Leading pro-life advocates marched in downtown Washington, D.C. to the doorstep of ABC News’ Washington bureau to accuse the network and other mainstream media outlets of bias and censorship on abortion.
Fifty six days after the grisly trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell began, ABC broke its self-imposed blackout and finally offered coverage.
Lila Rose, the head of Live Action, which coordinated the event, said “Enough is enough. It’s time to report the news. It’s time to stop censoring the news.”
She was joined by pro-life leaders like Jill Stanek, Ryan Bomberger and Charmaine Yoest of Americans United for Life.
Yoest said, “The grisly trial of now-convicted murderer Dr. Kermit Gosnell brought national attention to the deplorable conditions in America’s ‘legal’ abortion industry. Gosnell’s trial showed that abortion carries inherent risks to women, whether it is performed at a clinic like his, or not. But it was only after being embarrassed by their negligent silence, that most media outlets finally acknowledged that a ‘house of horrors’ even existed.”
“When will abortion come with a warning label? Numerous, well-documented studies in peer-reviewed medical journals demonstrate that abortion poses significant medical risks for women. At every turn, the abortion industry fights to remain unregulated, unmonitored and secretive, lobbying to keep women ignorant about what will happen to their own bodies and to keep responsible adults away from vulnerable girls being pressured to buy an abortion,” she added.
Yoest concluded: “When will abortion come with a warning label? Numerous, well-documented studies in peer-reviewed medical journals demonstrate that abortion poses significant medical risks for women. At every turn, the abortion industry fights to remain unregulated, unmonitored and secretive, lobbying to keep women ignorant about what will happen to their own bodies and to keep responsible adults away from vulnerable girls being pressured to buy an abortion.”
The March on Media had the support today of pro-life advocates across Twitter:
There’s no excuse for the way @ABC @CBSNews @NBCNews covered @wendydavistexas versus #Gosnell. Look: https://t.co/4icRAKXyqj #MarchonMedia
— Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) August 8,
2013
Ryan Bomberger: “How many people here are #prolife?” The crowd goes wild! @ABC, are you listening? #MarchonMedia pic.twitter.com/HKtsdpMsbt
— Live Action (@LiveActionFilms) August 8, 2013
Lila Rose: “Time to rectify past mistakes. Time to tell the truth.” #MarchonMedia @ABC @CBSNews @NBCNews pic.twitter.com/8ZDJKlczzA
— Live Action (@LiveActionFilms) August 8, 2013
Our friend @JillStanek blasting media bias! @ABC @CBSNews @NBCNews #MSM, are you watching? #MarchonMedia pic.twitter.com/2coHX4MFDa
— Live Action (@LiveActionFilms) August 8, 2013
:: “We are here to demand that the facts be covered.” – Christian Robey of @theMRC #MarchonMedia
— Kate Bryan (@katembryan) August 8, 2013
.@NBCNews claimed #Gosnell crimes “too gruesome” to be aired. Didn’t stop NBC reporting gory details of Casey Anthony trial. #MarchonMedia
— Heroic Media (@heroic_media) August 8, 2013
Awesome: @LiveActionFilms is around the corner at ABC News drawing attention to the media
bias against telling the truth about abortion.
— William Newton (@wbdnewton) August 8,
2013
RT@massprolife @NBC‘s @TodayShow shows only proabortion demonstrators in TX ignores fact that 62% of Texans agree w/20wk…ban #MarchonMedia
— Heroic Media (@heroic_media) August 8, 2013
.@MSNBC brings PP exec on to discuss #abortion law, no #prolife activist to balance. Allows exec’s lies to go
unchallenged. #MarchonMedia
— MA Citizens for Life (@massprolife) August 8, 2013
In 19 days @ABC, @CBSNews and @NBCNews devote 40 min 48 secs to Wendy Davis, more than 3x coverage for 58-day #Gosnell trial. #MarchonMedia
— Students for Life (@Students4LifeHQ) August 8, 2013
Maybe Wendy Davis didn’t know about #Gosnell because her sneakers got
more media coverage than murdered babies #MarchOnMedia #prolife
— Human Life Intnl (@HumanLifeIntnl) August 8,
2013
Seriously @ABC @CBS @NBC claiming #Gosnell is too gruesome to cover doesn’t even pass the giggle test #MarchonMedia
— Lois (@Anderson6) August 8, 2013