A pro-lifer made a troublesome discovery on-board a United Airlines flight recently. The airline company was blocking passengers from viewing a pro-life website, but several pro-abortion websites were readily accessible.
The Blaze reports that Lila Rose, president of Live Action, made the startling discovery public on Twitter earlier this week.
“Planned Parenthood’s enthusiastic backing of the shutting out of Live Action’s news website shouldn’t surprise anyone,” Rose told reporter Kate Scanlon. “The abortion chain has sought to silence and smear anyone who doesn’t agree with its extreme ideology, as it’s shown with its recent lawsuit against the activists who exposed its baby parts scandal. It has even censored its own supporters for not backing its endorsed candidate, Hillary Clinton, by deleting their comments on social media.”
On Wednesday, Rose tweeted:
.@United Airlines has censored @LiveAction by blocking our news arm from its inflight wifi. Both @NARAL and @PPact websites are permitted.
— Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) January 27, 2016
I fly @united and was disturbed to find they had blocked @LiveActionNews. We had reported their CEOs pro-@PPact position. Was this personal? — Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) January 27, 2016
The abortion business Planned Parenthood, whose website was not blocked by the in-flight wi-fi, celebrated the censorship soon after Rose began tweeting about it. The abortion group tweeted:
We agree. Live Action News — a disingenuous site that peddles lies about abortion & shames women — is inappropriate for in-flight viewing.
— Planned Parenthood (@PPact) January 27, 2016
Later that afternoon, United Airlines responded to Rose on Twitter, saying that the block was a mistake and the company would remove the block of Live Action’s website.
@LilaGraceRose One of our Wi-Fi providers relies on a third-party service to categorize websites. It appears that service has labeled… 1/3 — United (@united) January 27, 2016
@LilaGraceRose …this site as “streaming and downloadable video” and blocked it. We have alerted the Wi-Fi provider to remove the… 2/3
— United (@united) January 27, 2016
@LilaGraceRose …block. ^DS 3/3 — United (@united) January 27, 2016
After thanking the airline for fixing the problem, Rose responded to Planned Parenthood’s tweets with information showing the abortion giant lying to women and girls:
“Lies”? @PPact has a long history of peddling lies to women. Watch: https://t.co/UXoAWdjTM3 pic.twitter.com/MAFCc1BaFh
— Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) January 27, 2016
CLICK LIKE IF YOU’RE PRO-LIFE!
“Shames women”? @PPact sends little girls back into the arms of sexual abusers. Watch: https://t.co/7tRVxXBovQ pic.twitter.com/iSfTRe9ylS
— Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) January 27, 2016
“Disingenuous”? @PPact misinforms and manipulates women every day in abortion facilities: https://t.co/DxhJQ4qigE pic.twitter.com/zZH3iz0PW2
— Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) January 27, 2016
United Airlines has been accused of pro-abortion bias in the past. In 2012, former company CEO Jeff Smisek co-hosted a fundraising gala for Planned Parenthood in Texas, LifeNews reported. In September 2015, Smisek resigned from United amid a federal investigation.
