Jivin J’s Life Links 2-9-11
by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat
- The Los Angeles Times reports that unlicensed abortionist Bertha Bugarin could be released early from jail as part of plan to save CA money:
Also likely to be released early, (Steve Cooley, a D.A. opposed to the plan) said, is Bertha Bugarin, who was sentenced to 3 years in prison after performing abortions with no medical training
- Dr. Michael New takes on the mainstream media at National Review Online for its support of Planned Parenthood:
The most recent round of Live Action videos have put the MSM spin machine into overdrive. The most common defense of PP is that it provides a unique and invaluable role in providing contraceptive services to low income women. However, a substantial body of research indicates that few women forgo contraception due to cost or availability.
Futhermore, as Gerard Nadal points out in his blog Coming Home, the Live Action videos show PP employees encouraging the pimp to seek low cost services from county health departments. By PP’s admission, low income earners have other options – some of which are even more affordable.
Furthermore, since PP is encouraging low income earners to seek services from government agencies, that raises serious questions about why it is receiving $300 million a year from the federal government to provide services for low income earners.
- A FL man who killed 3 adults has also been charged with killing an unborn child after an autopsy was performed on Nichole Cervantez, who was 5-6 months pregnant.
- Here’s a story about a North Dakota boy with cerebral palsy who was treated with his own stem cells in Germany:
Ethan Radtke’s parents promised him a trip to the FL theme park if he could walk on crutches after having stem cell treatment in Germany in July for his cerebral palsy….The West Fargo boy surprised them, taking his first steps with crutches 3 weeks ago and steadily improving since then.
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
NY Times columnist Gail Collins opines (linked in the Dr. New article):
But here’s the most notable thing about this whole debate: The people trying to put Planned Parenthood out of business do not seem concerned about what would happen to the 1.85 million low-income women who get family-planning help and medical care at the clinics each year. It just doesn’t come up. There’s not even a vague contingency plan.
This is a perfect example of the willful ignorance of MSM reporting. The reality is that there are thousands of community health clinics and county health clinics and other women’s clinics that provide these products either free of charge or on a sliding scale. One more thing: Over the years at our local PP abortuary we have seen hundreds upon hundreds of women driving very nice SUVs and other late model cars into PP. How nice of the U.S. taxpayer to subsidize the cost of their BC pills so they can afford to make the payments on their late model vehicles.
The piece by Collins shows just how the New York Times continues is slide into irrelevancy as have hundreds of other MSM publications and newspapers, and it is largely due to reporting such as this.
Jerry,
It’s worse than willful ignorance. Collins is lying through her teeth.
New quoted me in his article and linked to my blog where I pointed out that the Virginia clinics ran through a pricey list of services and then told Lila’s “Pimp” that if he couldn’t afford Planned Parenthood, he could always get the same services for free at the county health clinic.
So Collins ses the lie on PP’s part, and chooses to ignore the fact that Michael and I pointed it out. That isn’t trying to remain ignorant, that’s a deliberate attempt at whitewash.
Gerard:
You are right. It is frightening just how easily the MSM conforms reality to their liberal wish list–ignoring and/or deliberately distorting anything that does not fit the pro-abort template.