The Catholic World Report Blog published an interview with the National Director of 40 Days for Life Mr. David Bereit concerning allegations that the group was filming women entering and leaving a British abortion clinic in London.Mr. Bereit stated that an independent filmmaker was doing the filming in question for a documentary. An independent film maker who is not associated with the 40 Days for Life organization. Mr. Bereit also stated that he was never interviewed by any reporter, nor was the London 40 Days for Life organization contacted by any reporter to either confirm or deny the story.
I decided to to do my own research on the story and try to find the original story concerning the allegations of filming of patients entering and leaving the clinic. I found the Guardian story and the globalpost.com story.
According to Mr. Bereit the story was picked up by the Associated Press. The AP link in the globalpost.com story leads to the Washington Post. The story cannot be found on either the AP website or the Washington Post website. This is one reason why I do not trust the mainstream media. The media ran a story based upon information provided by the abortion clinic, and never bothered to do an in depth investigation of the clinics complaint about the filming of patients. Perhaps the disappearance of the AP story is a new form of apology to 40 Days for Life.
If any reader of my article can find the story on the AP, or Washington Post website send me the link in a comment. I will be more than happy to print an apology, I will also leave the apology in my blog archive, until then I'll leave you with two photographs from another organization that were masters of hiding the true story.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/europe/united-kingdom/120314/anti-abortion-protesters-film-women-they-leave-abortion-clinic
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/mar/13/40-days-for-life-anti-abortionists
http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Blog/1237/40_days_for_life_defends_its_methods_against_slurs.aspx
