733 - Peace & Life: Pulitzer Propaganda/Lots Going On - May 23, 2025
- Peace & Life Connections
- May 23
- 3 min read
Pulitzer – Still Propaganda
Joseph Pulitzer was famous for “yellow journalism” with the Spanish-American war – sensationalist coverage that helped egg the war on.
The spirit lives on. The Pulitzer prize in Journalism/Public Service this year went to coverage of the tragic death of Amber Thurman. She died from a legal medication abortion because incompetent doctors waited 20 hours to give needed treatment for complications.
The coverage claims delay was because of the pro-life law. Yet they say:
Doctors and a nurse involved in Thurman’s care declined to explain their thinking and did not respond to questions from ProPublica. Communications staff from the hospital did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
So they attribute malpractice to the pro-life law with no evidence to back that claim.
Meanwhile, the death of Alexis Arguello on February 6, 2025, from an amniotic fluid embolism as a complication of an abortion at the Fort Collins Planned Parenthood in Colorado, a state with strong pro-abortion legislation, gets coverage found only in the pro-life press.
But a sober assessment of policy implications on preventable deaths of women was never the point.
Important Anniversary Demonstrations in Washington, D.C.
Overturn of Roe: Dobbs Anniversary, June 28
A rally for defunding Planned Parenthood is planned at the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, June 28. You can register for free here.
This is part of the Celebrate Life Conference June 27-28. We at the Consistent Life Network are one of a long list of sponsors. Tickets for the conference and associated activities available here.
We plan to pass out large cards about our Grassroots Defunding and the Problems at Planned Parenthood websites as valuable resources. Let us know if you’d like to help pass those out: info@consistent-life.org.
Last Use of Nuclear Weapons in War: Nagasaki, August 9
Our next peace vigil to protest nuclear weapons will be on Saturday, August 9th, from 10 am to 12 pm ET. This is the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, an especially important day to protest the nuclear threat. We’ll gather on the roadway in front of the White House. For more information: John Whitehead.
Around the Web
In 2023, the man who would become Pope Leo XIV gave an excellent speech expounding on the consistent life ethic.
Carol Crossed (on our Advisory Board) has an interesting take in How Supporters of DEI Might Want to Rethink Abortion. This was published as a guest opinion in her local newspaper.
The New York Times ran a thoughtful piece on the problems with “medical aid in dying” laws: There Are Ways to Die With Dignity, but Not Like This.
The Latest on the Blog
Jim Hewes addresses a common idea in pro-abortion rhetoric: Human Being, or Merely Potential Human?
For years we’ve known that the Democrats’ extremism on abortion is hurting them. Rachel MacNair shows how Their Abortion Stand Still Hurts Democrats.
Quote of the Week
March 29, 2025
We urge you, an elected representative of the people of Ohio, to uphold a consistent ethic of life by supporting legislation to prohibit the State of Ohio from funding the intentional termination of human life –– including abortion, euthanasia and execution –– and to abolish the death penalty in favor of life without parole. These policies are deeply connected, as each helps to protect against a culture where life is disposable rather than cherished and protected. House Bill 72 and Senate Bill 134 recognize this unity by utilizing a non-severability clause to link these issues together.
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