Originally published at National Catholic Register
A recently released political ad features a fictional woman’s bitter final words to her father, a supporter of Donald Trump, as she lay dying from an implied pregnancy complication.
“It didn’t have to end this way, Dad,” the woman says. “You knew what he’d do. You knew his politics would end my freedom, my rights. You chose hate over me.”
The woman isn’t the only thing that’s fictional about the ad. None of the pro-life laws that states have passed in the two years since the end of Roe v. Wade prevent women from receiving medical care for a miscarriage or another pregnancy-related emergency.
The ad, from an anti-Trump political action group called The Lincoln Project, drew a swift condemnation from pro-life leaders.
“Shame on you, @ProjectLincoln for spreading blatant lies,” Dr. Christina Francis, CEO of American Association of Pro-Life OB-GYNs, wrote on X. “Every law in the country allows for OBGYNs like me to intervene immediately when a woman has a potentially life-threatening condition. Stop intimidating people with lies. Prolife laws protect women and girls.”
Shame on you @ProjectLincoln for spreading blatant lies. Every law in the country allows for OBGYNs like me to intervene immediately when a woman
