CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell was clearly devastated over the Supreme Court’s historic decision to overturn Roe v Wade and she made it as clear as she could why still pretending to be an objective journalist. In the segments that preceded her softball interview, Norah O’Donnell with Alexis McGill Johnson about Planned Parenthood, there were many moments when she displayed her true colors.
The first moment came during the opening segment when O’Donnell falsely claimed the Supreme Court “ended a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion.” In reality, there was never a constitutional right to an abortion.
After tossing to CBS’s legal correspondent Jan Crawford and she gave her report on the court’s historic decision, O’Donnell began arguing with her: “Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a separate opinion as well. It has some wondering is same-sex marriage, is contraception next?”
CBS’s Jan Crawford discredited Norah O’Donnell’s bogus fears that Roe’s Supreme Court ruling will lead to the banning of contraceptives, and the end of same-sex marriage. pic.twitter.com/UVLMcOBq6k
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Crawford responded “the court in the majority opinion said no. We couldn’t be more specific. But this case is different. Abortion is different because it involves a human life.” She continued that “the right to contraceptives, the right to same-sex marriage, are not being cast in doubt or threatened by this ruling, the court said. Justice Thomas, though, gave a separate opinion saying that they might be possible. That’s only one justice. It takes five.”
But that answer wasn’t good enough for O’Donnell because it doesn’t fit her leftist narrative. She responded by asking “what if the states move on same-sex marriage or to block contraception?”
Crawford calmly explained “that would be challenged. It would come right back to the Supreme Court and you would probably have eight justices then–Thomas might be here– saying, get out of here.”
Later on in the broadcast, O’Donnell sat down with Planned Parenthood president Alexis McGill Johnson where the two fretted over the demise of Roe v Wade and panicked that abortion facilities are going to be closing in many conservative pro-life states:
Johnson wailed that the court’s decision “affects people with low incomes, black, brown, indigenous, people of color, folks who already are living at the margins. Those are going to be the people who are most harmed.”
O’Donnell then asked, “how many clinics across America from Planned Parenthood will be closed.” Johnson cried that “every provider, every frontline staff member, the call center staff, the calls that they are getting in from the patients, the tears, that they are– that they are hearing is absolutely overwhelming.”
This histrionic back-and forth continued later in the interview (click expand for more)
O’DONNELL: Justice Alito and the other conservatives wrote in their majority opinion that this will not affect contraceptive rights. According to the opinion, abortion rights are fundamentally different from contraception rights and rights in same-sex relationships. Does that sound like you view it?
JOHNSON (Nonsensical): Every state introduces a new and very harmful law to criminalize I.V.F. I.U.D.S is criminalizing emergency contraception.
O’DONNELL: Wait, so you’re saying you already see some state legislatures?
JOHNSON : These kinds of laws are being introduced. Yes.
O’DONNELL: To make it criminal to travel to another state to get an abortion?
JOHNSON: Yes.
O’DONNELL: What would be the effect of that?
JOHNSON, We see people spying, neighbours spying, and all this is to deprive people of the ability to decide about their own bodies. This is what can lead to increased criminalization. Although I don’t know how they will enforce such laws, these are things being thought about and that should alarm us.
There was no interview with any pro-lifer in this thirty-minute newscast. O’Donnell seems to believe all women are pro-abortion. CBS is not interested in giving equal time to either side of the debate.
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To read the transcript click “expand”:
CBS Evening News
6/24/2022
Eastern at 6:32 p.m.NORAH O’DONNELL: We’re outside the Supreme Court after the landmark decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and ended a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion.
(…)
Eastern, 6:36:11
O’DONNELL: And Jan is with me here with more. Justice Clarence Thomas also wrote an opinion. Some are wondering if same-sex marriage is the next step in contraception.
JANCRAWFORD (English): I think that is right. They are all based on some of the same rights. The majority opinion of the court said that no. We could not be more precise. The case in this instance is different. Because abortion involves human life, it is different. These cases, including the rights to contraceptives and the right for same-sex marriage are not in question or under threat by the ruling. Justice Thomas, however, wrote a separate opinion stating that he believed they were possible. That’s only one justice. It’s five.
O’DONNELL: But what if the states move on same-sex marriage or to block contraception?
CRAWFORD, That could be challenged. You would have 8 justices on the Supreme Court. Thomas might also be there, saying “Get out!”
(…)
Eastern, 6:45:00
O’DONNELL: Earlier, we spoke with Alexis Mcgill Johnson. Planned Parenthood is America’s largest provider of abortions. It also offers preventive services like testing and birth control. The first step is to ask her what women are most affected by the decision.
ALEXIS MCGILL JOHNSON : This affects those with low incomes and people who are black, brown or indigenous. It also impacts people living on the margins. These are the most vulnerable.
O’DONNELL: How many clinics across America from Planned Parenthood will be closed?
JOHNSON You can only imagine the horror that each provider and every member of the frontline staff is experiencing. The calls they get from patients are overwhelming.
O’DONNELL: How many women do you think will be denied abortion services and will have to perhaps try and travel to another state?
JOHNSON, Hundreds of thousands more women will reside in the states where they will have access to abortion. They will not be able get the treatment they require in their state.
O’DONNELL: Justice Alito and the other conservatives wrote in their majority opinion that this will not affect contraceptive rights. According to the opinion, abortion rights are fundamentally different from contraception rights and rights in same-sex relationships. Does that sound like you view it?
JOHNSON (Nonsensical): Every state introduces terribly extreme, harmful laws related to I.V.F. and criminalizing I.U.D.S. We also see states criminalizing emergency contraception.
O’DONNELL: Wait, so you’re saying you already see some state legislatures?
JOHNSON : These kinds of laws are being introduced. Yes.
O’DONNELL: To make it criminal to travel to another state to get an abortion?
JOHNSON: Yes.
O’DONNELL: What would be the effect of that?
JOHNSON, We see people spy on neighbors, people watching each other to spy on others, and all this is to deprive people of the ability to decide about their own bodies. This is what can lead to increased criminalization. Although I don’t know how they will enforce such laws, these are things being thought about and that should alarm us.
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