http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/reproductive_choice This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Reproductive Choice en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200810210015 On his radio show, Bill Cunningham asked Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, "[I]f Obama was white as chalk, do you think that [Colin] Powell would be endorsing the Democrat? He didn't endorse Gore, he didn't endorse Kerry. I think color trumps everything in his mind." Peterson responded: "That's right, because if it was about what Barack Obama stood for, then he would have endorsed Gore and all those guys, but he did not. You know, it's so sad, my friend, that most black people today are racist. Not all, not all -- but most of them are racist." <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200810210015 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:48:53 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809300022 After airing a clip on his radio show of actress Ashley Judd stating that "Senator [Barack] Obama has a 100 percent voting record for women's privacy and reproductive health," Fox News host Bill O'Reilly asserted that the phrase "women's privacy" is the "new mantra" which allows for "infanticide." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809300022 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:31:11 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809170018 In a<em> Politico</em> blog post about an ad attacking Sen. Barack Obama for abortion-related votes he cast as a state senator, Jonathan Martin wrote: "As a state senator, Obama opposed legislation that proponents said would protect legal protection to babies outside the womb." But Martin did not note that the suggestion that at the time Illinois law did not already provide "legal protection to babies outside the womb" is false. Additionally, the Illinois Department of Health reportedly said that the alleged actions cited as evidence that the bill was necessary were already illegal. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809170018 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:56:12 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809040020 On his radio show, Rush Limbaugh continued to repeat the falsehood that Sen. Barack Obama favors "infanticide," saying that Obama "believes and favors infanticide. Not just abortion, but infanticide." He added: "This guy approves of abortion in the fourth trimester." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809040020 Thu, 4 Sep 2008 17:59:14 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808280010 The AP reported that Sen. John McCain "has expressed limited support for the rights accorded couples in same-sex civil unions" and that he "oppos[es] a constitutional amendment to ban abortion." But the AP's assertions about McCain's views are contradicted by statements McCain himself has made, which the AP did not report. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808280010 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:59:18 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808280009 On his radio show, Bill O'Reilly falsely suggested that no state would prohibit abortions in cases of rape and incest if such a prohibition were constitutional. In fact, at least two states, South Dakota and Louisiana, have passed laws to take effect if <em>Roe v. Wade</em> is overturned that prohibit abortions even in cases of rape and incest. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808280009 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:46:04 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808260024 The evening newscasts on ABC and NBC each aired a portion of a McCain campaign ad featuring Clinton supporter Debra Bartoshevich. But neither noted that at a Republican press conference, Bartoshevich reportedly falsely suggested that Sen. John McCain does not support overturning <em>Roe v. Wade</em>. In fact, McCain's campaign website says that he "believes Roe v. Wade is a flawed decision that must be overturned." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808260024 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:17:12 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808260017 Kevin Fischer, guest-hosting for Milwaukee radio host Mark Belling, called Sen. Barack Obama "the most dangerous candidate ever to run for the White House." Fischer falsely asserted that Obama is "a man who has absolutely no regard for the lives of babies born that have survived abortions" and falsely claimed that "Barack Obama, if elected president, will attempt to tax and spend the hell out of you." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808260017 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:40:12 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808220020 Sean Hannity paraphrased a passage from Jerome Corsi's discredited book <em>The Obama Nation</em> that misrepresents a March 2001 speech Sen. Barack Obama gave in the Illinois state Senate opposing a bill amending the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975. Corsi claimed Obama said that if the bill passed, and "a nine-month-old fetus" that survived a late-term labor-induced abortion was defined as "a person who had a right to live," that it would essentially "forbid abortions to take place." In fact, Obama was not referring to "a nine-month-old fetus"; he was specifically talking about a "previable fetus." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808220020 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:58:33 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808210078 Media outlets have quoted or cited criticism of Sen. Barack Obama by anti-abortion activist and WorldNetDaily columnist Jill Stanek without citing relevant facts that undermine her credibility, including her suggestion that domestic violence is acceptable against women who have abortions, her support of billboards in Tanzania with the words "Faithful Condom User" next to a picture of a large skeleton, and her citation of a report that "aborted fetuses are much sought after delicacies" in China to which she added, "I think this stuff is happening." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808210078 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:55:14 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808200007 Rush Limbaugh stated that Sen. Barack Obama "believes it is proper to kill a baby that has survived an abortion" and Ann Coulter said that Obama "wants the doctors ... chasing it through the delivery room to make sure it gets killed." They based their claims on Obama's opposition to an Illinois bill that he and other opponents said posed a threat to abortion rights and was unnecessary. Indeed, the Illinois Department of Public Health reportedly said that conduct alleged by proponents of the bill, if it had occurred, would have violated then-existing law. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808200007 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:37:44 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150013 Discussing Jerome Corsi's <em>The Obama Nation</em>, Rush Limbaugh falsely claimed that Sen. Barack Obama "numerous times, three times in Illinois voted for legislation that would allow doctors and patients to murder babies who survived abortions and were out of the womb. Radical stuff. Three times he voted for this." Limbaugh misrepresented the legislation Obama voted against, a bill that amended the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975 and that opponents said was unnecessary, as the Illinois criminal code unequivocally prohibits killing children, and posed a threat to abortion rights. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150013 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:56:09 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807200002 Discussing the issue of whether health insurance plans that cover Viagra should also cover birth control, Fox News' Bill O'Reilly asserted: "Viagra is used to help a medical condition -- that's why it's covered. Birth control is not a medical condition, it is a choice." But O'Reilly's assertion is contradicted by professional medical associations that have stated that pregnancy is a medical condition and that "[c]ontraception is medically necessary" for women. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807200002 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:44:47 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806160006 On <em>Hardball</em>, Chris Matthews asserted, "I don't hear Democrats talk ... about the need to reduce the number of abortions." He continued: "[Y]ou don't hear them talking a lot about the need for education, for much fewer, maybe enormously fewer, unwanted pregnancies, which is the reason people get abortions." In fact, Sen. Barack Obama said in April, "[W]e should be doing everything we can to avoid unwanted pregnancies that might even lead somebody to consider having an abortion." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806160006 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:28:21 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806090011 In recent comparisons of Barack Obama's and John McCain's positions, Gannett News Service and the Associated Press claimed that McCain opposes a constitutional amendment banning abortion. However, McCain has previously asserted that he supports such an amendment, and McCain advisers have reportedly said that he would not try to change the Republican Party's platform on abortion, which in 2004 called for a constitutional ban on abortion. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806090011 Mon, 9 Jun 2008 17:22:41 EST