Saturday, November 30, 2013
Fox News Perpetuates Hobby Lobby's False Claims That Plan B Is An Abortion Pill
Media Matters: Fox Uses Hobby Lobby Case To Falsely Call Morning-After Pill Abortion, by Brian Powell & Samantha Wyatt:
Fox News repeatedly conflated the emergency contraceptive Plan B (also known as the morning-after pill) with abortion while covering two Supreme Court cases brought by companies that object to the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) birth control coverage benefits. However, experts agree that the morning-after pill is not abortion -- it prevents pregnancy but cannot stop pregnancy after fertilization takes place. . . .
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/reproductive_rights/2013/11/fox-news-perpetuates-hobby-lobbys-false-claims-that-plan-b-is-an-abortion-pill.html