his murder last spring – during which Carhart was given several soundbites to justify his work.

At one point gushing that “Until I can find someone else to care for women, they still need somebody to care for them,” he later asserted: “I totally believe in this cause every bit as much as I did believe every morning when I got up in the military that I was doing the right thing. And if dying for this cause is what I have to do, then that`s what I will do.”

But CBS’s Axelrod never used the term “partial birth abortion,” or described the horrific procedure involved in some abortions. And, while anchor Katie Couric acknowledged Carhart’s work is “controversial” as she introduced the report, she also conveyed a more positive connotation as she referred to his and Dr. Tiller’s activities as a “cause,” as did Carhart himself.

~ Brad Wilmouth of Newsbusters, December 6