The Pillar In-Depth S1E3: 'How can I separate fact from fiction here?'
The Pillar In-Depth
This week on The Pillar In-Depth, Kate Olivera talks with a longtime journalist and fact-checker about how we can separate fact from fiction when it comes to abortion-related content we see online.
Then, something Kate has seen a lot of in the wake of Dobbs are stories of doctors turning away women seeking care for miscarriages or ectopic pregnancies. She talks with a friend who experienced a miscarriage recently about her own experience, and the questions she has after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Show notes:
Politifact fact check of Focus on the Family late term abortion ads
Washington Post Fact Check of 10 year old abortion story
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If people infrequently avail themselves of a certain aspect of the law (i.e. late-term abortions) it does not make that aspect of the law “non-factual”; a loophole, maybe, but certainly still legal. I found this a perplexing stance for a “fact-checking” organisation, and particularly galling when the “rape and incest” argument from the other side is perpetuated and widely accepted by so many, despite also being an infrequent occurrence.