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NBC and CBS Frame 'Morning-After' Pill Decision as 'Politics' vs. 'Science'

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:55:00 +0000

Kyle Drennen

At the top of Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams fretted: "The Obama administration blocks a plan to make the 'morning-after' pill more easily available to young girls. Is this about medicine, politics or something else?" Moments later, he proclaimed: "We begin tonight with this surprise decision that takes us right to the intersection of medicine, science and politics."

CMI Commentary: CNN Plan B Coverage an Insult to Pro-Life Women

admin — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0000

Julia A. Seymour

Pro-lifers were understandably upset recently when the Food and Drug Administration gave a pharmaceutical company the go-ahead to market its morning after pill to 17-year-olds over the counter.

The drug was already available to women that age with a doctors' note. Now children who are not old enough to vote or smoke can get “emergency contraception” without seeing a doctor. Even worse was the way CNN couldn't grasp the pro-life viewpoint.

"Plan B" Coverage Shows Clear Labeling Bias Against Social Cons

admin — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:29:00 +0000

Not a pro-abortion group, but a "women's health advocate."

Clay Waters

A federal judge yesterday ordered the FDA to make the so-called morning-after birth control pill available without a prescription to 17-year-olds (the previous rule had set the age at 18). The headline assumed that the previous limits had been an unfair burden: "Contraception Pill Strictures Are Eased By a Judge."

CBS Pumps Over-the-Counter 'Emergency Contraceptives'

admin — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0000

Colleen Raezler

Is making the “morning-after pill” available over the counter (OTC) a medical question, or is it simply politics?

During its August 12 broadcast, CBS Evening News made it clear they are all for OTC availability of the controversial “Plan B” drug, in spite of the medical risks and moral objections of many pharmacists.