Media Fawn Over Thousands in Migrant Caravan, Ignore 100s of Thousands at March for Life

If a tree falls in the forest and becomes newsprint, will any of it have stories about the upcoming March for Life this January?

Watching the coverage of the caravan, I am struck by how the media races to tell the stories of those who fit their narrative. Substitute the pre-born for immigrants in most stories, and the narrative carries forward almost seamlessly.

For example, Politico reported on the reaction of Jesus Valdivia, of Tuxtla Chico, Mexico, who said he felt compelled to act.

“You have to help the next person. Today it’s for them, tomorrow for us,” Valdivia said. Wise words indeed, for people born and pre-born.

Right now plans are underway for the January 2019 March for Life, as groups like mine, Students for Life of America, make preparations to bring thousands to the nation’s capitol, creating a visual like no other — if only Americans were permitted to see the hundreds of thousands filling the streets in song, in prayer, and in peace.

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And yet, almost any protest except the passions of pro-life Americans can get star billing. In recent years, the so-called Women’s March gained nearly seven times the coverage that pro-life advocates earned.

Despite the youthful passion on full display at the March for Life, abortion advocates are presumed to speak for this generation, my generation. Planned Parenthood likes to brag about its youth outreach, claiming in its recent annual report to have trained 750 young activists from 11 cities in a year, while Students for Life trained nearly 11,000 students nationwide last year, including training almost three times Planned Parenthood’s number in one day at our national leadership conference.

The kind of commitment I see everyday in working in all 50 states with more than 1,200 high school and university groups comes through in mobilizations for life taking place weekly, and in the common-sense approach the pro-life generation takes toward abortion policy.

For example, a Quinnipiac poll found that 18 to 34-year-olds were more likely than any other age group to supporting limiting abortion at 5 months of pregnancy, when a woman faces grave risks and the baby great pain. This generation is moved by the needs of mothers and grieved by a callous attitude toward infant suffering.

In defense of life, students and volunteers from groups like mine are preparing now to march on Washington, D.C. I hope this year the media will take time to noticeanother human rights story and throw a little coverage our way.

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