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Safe for Whom? Amanpour Show Touts Abortion Pills as 'Safe' 12 TIMES
Abortion proponents love to claim abortion pills are "safe," but for whom? It's not "safe" for the baby being killed. One half of the humans involved in abortion are utterly dehumanized, not even considered in the safety equation. On the PBS show Amanpour & Co., guest host Bianna Golodryga and her abortion-lobbyist guest touted the pills as "safe" (and typically "safe and effective") 12 times in ten minutes.
These words did not cross anyone's lips in ten minutes, terms like "baby" or "infant" or even "fetus," not to mention words like "kill," "death," or "murder." The talk was incredibly clinical with Nancy Northup, CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights. The host began the Tuesday segment:
GOLODRYGA: There's a new threat to reproductive rights in America. On Monday, the Supreme Court restored telehealth and mail access to the abortion pill Mifepristone, at least for now, putting on hold a ruling from the conservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which requires the medication to be obtained in person. Mifepristone is one of two drugs used in the medical abortion regimen. A CNN analysis shows that it's overwhelmingly safe....
In the leftist mindset, a "conservative" court limits "rights," and "abortion rights" are their favorite rights. The right to life of the unborn isn't considered. The conservative rebuttal gets aborted by CNN and PBS.
In the midst of touting abortion pills as "safe" 12 TIMES, CNN/PBS 'Amanpour' guest host Bianna Golodryga urgently noted: "It's important to take a step back and remind our viewers that several decades ago, the FDA had ruled for Mifepristone to be safe and effective for women to… pic.twitter.com/Z1u2gYDTuv
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NORTHUP: And we have a lot of states in the United States where millions and millions of people live where abortion is legal and those states follow what the FDA has said is safe and effective, which is that you can have a telehealth visit, get your abortion pills by mail or pick them up at a pharmacy....
The Supreme Court, in the end of the day, should make sure that the FDA's decision that you can get a telehealth visit and get your abortion pills by mail is safe and effective. That scientific decision, that decision based on studies should stand....
GOLODRYGA: Louisiana is arguing that mailing these pills deliberately circumvents the state's abortion ban. And they go on to say that dealing with potential complication from the drugs drives up health costs. What is your legal response to that claim?
NORTHUP: Well, the response to that claim is number one, in terms of driving up costs, medication abortion has been established by many studies, safe and effective.
After four invocations of safety and effectiveness, Golodryga sounded ridiculous when she circled back to restate the point:
GOLODRYGA: It's important to take a step back and remind our viewers that several decades ago, the FDA had ruled for Mifepristone to be safe and effective for women to use. And then we heard the arguments leading up to the 2024 case. The Supreme Court actually threw out a challenge because they said the physicians bringing the suit lack standing. Now, that you've got Louisiana, a state as the plaintiff, do you think that this gives the justices, the conservative justices at least, the legal opening that they perhaps have been waiting for to override the FDA once and for all?
NORTHUP: Well, I certainly hope not, because Louisiana should not be able to be making policy for the FDA across the nation. That should be done by the FDA, which has said that it's safe and effective. You know, litigating that case, unfortunately, the Trump administration is trying to take a second look at that decision.
But again, all of this, whether it's what Louisiana is doing or what the Trump administration is doing, is politics. The science, the research are clear. Medication abortion is safe and effective....
The whole segment was repetitive, like the talking point had to be delivered over and over again:
GOLODRYGA: The HHS is currently conducting, quote, "a complete review of Mifepristone." I'm just curious, what does a complete review at this point, so many decades later look like? Is it warranted?
NORTHUP: It's certainly not warranted. You'll have to ask the Trump administration what is going on with that review. It is not warranted. It has been proven again and again to be safe and effective....
GOLODRYGA: If we see a nationwide surge in Misoprostol-only abortions, what is the medical reality going to look like in this country for women?
NORTHUP: Well, look, there are safe protocols for using the other medication that is used in abortion pills, which is using Misoprostol. But that should be a decision that each provider is making based on the patient's circumstances, based on the experience of the evidence. So, there are other safe protocols. But the point is, you don't take a safe method away from providers to make a decision for political reasons, which is what Louisiana is up to here.
Northup concluded that “it's really important that supporters of access to safe and legal abortion be aware” that the ban on medication abortion by mail could be banned nationwide.