{"id":592113,"date":"2021-07-15T13:35:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T17:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=592113"},"modified":"2021-07-15T13:35:38","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T17:35:38","slug":"cbs-abortion-reporter-quits-warns-about-disappearing-access-to-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-abortion-reporter-quits-warns-about-disappearing-access-to-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS Abortion Reporter Quits, Warns About \u2018Disappearing\u2019 Access To Abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fcbs-abortion-reporter-quits-warns-about-disappearing-access-to-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=592113&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>A reporter for CBS News announced Thursday that she had quit her job, warning that \u201caccess to abortion is disappearing\u201d and calling for \u201ca lot of coverage\u201d and \u201cattention\u201d to this \u201cpivotal moment for abortion rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPersonal news: I quit my job at CBS News,\u201d Former CBS abortion reporter Kate Smith tweeted Thursday afternoon. \u201cCovering a beat like reproductive rights at such a legendary institution has been an amazing experience. Thank you to the people that made it possible: My talented colleagues &amp; the courageous people that trusted me to share their stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/04\/planned-parenthoods-ambassador-to-cbs-news\/\">has frequently been criticized<\/a> for displaying overt pro-abortion sentiment in her reporting, went on to say she could now express her opinions on abortion since she was no longer a reporter. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/14\/abortion-texas-sue-planned-parenthood-greg-abbott-whole-womens-health\/\">(RELATED: Major Abortion Groups Assemble, File Lawsuit Over \u2018Unthinkable\u2019 Texas Law Allowing Americans To Sue Abortion Clinics, Doctors)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7237860\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7237860\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7237860 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-15-at-11.18.43-AM.png\" alt=\"Screenshot, Twitter.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-15-at-11.18.43-AM.png 1092w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-15-at-11.18.43-AM-148x120.png 148w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-15-at-11.18.43-AM-620x502-1.png 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-15-at-11.18.43-AM-768x622-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-15-at-11.18.43-AM-1536x1243-1.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-15-at-11.18.43-AM-2048x1657-1.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1092px) 100vw, 1092px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7237860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot, Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cNow that I\u2019m not a reporter I can be candid about my own opinions on reproductive rights,\u201d she continued. \u201cI\u2019ll say this: With or without Roe v Wade access to abortion is disappearing across the South and Midwest for low income women. And it\u2019s happening more or less under the radar. It\u2019s a pivotal moment for abortion rights, and one that deserves a lot of coverage and our attention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEditors, I know there\u2019s reader and viewer fatigue when it seems like the millionth six-week ban,\u201d she added, before offering her \u201cTV-friendly\u201d clothing to other reporters covering abortion. \u201cBut it still major news and ought to be covered.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CRWYMkIrSUC\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" readability=\"-0.30434782608696\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>Neither Smith nor her former employer CBS immediately responded to requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/12\/joy-reid-texas-abortion-jennifer-rubin-roe-v-wade-taliban-texas\/\">(RELATED: \u2018This Is Talibanism\u2019: Media Melts Down Over Law Giving Americans Power To Sue Abortion Clinics, Doctors)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cKate Smith is not a reporter at all,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/04\/planned-parenthoods-ambassador-to-cbs-news\/\">wrote<\/a> the National Review\u2019s Alexandra DeSanctis in April 2020. \u201cShe is an advocate for abortion rights who exploits her perch at CBS to disguise as fact the opinions of the country\u2019s most radical abortion-rights activists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is Planned Parenthood\u2019s ambassador to CBS, posing as a reporter and constructing articles that more closely resemble press releases for the nation\u2019s most powerful abortion-rights advocacy groups,\u201d DeSanctis said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has traded her objectivity for access to these organizations, offering them the kid-glove treatment so they will permit her to be the first to publicize their PR campaigns, interview their leaders, and scoop their briefs in court cases,\u201d DeSanctis continued.<\/p>\n<p>Smith pushed back Thursday on critiques that she showed her pro-abortion stances in her writing. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/05\/26\/adults-rape-abortion\/\">Ryan Scott Bomberger<\/a>, the founder of the pro-life Radiance Foundation whose mother was raped but chose not to abort him, told Smith that her views are \u201cclearly stated\u201d in her \u201ccompletely biased coverage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone knows you\u2019re pro-abortion,\u201d he tweeted. \u201cIt\u2019s not a secret.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s stupid trolls like you that make covering this beat so difficult for reporters,\u201d she responded. \u201cCongrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7237858\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7237858\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7237858 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-15-at-11.28.29-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot, Twitter.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-15-at-11.28.29-AM.png 1086w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-15-at-11.28.29-AM-233x120.png 233w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-15-at-11.28.29-AM-620x319-1.png 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-15-at-11.28.29-AM-768x396-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-15-at-11.28.29-AM-1536x792-1.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-15-at-11.28.29-AM-2048x1056-1.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1086px) 100vw, 1086px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7237858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screen Shot, Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reporter for CBS News announced Thursday that she had quit her job, warning that \u201caccess to abortion is disappearing\u201d and calling for \u201ca lot of coverage\u201d and \u201cattention\u201d to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-592113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592113","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}