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Unbelievably, CBS Evening News thought the day after President Biden’s arbitrary deadline to get Americans out of Afghanistan was the perfect time to drop the subject completely. There was absolutely no mention of Afghanistan on their Wednesday newscast but they found the time to dedicate over two minutes (2:05) to bashing and decrying Texas’s new pro-life law. And while they covered Afghanistan, ABC’s World News Tonight failed to mention anything about the 100-200 Americans abandoned there.
“Well, tonight, it is nearly impossible to get an abortion in Texas. The most restrictive abortion law in the country went into effect after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to act on a request to block it,” whined CBS anchor Norah O’Donnell.
And senior national correspondent Ben Tracy tried to stoke fear and animosity against the conservative justices. “Conservatives now have a 6-3 majority on the court, and, Norah, that case could overturn Roe V. Wade, which established that right to abortion back in 1973,” he said.
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