Yes, Democrats And Their Propaganda Media Support Late-Term Abortion And Infanticide
Infanticide is fast becoming an essential policy position for Democrats.Infanticide is fast becoming an essential policy position for Democrats.Health establishment claims abortion-pill reversal unscientific — fine print suggests otherwise
Democratic officials and various pro-abortion organizations have gone to great lengths to attack abortion-pill reversal, characterizing the life-saving practice as dangerous, unscientific, and ineffective.
A recent report highlighted how the Biden-Harris Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, chief among the institutional exponents of this smear, may have unwittingly planted the seed of this narrative's undoing.
The CDC acknowledged in its 2024 U.S. Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive report that medical abortions can be potentially reversed by precisely the means pro-life organizations employ in their rescue efforts — and it is not the first institution to do so.
Mifepristone
To extinguish the lives growing within them, some pregnant mothers take a drug called mifepristone in conjunction with misoprostol up to 10 weeks into their pregnancies.
Mifepristone — which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has indicated is linked to a number of serious adverse events as well as the deaths of dozens of mothers — starves the uterus of progesterone, a hormone required for a pregnancy to continue.
Misoprostal then forces the uterus to contract and expel its contents, including the child, usually within days of starting the medication. The Mayo Clinic noted, however, that sometimes mifepristone tablets are not enough to completely end a pregnancy or clear away human remains. In such cases, surgery is required.
Those mothers who immediately regret taking the abortion pill are not altogether hopeless.
Reversal
Numerous pro-life organizations and health care professionals across the country provide abortion-pill reversals. The reversal process reportedly involves the administration of progesterone to undo the effects of the abortion pill; a follow-up ultrasound to confirm the viability of the baby; and at least two weeks of continued progesterone treatments.
There have, however, been conflicting studies in recent years about whether the use of progesterone actually helps reverse the effects of mifepristone.
'The reversal of the effects of mifepristone using progesterone is safe and effective.'
A 2016 paper published in the International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, for instance, suggested that the administration of a progestin-based contraceptive — either an etonogestrel implant or depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) injection — on the same day as mifepristone "did not alter the success rates [of the medical abortions]."
Another study published that same year in Obstetrics & Gynecology alternatively indicated that the administration of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), a progestin hormonal medication sold under the brand name Depo-Provera, increased the chances of "ongoing pregnancy."
Pregnancy Help News noted why Depo-Provera would help in this regard:
With an increased concentration of progesterone, such as the progestin in DepoProvera, the mifepristone is quickly displaced from those receptors. When providing APR, prescribers offer supplemental bio-identical progesterone, which is similar to what the mother’s body produces. This treatment works rapidly to fight the effects of mifepristone blockage.
In 2017, a case report published in the peer-reviewed European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care concluded, "Progesterone use in early pregnancy is low risk and its application to counter the effects of mifepristone in such circumstances may be clinically beneficial in preserving her threatened pregnancy."
In 2018, a study published in the peer-reviewed professional journal Issues in Law & Medicine claimed, "The reversal of the effects of mifepristone using progesterone is safe and effective."
Admissions
Pregnancy Help News' Christina Brown highlighted a telling admission in a recent CDC report concerning progestin-only injectable contraceptives, such as Depo-Provera.
Under the section, "Special Considerations," there is a subsection titled "Postabortion (Spontaneous or Induced)." There, the CDC states:
After a first trimester medication abortion that included mifepristone, concurrent administration of DMPA with mifepristone might slightly decrease medication abortion effectiveness and increase risk for ongoing pregnancy (U.S. MEC 2) (1). Risk for ongoing pregnancy with concurrent administration of DMPA with mifepristone versus DMPA administration after abortion completion should be considered along with personal preference and access to follow-up abortion and contraceptive care.
Brown noted that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, another fierce critic of abortion reversals, also appears to have admitted that DMPA can save some babies' lives.
In an October 2020 practice bulletin, ACOG stated, "DMPA injection at the time of mifepristone administration may slightly increase the risk of an ongoing pregnancy."
Despite ample evidence that the administration of progesterone during pregnancy is safe — it is, after all, usually administered during the IVF process as well as to prevent preterm birth in singleton pregnancies — and its constituents' ostensible acknowledgments that reversal is possible, the American health establishment nevertheless appears committed to denying remorseful mothers the choice of saving their babies.
Criticism
The ACOG states on its website, "Facts are important, especially when it comes to policies and discussions that impact patients. Claims regarding abortion 'reversal' treatment are not based on science and do not meet clinical standards."
The ACOG notes further that while the "concurrent administration of DMPA may slightly decrease the effectiveness of mifepristone for medication abortion, the results do not demonstrate that DMPA 'reverses' medication abortion."
The ACOG has dutifully furnished leftists with the perceived credibility they need to target pro-lifers.
When New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Heartbeat International and 11 pro-life pregnancy organizations in May for promoting abortion-pill reversal, she cited the ACOG's concerns.
"Abortions cannot be reversed. Any treatments that claim to do so are made without scientific evidence and could be unsafe," said James. "Heartbeat International and the other crisis pregnancy center defendants are spreading dangerous misinformation by advertising 'abortion reversals' without any medical and scientific proof."
James' lawsuit accused the pro-life groups of fraud for saying that abortion-pill reversal "can reverse the effects of the abortion pill and allow you to continue your pregnancy" — precisely what the CDC's recent report appears to suggest.
James is hardly the first pro-abortion activist to clamp down on those seeking to remedy mothers' regret.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) also sued Heartbeat International last year and a chain of crisis pregnancy centers over their promotion of medical reversal. His lawsuit also referenced the ACOG's claims.
Colorado's Democratic Gov. Jared Polis ratified legislation in April 2023 exposing health care practitioners to discipline if they dared perform an abortion reversal. The law also forced limits on advertising by crisis pregnancy centers.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Domenico blocked the law from taking effect late last year, stating, "The law at issue here runs afoul of these first amendment principles."
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North Carolina mother charged in death of her infant — who died the same way her previous baby did a year earlier
Police have charged a 24-year-old North Carolina woman in connection to the death of her newborn baby — apparently, the second infant to have perished under her watch and weight inside a two-year window.
The Wilmington Police Department indicated that officers responded in the early hours of Oct. 3, 2023, to the 800 block of Castle Street following a report of an unconscious baby who had stopped breathing. First responders were reportedly unable to revive the 7-week-old child, whose name was Zhen.
Investigators discovered that Mackenzie Katlyn Reed had been sleeping next to Zhen "and during the night she suffocated her child."
The Wilmington StarNews reported that the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled Zhen's cause of death as "asphyxia due to unsafe sleep environment." The common cold was listed as an additional factor.
According an investigative report obtained by StarNews, the boy had been sleeping in a queen size bed with both parents and his twin. The autopsy indicated he was ultimately found "prone ... with (his) face in (a) blanket," and had suffered "petechial hemorrhages of epicardium, pleural surfaces, diaphragm and thymus" with swelling in his brain and lungs.
The mother had allegedly been "smoking THC and using THC gummies during the [previous] day and evening."
The investigator's report indicated Reed fell asleep after feeding the child around midnight. Zhen had been on her left side at the time. When the father awoke to find the child, he was on Reed's right side.
According to the police report, the mother said "she could not believe that 'she had done this a second time,'" referencing the death of her 3-month-old baby boy in 2022.
Police indicated Reed "had another child who died that she had been co-sleeping with as well."
A spokesman for the New Hanover County District Attorney's Office told WECT-TV that Reed was not charged for the baby's death in 2022 "because it was determined there was not enough evidence to prosecute."
Following Zhen's death in October, police launched an investigation. The WPD finally obtained warrants for Reed's arrest on March 6 then took her into custody.
Reed has been charged with felony child abuse resulting in serious injury; involuntary manslaughter; and child abuse/neglect resulting in serious physical injury.
"These charges come as a result of an in-depth investigation and hard work by the Wilmington Police Department Special Victims Unit in conjunction with the New Hanover County District Attorney’s Office," the WPD stated in a release.
As of last week, Reed was being held under a $500,000 secured bond.
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, roughly 3,500 infants die every year from sleep-related infant deaths, including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), ill-defined deaths, and accidental suffocation and strangulation.
The AAP recommends "a safe sleep environment to reduce the risk of all sleep-related deaths. This includes supine positioning; use of a firm noninclined sleep surface; room sharing without bed sharing; and avoidance of soft bedding and overheating."
In addition to cautioning against bed sharing, the AAP suggests SIDS risk can be lowered by parents avoiding exposure to nicotine, alcohol, marijuana, opioids, and illicit drugs.
The AAP noted further that studies have shown bed sharing exposes children to various risk factors for SIDS as well as "to additional risks for unintentional injury and death, such as suffocation, asphyxia, entrapment, falls, and strangulation. Infants younger than 4 months and those born preterm and/or with low birth weight are at highest risk."
Pediatrician Heidi Szugye told the Cleveland Clinic that the risk of a sleep-related infant death while bed sharing is five to 10 times higher in the early stages of life.
"Bed sharing is connected to SIDS. There's no question about it," said Szugye. "We don't recommend it for babies of any age."
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Mother confesses to killing her newborn because of 'expenses,' enlisting daughter to help dispose of baby still crying inside trash bag: Prosecutor
An Ohio woman confessed to killing her newborn baby because it would be too expensive to take care of the infant, according to a prosecutor. The mother allegedly enlisted her 19-year-old daughter to help dispose of the baby's body.
Basma Abdul Karim Alkelezli and her daughter, Hanan Ahmad Al Jabouli, are accused of killing a newborn baby.
Alkelezli reportedly gave birth on Sept. 20. Paramedics responded to a call for medical help at the woman's home on the same day. During the 911 call, Al Jabouli reportedly said her mother was "not waking up."
Paramedics allegedly discovered that Alkelezli had recently given birth, but there was no baby in the home. Alkelezli was reportedly bleeding excessively after cutting the umbilical cord.
Assistant Franklin County Prosecutor Cory Helffrich said officers with the Hillard Police Department went to the residence to search for the newborn baby.
The Columbus Dispatch reported, "Officers discovered the baby in the trunk of a vehicle and rushed him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Helffrich said. The coroner's office ultimately determined the baby had been born healthy before it was killed, according to Helffrich."
According to WCMH-TV, "Investigators wrote in Franklin County Municipal Court documents that Alkelezli had placed her newborn son in a plastic trash bag, and then instructed her daughter, Al Jabouli, to dispose of him. Al Jabouli then placed the bag inside of a five-gallon bucket, and put it in the trunk of a car in their home’s backyard."
A detective and sergeant attempted life-saving procedures on the baby. The newborn was rushed to the Nationwide Children’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The Hilliard Division of Police Chief Mike Woods told reporters that officers were disturbed by the chilling crime scene.
"All of the officers that are here, most of them are parents, a couple of them here have newborn children," Woods said. "It’s very tough on them. I’m proud of them for pushing through it."
The mother and daughter were arrested on Sept. 22 for suspicion of infanticide.
Alkelezli is charged with aggravated murder, murder, involuntary manslaughter, strangulation, two counts of endangering children, tampering with evidence, and abuse of a corpse.
Al Jabouli is charged with aggravated murder, murder, strangulation, endangering children, tampering with evidence, abuse of a corpse, and obstructing justice.
The pair appeared in court on Friday, where they pleaded not guilty.
However, the mother and daughter allegedly confessed to murdering the newborn.
Alkelezli admitted to investigators that she was pregnant, according to Helffrich.
"She stated that they were moving homes and the baby would have been more expenses," Helffrich added.
According to the prosecutor, the mother said she did not look at the newborn and stuffed the baby into a trash bag within seconds of giving birth.
Al Jabouli allegedly confessed to helping her mother put the baby into an orange five-gallon bucket and then into the trunk of a vehicle.
"(Al Jabouli) admitted she could still hear the baby crying from inside the trash bag," Helffrich said.
The mother and daughter are being held at Franklin County jail. Alkelezli's bond was set at $2 million, and her daughter's bond was set at $1 million.
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Twin newborn baby girls found dead in bathroom garbage bag at Chicago day care
Twin newborn baby girls were found dead inside a garbage bag at a day care center in Chicago, according to authorities.
Janitorial workers reportedly discovered two newborn babies inside a first-floor bathroom of the Bernice Lavin Early Childhood Education Center shortly before 7 p.m. on Thursday.
WBBM-TV reported, "According to unconfirmed police dispatch reports, a cleaning crew spotted some blood during their shift, but when they followed the trail, they found the two newborns."
The infants were found unresponsive in a black garbage bag, police said. The babies were rushed to the Lurie Children’s Hospital – where they were pronounced dead.
The Chicago Police Department said, "Chicago police are conducting death investigations after two newborn girls were found dead inside a childcare center bathroom in Streeterville. Dispatchers told responding officers that the babies were in a trash bag. The children were not breathing when first responders arrived."
It was not immediately known the cause of death for the newborn babies.
The Bernice Lavin Early Childhood Education Center is located on the campus of Northwestern Memorial Hospital in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago.
Sources close to the investigation reportedly told WLS-TV that a 29-year-old woman was found in a first-floor bathroom covered in blood. Someone called 911, and the woman was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital after experiencing an emergency medical situation.
The Chicago Tribune reported that the woman is a day care employee who "abruptly left class" before going to the bathroom, where she was found by co-workers, and they called an ambulance for emergency assistance.
"An emergency medical situation involving a daycare employee occurred this evening at the daycare facility on the Northwestern Memorial Hospital campus," said Northwestern spokesman Christopher King. "No daycare children were involved or impacted by the situation."
"The Chicago Fire and Police Departments were called," King added. "We are working with CPD regarding this incident and unable to comment further at this time."
According to WLS-TV, "In an email sent to parents, the company managing the daycare says the emergency resulted in the unanticipated delivery of twin babies."
The day care center released a statement that read: "We are heartbroken by the tragic situation that occurred at the Bernice E. Lavin Childhood Education Center when a staff member experienced a medical emergency that resulted in the unanticipated delivery of newborn twin babies. All children and families enrolled at the center are safe and none were involved in the incident."
"We will be providing emotional and mental health support to all members of our center team and families," the statement continued. "We ask for support and respect for everyone involved at this time as we grieve together and work to support each other and any ensuing investigation."
There were reportedly no arrests regarding the tragic case as of Friday afternoon.
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Bodycam video reveals shocking moment police confront teen over dead baby found in hospital trash can. Now she's charged with first-degree murder.
Bodycam video shows the harrowing moment police confront a New Mexico teen over the discovery of her baby that was found dead in a hospital trash can. Authorities suspect the teen of killing her newborn baby in a hospital bathroom, and she has since been charged with murder.
Alexee Trevizo, 19, was charged last week with willful and deliberate first-degree murder and tampering with evidence. The charges stem from the tragic death of the young woman's newborn baby that was found lifeless in a hospital trash can.
On Jan. 27, Trevizo was taken to the Artesia General Hospital Emergency Room after she complained of lower back pain.
The teen told medical professionals that she was not pregnant. The hospital staff suspected the teen of being pregnant and ran some tests. The teen allegedly denied that she had sex; however, tests determined that Trevizo was pregnant.
Trevizo allegedly locked herself in a hospital bathroom for approximately 20 minutes. When Trevizo finally opened the door, hospital staff found "blood and s**t everywhere," according to an unnamed doctor interviewed by police as seen in bodycam video taken by the Artesia Police Department.
A hospital custodian was cleaning the bathroom and noticed the trash bag was heavy. She purportedly looked inside and found the body of a dead baby.
According to police, the teen delivered the baby while in the restroom and then placed the newborn in a garbage bag.
"She put the baby in the trash can and then another clean liner over the top of it,” the doctor told police.
“The baby is dead," the doctor said. "She killed the kid.”
“She had it in the bathroom is what happened and then whatever she did, I don’t know — she’s going to lie," he continued. "She wouldn’t tell us she’s pregnant, she’s been lying the whole time."
The shocking police bodycam footage shows the moment that an officer informs Trevizo and her mother that a full-term newborn was found dead in a trash can.
Trevizo's mother is shocked to learn that her daughter was 9 months pregnant.
“Lexee, I told you about this,” her mother exclaimed. “I just asked you, baby, to tell me the truth.”
The mother scolds her daughter, “Lexee, have you watched the news about what the girls do to their babies and they go to jail?”
Alexee claimed that the baby didn't cry when it was born.
“I’m sorry. It came out of me and I didn’t know what to do,” she pleaded.
However, the Office of the Medical Investigator of New Mexico performed an autopsy of the newborn and determined the manner of death to be a homicide.
Trevizo's attorney, Gary Mitchell, proclaimed that his client has no criminal record and the murder charge is too harsh.
“I have serious problems with the charge in this case which is first-degree murder. You can bet your life we’re going to defend this tenaciously,” Mitchell declared.
Trevizo has pleaded not guilty to the charges against her.
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10 Years Later, Would Gosnell’s ‘House Of Horrors’ Be The Norm In Post-Roe America?
Ten years ago we accidentally walked into a Philadelphia courtroom and discovered the story of an abortionist who was also a serial killer.Minnesota Poised To Legalize Infanticide, Nuke Protections For Women And Babies In Radical Abortion Bill
If passed by both chambers, the legislation will head to Democrat Gov. Tim Walz’s desk, where he is expected to sign it into law.'Put a little seed in people's mind': Hollywood ramps up its pro-abortion propaganda to unprecedented levels
Hollywood appears averse to letting Americans make up their own minds about abortion without its guidance.
A recent report out of the University of California San Francisco revealed that pro-abortion propaganda in narrative TV programming has hit an all-time high, but activists lament there are still not enough black abortions depicted.
What are the details?
For the past several years, Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health at the University of California San Francisco's Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health has issued an annual report listing all American film and television depictions of abortion procurement or discussion.
Extra to these reports penned by pro-abortion activist Steph Herold, ANSIRH maintains a database.
ANSIRH, an activist outfit that purportedly "conducts rigorous, innovative social science research on complex and controversial issues related to reproduction," makes no secret of its support for abortion.
According to the university's Women's Health Resource Center, "ANSIRH envisions a world in which all people have the resources, support, and freedom to achieve reproductive wellbeing."
For ANSIRH, the more that television and film depict and normalize abortion, the better.
Herold wrote that the reversal of Roe v. Wade in June 2022 "will undoubtedly have devastating repercussions for decades to come," and indicated that her report serves to document how "entertainment content creators are responding to and reckoning with this new reality."
In its fifth annual report, the ANSIRH activist group found at least 60 abortion plotlines or mentions in television shows between January and December 2022 in 52 distinct programs — more than any other year on record. This represents a significant increase over 2021, which saw 47 plotlines mainstreaming the execution of children in the womb.
"Half (50%) of these plotlines occurred on dramas (including eight foreign dramas), with abortion plotlines on comedies (19%), medical dramas (11%), and reality television (7%) contributing as well," said the report.
Shows such as "Grey's Anatomy," "New Amsterdam," "Law & Order," and "Pretty Little Liars" reportedly painted pro-life protections for unborn infants in a negative light, highlighting the corresponding obstacles to women exterminating their young.
The report noted, "Several of these plotlines included compounding barriers, like portraying a character who needs to travel across state lines for abortion care while also raising the money to pay for the abortion, negotiating time off work, and arranging for childcare."
Herold expressed disappointment that shows continue to allegedly "perpetuate tropes about doctors as saviors and showcasing 'exceptional' instances in which abortions may occur, such as ectopic pregnancies and fetal anomalies, instead of more typical abortion circumstances, such as a parent struggling to make ends meet."
ANSIRH would evidently prefer more television characters killing their children on account of financial rather than health concerns "to reflect the reality of abortion patients in the U.S.."
The report also decries what it regarded as an overrepresentation of white and wealthy women getting abortions: 58% of those depicted obtaining abortions in 2022 were allegedly "white cisgender women."
Noting that black women "make up nearly one-third of the abortion patient population" — having claimed the lives of an estimated 20 million black babies in this fashion since 1960 — Herold would prefer to see them afforded greater representation in Hollywood agitprop.
What Herold found "most disappointing" was that on television, "the vast majority (80%) of characters who faces barriers to abortion care were white and portrayed as middle class (45%) or wealth (35%), a distinct departure from real life in which the majority of patients who face barriers to abortion care identify as people of color and are living at or below the Federal Poverty Line."
Herold concluded, "We hope these shows and others continue to build on these depictions by giving main characters abortion plotlines instead of only guest actors and working to reflect the reality of abortion patients in the U.S."
Herold, an advocate for taxpayer-funded abortions, explained to the leftist publication 19th News what impact pro-abortion propaganda on television can have: "Television and film help people make sense of the world," she said. "TV and film can really address and challenge a lot of misinformation to give audiences a glimpse into who gets abortion and what that experience is really like."
"Over the past five years in particular, every year we have seen an increase in abortion plotlines," she said. "There’s this desire, especially from creators and writers and showrunners, to say, 'You know — TV can change the hearts and minds of America.'"
"So having someone there can put a little seed in people's mind," added Herold.
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