Media Myths

Media Advisory:  Mainstream news media again subjects Republican pro-life positions to hyper-scrutiny and extrapolation, while ignoring President Obama's positions on current legislation on late abortions and abortion for sex selection -- August 20, 2012

Roe v. Wade and the Current Supreme Court -- October 4, 2005

L.A. Times' Supreme Court reporter provides a revealing new look at the origins and true scope of Roe v. Wade -- September 14, 2005

NRLC: Some journalists gullible on biased fetal pain paper -- August 25, 2005

NRLC memo refutes media myths on human cloning legislation -- Updated September 13, 2005

Associated Press and other news media distort Roe v. Wade and public opinion on abortion policy -- November 29, 2004

"Kerry Ad on Abortion:  Fuzzy Math."  The Annenberg Center's FactCheck.org critiques the John Kerry campaign's claim that the Supreme Court is split 5-to-4 on Roe v. Wade -- April 24, 2004

Reuters editor disciplined for e-mail blasting unborn and President Bush -- Sept. 5, 2004

As Justice Blackmun's papers are released, will the news media revive old myths about Roe v. Wade and Blackmun? -- March 3, 2004

"Surgical Editing: A Case Study in Pro-Abortion Media Bias," by NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson -- December 23, 2003

"The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act:  Misconceptions and Realities," by NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson -- November 5, 2003

"Gannett News Service again disseminates discredited myths," by NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson -- Oct. 3, 2003

"Partial Truths:  The Media Mistell Partial-Birth Abortion Stories," by National Review's Kathryn Jean Lopez  -- Oct. 2, 2003

"Discredited Myths About Partial-Birth Abortion -- and Some Journalists Who Won't Let Go of Them," by NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson -- Sept. 6, 2003

Memorandum: Revival of Some Old Myths on Roe v. Wade and Partial-Birth Abortion -- February 14, 2003
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Memorandum: Revival of Some Old Myths on Roe v. Wade and Partial-Birth Abortion -- February 14, 2003
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Memorandum: Revival of Some Old Myths on Roe v. Wade and Partial-Birth Abortion -- February 14, 2003
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A Washington Post reporter clearly explains the true legal scope of Roe v. Wade (Sept 17, 1996)
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An article by the Vice President and Executive Editor of the Associated Press, warning "it's wrong to say only that the court approved abortion in the first three months." (September 4, 1981)
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An editor at The New York Times explains the paper's policy against using the misleading formulation that Roe v. Wade legalized abortion "in the first three months of pregnancy" (July 26, 1982)
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Under the legal doctrine of Roe v. Wade, it's not what you are, it's where you are. For over 12 weeks, one baby girl was a legally protected "person," but her TWIN SISTER was not.  Read about it here. – April 2, 1997
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Journalism Quiz -- March 14, 2002

NRLC Memo to Media:  To the Associated Press, a born-alive human infant is still a "fetus"
--  March 13, 2002

A transcript of a 20-minute report in which the PBS TV documentary program MEDIA MATTERS examined how the major news media gullibly accepted and transmitted pro-abortion misinformation on partial-birth abortion in 1995 and 1996  -- January, 1997

How often is abortion necessary "to save the life of the mother"?

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