This may be the most wicked framing of a story I've ever seen and that is saying something.
The media knows people rarely read past headlines, and if you take a gander at the comments, you'll see how true that is.
CNN wanted you to believe that this poor couple couldn't hold their dead baby because the evil [checks notes] pro-life legislature in Kentucky made [checks notes again] anti-abortion laws.
But what really happened is that this Kentucky couple willingly aborted their child out-of-state over a birth defect and couldn't hold said child because she had been cut apart into bloody pieces.
From the article:
The family's ordeal started in April, when Heather was nearly five months pregnant and they found out their daughter was missing a major part of the brain, a condition called anencephaly. They say their doctors told them she would either be stillborn or die very quickly after birth.
The Maberrys wanted to terminate the pregnancy, but a near-complete abortion ban in their state doesn't have exceptions for birth defects - even severe ones like anencephaly.
Anencephaly is a devastating condition. Being born without most of a brain makes survival nearly impossible, but it neither diminishes ones humanity nor makes it a 100% death sentence. There are stories of babies surviving years with anencephaly, including Angela Morales, who survived nearly three years.
Then there's Alex Simpson, who was featured in 2016 for still being alive at age 10.
In other cases, the diagnosis has been wrong or the baby's brain has miraculously grown by the time the child is full term.
But in this CNN case, the parents felt it was necessary to kill their child. Since Kentucky frowns at that sort of thing, they drove out of state; however, since their insurance provider is Medicaid through the state of Kentucky, they couldn't get the abortion covered.
Instead, they had a less-expensive D&E procedure where an abortionist used surgical tools to dismember and decapitate their child.
"We're grieving pictures," Heather said. "We're grieving a blanket."
Still distraught after his daughter's death, Nick sleeps with Willow's blanket and has not been able to return to his job as a factory worker.
"I was devastated," he said.
May I submit to this man and woman, who have 7 children from previous relationships, that the foremost reason you feel devastated is not because you were unable to hold your daughter, but because you ended her life in the name of "compassion."
They loved their daughter and did not want her to suffer. They wanted to terminate the pregnancy for Willow's sake - and for Heather's. Her hyperemesis wasn't abating, and she wanted to return to work and to caring for her three children. There was another health concern: Heather had high blood pressure, and continuing the pregnancy could make it dangerously high. While she was willing to take that risk for a live baby, Willow was not going to live.
It's worth noting here, because CNN does not, that Kentucky laws, like all pro-life states, allow for abortion when there is genuine threat to the health of the mother. The fact that her doctor and her insurance did not qualify her for that category should be considered.
Apart from that, might I suggest that no matter what we tell ourselves, taking the easiest way out is the hardest on our souls.
As for CNN's framing of their tragedy to garner more support for legalized baby murder, there's a special level of hell, ladies and gentlemen.
