What prompted the notoriously liberal New York Times to place this image with a story about the Texas abortion case presently before the U.S. Supreme Court?
Conservatives are used to mainstream media labeling our beliefs as extreme or outside the mainstream. We don’t expect fair, balanced, or sympathetic. But this above-the-fold pro-life photo is unexpected. And abortion advocates don’t like it. Via Life News:
.@NYTimes forgot to take photos of the 3k folks rallying yesterday for #reprorights. Send them your best pics! #StoptheSham #Wewerethere
— Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) March 3, 2016
From a pro-life feminist:
Sorry @PPFA, the front page is taken. #newwavefeminists pic.twitter.com/qsbw4QpxP5
— New Wave Feminists (@NWFproTX) March 3, 2016
And this:
Hilarious that pro-abortion activists are flipping out that the New York Times cover photo was of pro-lifers! https://t.co/fnMU4RKuNi
— Ryan T. Anderson (@RyanTAnd) March 3, 2016
Whatever promoted NYT to show the other side in a non-mocking way, let’s hope they keep it up.