One of the major moments from Wednesday’s blockbuster oral arguments in the Supreme Court hearing on Mississippi’s law banning abortion after 15 weeks was when Chief Justice John Roberts noted that because of Roe v. Wade, America found itself in the company of China and North Korea in allowing abortion after viability was reached. The broadcast networks, which supported the barbaric act by taking a liberal position, completely ignored this important fact.
“Roe v. Wade established a woman’s constitutional right to have an abortion and if the court upholding the Mississippi law, it would undermine or overrule Roe altogether. Today, it seemed clear the conservative justices are ready to do exactly that,” sneered ABC senior national correspondent Terry Moran on World News Tonight.
“12 [states] have trigger laws that would automatically halt or nearly all abortions if Roe is overturned,” noted correspondent Janet Shamlian on CBS Evening News. And so on NBC Nightly News, they suggested women would become “second class citizens” if Roe was overturned.
And while they all focused Robert’s questions of choice and 15 weeks being enough time to decide and hinting that he wouldn’t overturn Roe entirely, they ignored his argument of where the U.S.’s abortion laws stood in relation to the rest of the world:
We share the viability norm with North Korea and the People’s Republic of China when we get to that point. It doesn’t make sense to ignore international law in order to determine our constitution standards.
And, in other words: against the right for life
On Fox News Channel’s Special Report, correspondent Gillian Turner noted that “The United States is one of just a handful of nations worldwide that allows women to seek elective abortions after 20 weeks. At what point does the court declare a fertilized fetus viable? Others? China, North Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Canada, Netherlands, Iceland, and Guinea-Bissau.”
Adding: “Most developed countries today allow elective abortions only during the first trimester or up to about 12 weeks. And only 59 out of 190 nations allow elective abortions at all.”
Being fair and balanced, Turner included a soundbite of Center for Reproductive Rights lawyer Julie Rickelman’s counterpoint from the hearing. “Some countries, your honor, have a nominal line of 12 weeks or 18 weeks but they permit legal access to abortion after that point for broad social reasons, health reasons, socioeconomic reasons. So their regimes really aren’t comparable,” she said.
And for the pro-life side, Charlotte Lozier Institute’s Stephen Billy explained that “47 out of 50 countries in Europe limit abortion prior to 15 weeks. Over half of the European countries limit abortion prior to 12 weeks eight of them don’t allow elective abortion at all.”
When it comes to their socialist agenda and protecting unborn children, the left appears to want the U.S. to become Europe.
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Below is the transcript. Click “expand to read:
Fox News Channel’s Special Report
December 1, 2021
Eastern at 6:27:27BRET BAIER: The top story of the hour is that the U.S. Supreme Court justices have been hearing arguments about a Mississippi ban on abortion. It could lead to the annulment of Roe v. Wade’s landmark ruling. Now, let’s see how the U.S. abortion policy compares to other countries. Here’s correspondent Gillian Turner.
[Cuts to video]
GILLIAN TURNER: Only a few countries allow women to choose abortion after they have been in the country for 20 weeks. This is the point when the court considers a foetus viable. Others? China, North Korea. Vietnam. Canada. Netherlands. Iceland. Guinea Bissau.
Today most countries only allow elective abortions in the first trimester, or at least for 12 weeks. Only 59 countries out of 190 allow elective abortions.
Chief Justice John Roberts reaffirmed this truth today.
CHIEF JUSTICE John ROBERTS: We share the viability standard with North Korea and the People’s Republic of China when you reach the viability level. You don’t have to agree with international law setting our standards for constitutionality.
TURNER: Republican Senators Call the U.S. A Liberal Outlier.
SEN. JOHN THORN (R-SD),: This is not the place you want to work when it comes to North Korea and China. We can do better. We can do better.
TURNER: Julie Rikelman (a lawyer who argued against Mississippi’s 6-week ban today before the Supreme Court), said that comparisons to other countries were misleading.
JULIE RICKELMAN, Center for Reproductive Rights: While some countries have a nominal line of 12 or 18 weeks, they allow legal access to abortion for wide-ranging social, health, and socioeconomic reasons. They are therefore not similar.
TURNER
STEPHEN BILLY, Charlotte Lozier Institute: 47 of the 50 European countries allow abortions before 15 weeks. More than half of European countries allow abortion before 12 weeks. Eight of these European countries don’t permit elective abortion.
[Cuts back to live]
TURNER – Today, the court appeared to be focusing on Mississippi’s 15 week ban. This was as clear from the Chief Justice. It could be that this standard will determine whether Roe.v. Wade continues to apply nationwide.
BAIER: It’s fascinating to see the perspective of other countries.
TURNER
BAIER: Yeah. Gillian, we are grateful.
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