If I Ever Kill a Woman, I Hope the Washington Post Gets My Back
A few weeks ago, a pregnant woman went to a late-term abortionist to end the life of her child, who was determined to have abnormalities. A few days later, both were dead.
The mainstream media have showed a surprising lack of curiosity about this story, particularly compared to their wall-to-wall coverage of another woman's death that some have claimed was related to not getting an abortion (though the medical inquiry there is ongoing).
But yesterday, a medical examiner ruled that, as the Journal News put it, “Coroner: Jennifer Morbelli bled to death following abortion”:
A New Rochelle woman died of complications from a late-term abortion at a Maryland clinic, the Montgomery County, Md., coroner confirmed Wednesday.
Jennifer Morbelli, 29, a schoolteacher in White Plains, bled to death after amniotic fluid in her womb spilled into her bloodstream, said Bruce Goldfarb, a spokesman for the Montgomery County Medical Examiner’s Office.
But the big paper most local to where the death occurred -- that would be the Washington Post -- continued its odd coverage. Odd because they've been much -- much -- more hard-hitting about the pro-life activists who revealed her death and have been pushing for justice than the abortion practice that ended this woman's pregnancy. Last week, for instance, there was a prominent piece attacking these pro-lifers for ... failing to uphold the dead woman's privacy. No, not joking in the slightest.
And so pro-life media outlets have been doing the journalism that the mainstream media is carefully avoiding. Every single news item that's been broken has been broken by pro-life media outlets, including one angle that shocked me. Late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart provides a form to patients that tells them:
"If you feel that something is wrong and you need to be seen do not go to the ER, call and we will meet you at the clinic."
Now, I can only imagine if a conservative was involved in such deathly business and told patients to avoid the ER if complications arose, that the media would likewise be silent. Right?
Anyway, yesterday the medical examiner reveals this news about amniotic fluid spilling into the woman's bloodstream, and the Washington Post took many hours to get its story up on the web site. I can only imagine that this was because it takes a lot of time to write a story that does little more than provide exculpatory evidence for the abortion doctor. Or, as I wrote over at GetReligion:
See, it takes time — and, I guess, many phone calls with abortion rights groups to get it just right — to write the story this way. Headline, of course, is “Md. medical examiner cites rare complication in death of woman after abortion.” Then we get many, many words about how this was just a freak accident and that legalized abortion on demand through all nine months of pregnancy had absolutely nothing meaningful to do with the death of this young woman (never mind the dead child, of course):
A 29-year-old woman died of natural causes after visiting an abortion clinic in Montgomery County and suffering a rare complication related to childbirth, according to an initial finding by the Maryland medical examiner’s office.
Unbelievable. Unbelievable! Childbirth! Childbirth! It goes on like that for another 700 words or so. I'm not sure if it was actually ghostwritten by the media's favorite late-term abortionist or if it was simply written by one of the abortion rights public relations groups. Pretty sure it's one of those two options, however.
All I can say is that if I ever kill someone, I sure hope the Washington Post has my back.
Something tells me, though, that they only provide this service in defense of their sacrament of abortion.
And they say the media aren't religious.
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Mar '12
Re: If I Ever Kill a Woman, I Hope the Washington Post Gets My Back
That's so hideous I can hardly stand it. Talk about "back alley abortions." What about "in-clinic abortions"?
--Joy
Re: If I Ever Kill a Woman, I Hope the Washington Post Gets My Back
They do not call The Washington Post Pravda-on-the-Potomac for nothing.
May '11
Re: If I Ever Kill a Woman, I Hope the Washington Post Gets My Back
If this happened during "Childbirth" then the M.D. is a murderer.
Jul '11
Re: If I Ever Kill a Woman, I Hope the Washington Post Gets My Back
Why the surprise? Much of what the media says if false, misdirection or outright propaganda. I think it has been this way for a long time but with the advent of the internet the communication lines have changed so that more people realize when it is happening and can let others know.
Mar '11
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ThePullmanns: That's so hideous I can hardly stand it. Talk about "back alley abortions." What about "in-clinic abortions"?
--Joy · 20 minutes ago
As has been oft said before, there are more regulations in most states about getting your ears pierced than there are about aborting a child.
Jun '12
Re: If I Ever Kill a Woman, I Hope the Washington Post Gets My Back
No comments from the deceased's family? I assume there will be litigation. Will it be two deaths, or one?
Skipsul,
There is more regulations about ear piercing because the stakes are so low. Not to say something cannot happen, but if you don't like it, you just let the holes grow closed.
To a late term pro abortion proponent, an abortion is the equivalent of using white out. It isn't about medicine, it is about life. A baby complicates things, no matter if they are adopted out or kept.
Oct '10
Re: If I Ever Kill a Woman, I Hope the Washington Post Gets My Back
Indeed. At some point - and perhaps after the best part of a couple of decades is it - you have to start wondering whether the tactic of saying "I can't believe they said/didn't say that!" isn't actually going to have any effect on the media or its most vulnerable consumers, and try something new.
Apr '11
Re: If I Ever Kill a Woman, I Hope the Washington Post Gets My Back
I suppose when ending another person's life becomes a basic human right, then the loss of life while exercising that right is of no consequence. If the first life meant nothing, why should the other?
Clearly, by this thinking, the right to end another's life trumps the right to life.
Nov '11
Re: If I Ever Kill a Woman, I Hope the Washington Post Gets My Back
C. U. Douglas: I suppose when ending another person's life becomes a basic human right, then the loss of life while exercising that right is of no consequence. If the first life meant nothing, why should the other?
Clearly, by this thinking, the right to end another's life trumps the right to life.
Does that make war simply late term abortion on an industrialized scale?
Jun '10
Re: If I Ever Kill a Woman, I Hope the Washington Post Gets My Back
I just read about this case on the website of the DC-area newsradio station WTOP. They are headlining the story "Mediacl examiner says woman's death was natural." Again, not so much for the baby, I guess.
Apr '12
Re: If I Ever Kill a Woman, I Hope the Washington Post Gets My Back
I'm still a little confused about what actually happened. The abortionist just botched the job?
Apr '11
Re: If I Ever Kill a Woman, I Hope the Washington Post Gets My Back
This is really interesting if your read the WaPo article it says
It sounds to me like a stretch to say that is natural causes.
Dec '12
Re: If I Ever Kill a Woman, I Hope the Washington Post Gets My Back
Jill Stanek, Stacy McCain, Lifenews, Operation Rescue, all have extensive coverage of this case. Stanek in particular has done yeoman's work.At 33 weeks, I'm so curious to know what anomalies/abnormalities the child allegedly suffered that were diagnosed so late that the mother went out of state three weeks before the general definition of full-term kicked in (not to mention how that information was conveyed by whatever physician did so).
Jan '12
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A little medical language explanation: DIC ( disseminated intravascular coagulation) is the dreaded complication of amniotic fluid embolism, and always is a very serious situation. You basically ooze blood into places and important body organs with eventual total body shutdown. Recognizing it does prompt supportive care but it is very often fatal. Amniotic fluid embolism is probably more likely when traumatic manipulation of the pregnant uterus is present, obviously a late-term abortion does qualify as that. I am unsure how common this condition is for late-term abortions, but may be more likely than planned C-sections, normal deliveries, or less late-term abortions. An OB could speak to this. The fact that the ME listed it as "due to medical termination of pregnancy" indicates two deaths occurred, tho' I am sure abortion lovers will fight that tooth and nail.
May '11
Re: If I Ever Kill a Woman, I Hope the Washington Post Gets My Back
ugh, that makes me sick... and I was already sick.
Aug '12
Re: If I Ever Kill a Woman, I Hope the Washington Post Gets My Back
Mollie, thanks. Keep hammering away at the idea that news articles in daily papers should feature actual journalism and not just the leftist spin that protects baby killers who accidently also kill the mother.
Mar '12
Re: If I Ever Kill a Woman, I Hope the Washington Post Gets My Back
The Washington Post: "A 29-year-old woman died of natural causes after visiting an abortion clinic in Montgomery County and suffering a rare complication related to childbirth, according to an initial finding by the Maryland medical examiner’s office."
Liars lie. Protectors of evil protect evil. No mystery there.