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Fact-checking the Fact-checkers infuriates pro-abortionists

Oct 7, 2024

By Laura Echevarria, Director of Communications and Press Secretary

“Well, I guess I’ll have to speak up for the babies, they’re not here to speak for themselves. Lord, have mercy.” – Scott Jennings on CNN

CNN’s panel following Tuesday night’s vice-presidential debate featured panelists Alyssa Farah Griffin, David Axelrod, Scott Jennings, and Ashley Allison. When the panel discussed the exchange between J.D. Vance and Tim Walz over Minnesota’s abortion law, Scott Jennings, a former special assistant to President George W. Bush, fact-checked the panel on the abortion law.

In 2023, Governor Walz signed legislation to enshrine a “fundamental right” to abortion for any reason throughout pregnancy in Minnesota and invalidated existing protections like the state’s parental involvement law. Walz also repealed Minnesota’s version of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act which required doctors to take measures to “preserve the life and health” of born-alive infants.

Under Walz, the law was changed to require “care,” which the bill’s author described as “comfort” care. Under the new legislation, any infant could be denied lifesaving treatment and then allowed to die.

According to the Daily Caller, during the post-debate discussion on CNN:

“The View” co-host and former Trump administration official Alyssa Farah Griffin bemoaned Republicans accusing Democrats of supporting infanticide, after which Axelrod and Jennings dove into a debate over the impact of the [Minnesota] legislation.

On CNN, Jennings talked about the impact of Walz repealing a law that protected babies born alive following an abortion.

[T]his thing in Minnesota. There were eight deaths among infants who survived abortion attempts during Tim Walz’s tenure as governor. It happened. They don’t want to talk about the fact that it happened but there were children…

David Axelrod’s tone was mocking when he pushed back and asked Jennings, “Since you ‘deeply’ researched this, what were the condition of these… babies when they were born?”

Axelrod also wanted to know about the “participation of the family” in the abortions and Jennings responded with the facts.

They tried to abort the babies and they survived the abortion and they died…Tim Walz can’t [inaudible] the truth about this…[Trump’s & Vance’s] position is moderate, and it is in line with what I think most Americans want and I think Harris and Walz have proven they cannot discuss even a single restriction that they want…I can tell you what Republicans believe…I get it. I would attack if — I didn’t — if I couldn’t articulate a single restriction, I would attack Trump too…Well, I guess I have to speak up for the babies. They’re not here to speak for themselves. Lord, have mercy.

In Minnesota, under Walz’s term as governor, eight babies survived following abortions and, of those babies, we know that all eight died. In 2021, Minnesota recorded 5 babies who were born alive and all five died. Walz repealed the requirement that abortionists report cases of babies born alive during an abortion which makes 2021 the last year for which we have numbers.

From Minnesota’s report,

For the calendar year of January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021, 5 abortion procedures resulting in a born-alive infant were reported.


• In one instance, fetal anomalies were reported resulting in death shortly after delivery. No measures taken to preserve life were reported and the infant did not survive.


• In two instance, comfort care measures were provided as planned and the infant did not survive.


• In two instances, the infant was previable. No measures taken to preserve life were reported and the infant did not survive.

For two of these babies, we don’t know if they had any medical conditions because none are mentioned. Contrary to the pro-abortion talking points parroted by Axelrod and Ashley Allison, not all babies aborted later in pregnancy have a fetal anomaly or severe fetal abnormality incompatible with life. In fact, the Abortion Survivors Network, founded by abortion survivor Melissa Ohden, notes that there are over 700 abortion survivors who have been located.

Once he was chosen by pro-abortion Vice President Kamala Harris to be her running mate, Walz described his own extreme record as “so pro-choice Nancy Pelosi asked me if I should tone it down.”

Tim Walz and Kamala Harris are so radical, they have no problem opposing a law that would protect babies who are born alive following an abortion.

Scott Jennings is right. We should all pray, “Lord, have mercy.”

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