Here is another aspect of silencing: hijacking a story for your own purposes. Right leaning media, or mainstream media eager for the salacious story, have focused on Dr. Kermit Gosnell, who allegedly ran a sub-standard, criminal practice that served mostly poor black women. Erin Grant, of Philadelphia Women’s Center, puts the focus back on the real conversation we should be having: how lack of public funding and excessive abortion restrictions actually contribute to the existence of Gosnell’s.
Read Erin's article on RH Reality Check.