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conix, No doubt many wonder why so many babies are born into impoverished situations in so many
impoverished countries. And in developed countries. There is no desperate messaging in Abrams'

"“Women — half the population — especially those of childbearing age, they understand that having a child is absolutely an economic issue,” Abrams went on. “It is only politicians who see it as simply another cultural conversation. It is a real biological and economic imperative conversation"

She's just stating an ordinary fact. On the other hand the dishonest and vicious spin merchants saying junk like

"“I didn’t really expect Democrats to go with ‘you know, it’s cheaper to feed your family if you kill a few
of them’ as a closing argument, yet here we are,” remarked National Review writer Dan McLaughlin."

and

"“This is the Democratic Party,” lamented Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.). “Demonic.”

“Despicable,” agreed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). “I can’t believe this needs to be said, but ending a human life is not the solution for inflation.”"

is as bad as cold-hearted political viciousness gets. See:

rooster, Not nearly as hard as Republicans play. The hard-hardheartedness exhibited in McConnell stealing the SCOTUS spot from Obama. The racism exhibited in their lies about CRT. The extreme coldness in the so-called heartbeat abortion laws. Democrats care about others' feelings.
[...]
As Democrats prepare to head to the 2022 midterms facing a fully radicalized GOP that adulates traitors, religious extremists, criminals, and Christian nationalists like Marjorie Taylor Greene, they must bring brass knuckles to the knife fight, take out the Republicans’ knees if they go low, and fully engage in the culture war in defense of women, people of color, the poor, and other marginalized communities being steamrolled by the GOP hate machine. https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=170229606

The conservative spin quotes of your Murdoch paper above are a prime
example of the hatred and maliciousness which your GOP party is today.