On Tuesday, PBS NewsHour interviewed a pro-life activist. But that’s not the term anchor Geoff Bennett wanted to use. He began: “Lynda Bell is president of Florida Right to Life, one of the state’s largest anti-abortion groups, and she joins us now.”
Conservatives are routinely “anti”-everything. Liberals are usually “pro”-wonderful things.
Bennett warned: “Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has now signed two major abortion bans, initially one starting at 15 weeks and more recently one starting at six weeks, before most women even know that they’re pregnant.” Most? Is that right? One study quoted by NPR in 2022 asserted it was one out of five, not “most.”
The anchor pressed on: “And Donald Trump has described a six-week ban as — quote — ‘a terrible thing and a terrible mistake.’ Why can’t Republicans and anti-abortion advocates…
