Is There a Mole at The Washington Post?

[Judi Lynn]

Is There a Mole at The Washington Post?

By Mona Charen - May 8, 2015

Man is not a rational animal. He is a rationalizing animal. -- Robert Heinlein

What to make of the resolutely pro-choice The Washington Post's Style section travelogue following a woman who drove 407 miles to obtain a second-trimester abortion? Is this part of the campaign to destigmatize abortion? If so, they've chosen a very odd way to do it. Or perhaps Post writer Monica Hesse is a pro-life mole?

"Emily" is a married woman with a graduate degree and a good job living in Wyoming. When she and her husband learned of the pregnancy, they were "so excited." But later, he got into trouble -- a bar fight or something; the story leaves it vague. Because he had a criminal record, the couple was unsure whether he would get prison time.

Emily knew he could be sentenced to prison for a few weeks, a few months or more. If it was months, could she handle the pregnancy alone? If it was more, could she handle the baby?

This is a rough situation, no question. Ideally, couples should manage pregnancies and babies together. But the Post's story then presents about the most glaring omission imaginable in a story about abortion.

More:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/05/08/is_there_a_mole_at_the_washington_post_126523.html

[Nitram]

1. I think you are reading a whole lot into the story that isn't there.

The story sounded to me like a very honest accounting of the thought process the woman went though on the way to getting an abortion. I don't think she wrote the piece as a polemic for or against abortion.

[geek tragedy]

2. This is a rightwing anti-choice article, w hy are you posting it here?

I know you do not shared the sentiments of the vile Mona Charen.

[Doctor_J]

3. Alerting.

I have maybe alerted 5 posts in 13 years, but Mona Charen? Really?

If you haven't self-deleted in 5 minutes I'll alert