Students for Life of America (SFLA) has known for some time that the media is no longer the detached, objective Fourth Estate and honest seeker of truth. Instead, they are a fully co-opted public relations firm of the Democrat Party. Nowhere is this more obvious than on the issue of abortion, in which they are willing to contort any story to fit a radical abortion narrative.  

A case in point comes from a recent incident in South Carolina. In a story published at CNN, Lauren Sausser of KFF News buried the lead in a story that reportedly involves a baby girl born early – AND ALIVE – who tragically died. 

But CNN and KFF aren’t distraught over this precious baby’s death. They’re more upset about the investigation of that death: a confirmed human life.  

Amari Marsh was a junior at South Carolina State University in 2023 when she was reportedly investigated for “murder/homicide by child abuse.” CNN reports: 

“Solicitor David Pascoe, a Democrat elected to South Carolina’s 1st Judicial Circuit whose office handled Marsh’s prosecution, said the issues of abortion and reproductive rights weren’t relevant to this case.” 

Let’s unpack this, shall we? 

The Details of the Case (As Reported by the Media):  

Marsh is pregnant and goes to Planned Parenthood, receiving Chemical Abortion Pills.  

In November 2022, she took a positive pregnancy test. Regarding going to Planned Parenthood and getting Chemical Abortion Pills, CNN reports: 

“An incident report filed by the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office on the day she lost the pregnancy stated that in January 2023 Marsh made an appointment at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Columbia to ‘take the Plan-C pill which would possibly cause an abortion to occur.’ The report doesn’t specify whether she took — or even obtained — the drug.” (emphasis added) 

“During an interview at her parents’ house, Marsh denied going to Planned Parenthood or taking medicine to induce abortion.” 

Marsh experiences pain, goes to the Emergency Room, and then returns to the hospital.  

According to CNN:  

“On Feb. 28, 2023, Marsh said, she experienced abdominal pain that was ‘way worse’ than regular menstrual cramps. She went to the emergency room, investigation records show, but left after several hours without being treated. Back at home, she said, the pain grew worse. She returned to the hospital, this time by ambulance.” 

“According to the sheriff’s department report, hospital staffers told Marsh that she was pregnant and that a fetal heartbeat could be detected. Freaked out and confused, she chose to leave the hospital a second time, she said, and her pain had subsided.” 

In the middle of the night, she went to the bathroom and delivered it at her apartment. Her then-boyfriend called 911 when the emergency dispatcher told her to get the baby (still alive) out of the toilet.  

“I couldn’t because I couldn’t even keep myself together,” Marsh was reported saying.  

“First medical responders detected signs of life and tried to perform lifesaving measures as they headed to Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg, the incident report said,” reported CNN. “But at the hospital, Marsh learned that her infant, a girl, had not survived.” 

The investigation starts with the mother and her child’s death. 

A sheriff’s deputy told Marsh in her hospital room the following day that the incident was under investigation. According to the incident report, Marsh responded that “she did not feel as though she did anything wrong. ” On June 2, 2023, Marsh was arrested. 

When Marsh lost her pregnancy on March 1, 2023, women in South Carolina could still obtain an abortion until 20 weeks beyond fertilization, or the gestational age of 22 weeks. 

The arrest warrant alleges that not moving the infant from the toilet at the urging of the dispatcher was ultimately “a proximate cause of her daughter’s death.” The warrant also cites as the cause of death “respiratory complications” due to a premature delivery stemming from a maternal chlamydia infection. Marsh said she was unaware of the infection until after the pregnancy loss. 

Zipporah Sumpter, one of Marsh’s lawyers, said the law enforcement system treated her client as a criminal instead of a grieving mother. “This is not a criminal matter,” Sumpter said. Without proof, Marsh’s attorney also contends that race is a factor, as her client is Black. 

Here Are the Takeaways:  

Infanticide – allowing a child to die – is a crime. And whatever this is, it is NOT abortion. 

Even a Democrat lawyer found abortion was irrelevant, as CNN reports again:  

 “Solicitor David Pascoe, a Democrat elected to South Carolina’s 1st Judicial Circuit whose office handled Marsh’s prosecution, said the issues of abortion and reproductive rights weren’t relevant to this case.” (emphasis added)  

“… Pascoe said the question raised by investigators was whether Marsh failed to render aid to the infant before emergency responders arrived at the apartment, he said. Ultimately, the grand jury decided there wasn’t probable cause to proceed with a criminal trial, he said. ‘I respect the grand jury’s opinion.’” 

So, bottom line: this is NOT abortion. Look at the facts stripped down:   

1. Marsh, the mother, said she did not take Chemical Abortion Pills.  

2. The first responders reported that the baby was alive when they arrived.  

3. Leaving the baby in the toilet was not a good decision.  

4. Murder/homicide by child abuse is a crime, no matter how old a baby/child is.  

The media wants to pretend that this is about abortion, which is much easier for them than the gruesome reality of this case – this is about a baby who reportedly was alive in a toilet bowl before dying at the hospital.  

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