{"id":2259621,"date":"2024-06-04T14:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T18:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/x-suspends-pro-life-columnist-for-exposing-the-gratuitous-gore-of-abortion\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T14:46:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T18:46:29","slug":"x-suspends-pro-life-columnist-for-exposing-the-gratuitous-gore-of-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/x-suspends-pro-life-columnist-for-exposing-the-gratuitous-gore-of-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"X suspends columnist for revealing the graphic nature of abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fx-suspends-pro-life-columnist-for-exposing-the-gratuitous-gore-of-abortion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2259621&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>X, previously known as\u2064 Twitter, \u200csuspended a conservative writer&#8217;s account for sharing images of aborted \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephen-king-blasts-senator-susan-collins-over-texas-abortion-law\/\" title=\"Stephen King Blasts Senator Susan Collins Over Texas Abortion Law\">pre-born babies<\/a>. Victor Joecks had \u2062his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cardi-b-serves-up-vulgar-performance-at-grammys-media-praises-her-for-sex-positive-production-female-empowerment-video\/\" title=\"Cardi B Serves Up Vulgar Performance at Grammys \u2013 Media Praises Her For \u201cSex-Positive\u201d Production, \u201cFemale Empowerment\u201d (VIDEO)\">account locked<\/a> for violating guidelines\u2064 on &#8220;gratuitous gore&#8221; by posting pictures of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/candidates-divided-on-national-abortion-ban-at-gop-debate\/\" title=\"GOP candidates at the debate were split on the issue of a national abortion ban.\">late-term\u2064 abortions<\/a>.\u200b The columnist&#8217;s response was linked to Nevada lawmakers using\u200b euphemisms\u2064 for these procedures. Abortion activists celebrated efforts to legalize \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-circuit-breaker-on-election-night\/\" title=\"The question looms: just how does it come to be that three quarters of Republican and nearly one third of Democrat voters all believe that the election was stolen from Trump?\">late-term abortion<\/a>, despite majority support \u2064for restrictions after 15 \u2062weeks\u2064 of pregnancy. Joecks highlighted the truth behind &#8220;abortion rights&#8221; concealed by euphemisms.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>X, formerly known as Twitter, suspended the account of a conservative writer last weekend for publishing photos of pre-born babies who were aborted. <\/p>\n<p>Victor Joecks, a syndicated columnist, had his account locked Saturday. X claimed the posts violate the company\u2019s guidelines against \u201cgratuitous gore.\u201d Joecks had posted images of pre-born children killed in late-term abortions in response to Nevada lawmakers using euphemisms to describe the deadly procedures.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1042379632\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3e5b55fa0435cd04aafbd4dc670edc6e fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3e5b55fa0435cd04aafbd4dc670edc6e\"><\/div>\n<p>In May, abortion activists <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nevada-abortion-constitutional-amendment-ballot-0f9612b4c9343b66fa11a3ae70b057d9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">celebrated<\/a> the submission of twice as many signatures needed to place a measure on the November ballot to enshrine full access to late-term abortion in the state constitution. Abortion advocates <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/nevada-abortion-rights-group-signatures-petition-ballot-measure\/story?id=110396174\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cheered<\/a> the effort to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/argentina-church-asks-lawmakers-to-search-their-hearts-ahead-of-abortion-vote\/\" title=\"Argentina church asks lawmakers to search their hearts ahead of abortion vote\">legalize abortion<\/a> on demand as \u201chealth care\u201d although an overwhelming majority of Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/2573311\/gallup-poll-shows-most-americans-would-vote-for-a-15-week-abortion-ban\/?utm_content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">support<\/a> an abortion ban after the first 15 weeks of pregnancy. Just roughly 1 in 3 Americans believe abortion should be legal under any circumstances, according to a Gallup <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/321143\/americans-stand-abortion.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">survey<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what they mean by \u2018abortion rights,&#8217;\u201d Joecks wrote in one tweet censored by X. Joecks linked to the images <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/infant-bodies-infanticide-attempted-abortions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> (warning: link is graphic). <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe left hides behind euphemisms when they talk about abortion,\u201d Joecks told The Federalist. \u201cYou want to talk about abortion, let\u2019s talk about abortion\u2026 You can\u2019t defend it, which is why they want to silence it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joecks appealed the company\u2019s censorship Saturday, but his request was denied. He appealed again Monday morning. When reached for comment, the platform\u2019s contact email for media inquiries automatically responded Monday with \u201cBusy now, please check back later,\u201d then ignored a follow-up request Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-33f7019064b08fc41ae50cc6f43fb627 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-33f7019064b08fc41ae50cc6f43fb627\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cImplicit in the claim,\u201d Joecks said of X declaring his content \u201cviolent,\u201d \u201cis that there\u2019s been violence done to a human being and I actually agree with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a picture that shows violence to another human being,\u201d Joecks added. \u201cI think it\u2019s a moment of hypocrisy for the left.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tech billionaire Elon Musk acquired X with a hostile takeover in the fall of 2022 and stepped down as CEO in June last year. Musk had taken over the company with a pledge to reinstate free speech after Twitter censors aggressively suppressed dissident content through the 2020 presidential election and the coronavirus pandemic. <\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s company, however, is still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/elon-musk-self-described-free-speech-absolutist-limits-free-speech-since-taking-over-twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">engaged <\/a>in rampant censorship of myriad topics nearly two years after the takeover.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2079dcc0055a94ce47f4e2a33e47af30 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2079dcc0055a94ce47f4e2a33e47af30\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ac76cd01f48629c86afcef1280de1080 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ac76cd01f48629c86afcef1280de1080\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>X, previously Twitter, suspended conservative writer Victor Joecks&#8217; account over photos of aborted pre-born babies, citing a breach of guidelines on &#8220;gratuitous gore.&#8221; The syndicated columnist&#8217;s account was locked for sharing images of late-term aborted fetuses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2259622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Twitter-e1717518383588.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2259621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Twitter-e1717518383588.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2259621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2259622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2259621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2259621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2259621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}