 | MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH |
 Anonymous writes "Monday, January 10, 2005
MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH
Consumer Reports advocates abortion
Trusted magazine analyzes condoms, refers readers to Planned Parenthood to
eliminate 'uterine contents'
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Posted: January 10, 2005
11:11 p.m. Eastern
By Ron Strom
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
Consumer Reports, the respected magazine that has advised Americans on
everything from new car purchases to which electric can opener to buy, has
published a list of birth-control options that includes abortion, complete
with a section describing how the procedure gets rid of a pregnant
mother's "uterine contents."
The main report, which is available in the February issue and online,
analyzes various brands of condoms for strength and reliability.
Along with the condom report, Consumer Reports provides both a comparative
guide to other contraceptive methods and a page entitled "Birth control:
More and safer choices," which includes discussion of abortion.
Some pro-life activists are shocked at the magazine's promotion of
abortion as a birth-control method.
"There were no details of the risks of abortion like breast cancer or
mental anguish, no pro-life alternatives like adoption, nothing," reader
Marc Smulowitz commented to WND. "Just a soulless 'consumer report' as if
they were recommending the acquisition of the latest blender."
Smulowitz is a long-time magazine subscriber who says he will be canceling
his subscription to Consumer Reports.
Judie Brown, president of American Life League, pointed out that the
section on abortion failed to list any of the procedure's downsides.
"They did not talk about any of the serious side effects," she told WND.
"There's so much information now available regarding the risks and horrors
these women face."
Continued Brown: "There's no reason in the world for Consumer Reports to
do anything but be honest, and they were anything but honest."
The activist also criticized the report for failing to point out that one
of the ways the birth-control pill works is by changing the lining of the
uterus, which prevents a fertilized egg from attaching to the lining, thus
destroying the developing life. This occurs if one of the first two
effects of the pill – preventing ovulation and causing the mucus in the
cervix to change so sperm cannot enter – does not occur. The report did
include the first two effects in its "how it works" section.
Brown says she is urging people not to buy Consumer Reports and to contact
the magazine about its presentation of abortion.
"Mainstream America has always relied on Consumer Reports for the
objective facts with regard to products," she said, "and now all of a
sudden they're advocating killing."
The condoms story looks at the quality of 23 different products, with a
Durex model coming in No. 1. Interestingly, two prophylactics distributed
by Planned Parenthood, the top abortion provider in the nation, came in
dead last in the condom competition.
"Women having an abortion in the U.S. can choose one of two methods: the
so-called abortion pill or a surgical procedure," the abortion section of
the "birth control choices" page states.
After a discussion of the abortion drug RU-486, the piece goes on to
describe methods of surgical abortions.
"Vacuum aspiration, also known as suction curettage, is the standard
surgical abortion method in the U.S. for pregnancies in the first
trimester, when 88 percent of legal abortions take place," the report
states.
"The cervix is enlarged to a diameter of about a half-inch, either by use
of dilating rods or the drug misoprostol. The uterine contents are sucked
out using a manual or electrical pump while the woman is under local
anesthesia. Some women may have cramps afterward, and also intermittent
bleeding for a week or two."
Finally, Consumer Reports states what it claims are risk statistics for
abortion:
"In the U.S., the fatality risk with mifepristone (RU-486) is slightly
less than 1 per 100,000 cases, compared with 0.1 per 100,000 for surgical
abortion at 8 weeks or less. Pregnancy itself carries a fatality risk of
11.8 per 100,000."
Smulowitz criticized the use of the mortality rates, saying the magazine
is "almost inferring that [abortion] is the better choice. I am surprised
in their reporting to the 'consumer' they didn't show a cost analysis as
to how killing your baby is a lot less expensive than raising your child
and family."
Besides the abortion information, the piece advises people needing
"emergency contraception" to contact Planned Parenthood via the Internet.
A leader in the consumer-advisory industry since 1936, Consumer Reports is
published by the nonprofit Consumers Union. It takes no advertising,
saying its mission is to "work for a fair, just and safe marketplace for
all consumers and to empower consumers to protect themselves."
A spokeswoman for Consumer Reports did not return a request for comment by
press time.
Ron Strom is a news editor for WorldNetDaily.com.
To view this item online, visit
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42321"
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