LIVE ACTION/ Nancy Flanders-
The Lincoln Project, a political action committee (PAC) that claims to be “fighting against Trumpism,” has released an election ad intended to pressure men — whom abortion advocates long bullied into silence regarding abortion — into supporting abortion as a way to protect their daughters. The ad contains a continuous stream of propaganda meant to manipulate male voters.
Using the fake story of a young pregnant woman rushed through hospital halls, clearly facing a medical emergency, the ad features anxiety-inducing medical beeping and a woman’s cries to instill stress and fear before a young female voice speaks.
“It didn’t need to end this way, Dad,” she says. “You were so excited to be a grandfather. When you walked me down the aisle, those were happy tears. College, high school, sports, I could always count on you. You are my protector, my hero. You always made me feel safe, loved, like I was the most important person in the world.”
And then, the video cuts to an image of Donald Trump. “But it turned out he was more important,” says the female voice.
The ad shows more video clips of Trump, and abortion news coverage that presents the entirely imagined scenario that critically ill pregnant women would have to go to court, dying, to request permission for abortions from a judge to save their own lives.
“You knew what he did,” the young woman’s voiceover continues. “You knew his politics would end my freedom, my rights, my life. You chose hate over me.”
Let’s break down the four very big lies in this ad.
LIE #1: Pro-life laws prevent life-saving care.
The ad promulgates the idea that young pregnant women, excited about the birth of their children but facing medical emergencies, will die because pro-life laws prevent them from receiving medical care.
This is a complete lie that has been repeatedly debunked. There is not a single pro-life law that prevents a pregnant woman from receiving life-saving medical care during pregnancy.
Board-certified OB/GYN and CEO of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG), Dr. Christina Francis, confirmed this in her response to the ad, writing, “Shame on you @ProjectLincoln for spreading blatant lies. Every law in the country allows for OBGYNs like me to intervene immediately when a woman has a potentially life-threatening condition. Stop intimidating people with lies. Pro-life laws protect women and girls.”
Dr. Francis is correct. Every single pro-life law protecting preborn children from abortion has an exception that includes allowing doctors to carry out an induced abortion (the direct and intentional killing of a preborn child) in cases of medical emergency — regardless of the child’s gestational age.
Abortion advocates, however, want Americans to believe that preterm delivery, care for ectopic pregnancies, and emergency C-sections are all considered abortions under state pro-life laws. They are not — and that leads to the next lie.
