"What we really need is a few homophobic abortionists"

(Dissociated Press) Pro-life activists have expressed dismay at the appalling lack of network news coverage of the trial of abortionist Dr. Kermit Gosnell, who is accused of murdering and mutilating newborn babies in his Philadelphia abortion clinic.  Despite the horrendous crimes with which Gosnell is charged, the mainstream media has shown little interest in news coverage of the trial.

The refusal of the media to cover the trial has led to a change in strategy by some pro-life organizations.

Richard Hemblin, director of National Pro-Life Advocates, explains:

It's unbelievably frustrating. Everything imaginable gets wall-to-wall news coverage-- JLo's new bra, Obama's golf game with Tiger, Bloomberg's soda-cups, but an abortionist who chops up newborn babies can't buy a lead story.  Our strategy committee here at NPLA has been meeting daily, and we've come up with an idea.

Hemblin explained:

We were talking about the cone of silence around Gosnell's murders, and we noticed that another doctor recently got big headlines. Dr. Ben Carson, a pediatric neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins, dissed gay marriage in an interview, comparing it to bestiality or something. Boom. Wall-to-wall news. Saturation. And a Rutgers basketball coach was fired for using gay slurs. News story after news story after news story. The media outrage exploded. 

I mean, you'd think that Carson and the coach had killed babies or something.  

Then it dawned on us. If it's anti-gay, it plays. We need a few homophobic abortionists.

Hemblin smiled, and sipped coffee.

We've put out confidential requests to people who work in abortion clinics who may be sympathetic to the pro-life cause. We've asked them: please be on the look-out for abortion-related homophobia. If an abortionist is insensitive to LGBTQA issues during the abortion-- if he tells a dying baby 'don't squirm like a sissy' or 'hold still you little faggot'-- contact us immediately. We'll get the media all over it.

Hemblin said that pro-life advocates have realized that homophobia, not infanticide, is what gets the press in America today.

"There's zero tolerance for homophobia in our society, and we on the pro-life side can use that to protect babies. An abortionist calling a dismembered baby a "preemie pansy" or a "fetal fruitie" or an "embryonic effie" will spark media outrage, and we need to exploit that", Hemblin said, with a sigh. 

The message is clear, say pro-life advocates: anti-gay bullying won't be tolerated, even in the womb. Hemblin cited the recent example of an abortionist who perforated a woman's uterus during a botched abortion. The abortionist vainly tried to staunch the bleeding with digital pressure while workers scurried to cover up evidence of the malpractice. The abortionist remarked to his nurse "you destroy the evidence. I've got my finger in the dyke."

"We could exploit that", Hemblin said.