Today LifeShite takes the Halifax Chronicle Herald to task for its May 9 story about a dust-up between fetus fetishists and normal people. It seems the Chronicle Herald reported that the dust-up was over Bill C-484, aka The Kicking Abortion’s Ass Bill.

Not so, says LifeShite. Uh-uh, no way, not atall atall. Nope. The fetus fetishists were marching against abortion, not in support of C-484, which has nothing, nada, zip to do with abortion.

“The event ‘March for Life Nova Scotia’ was a peaceful rally to memorialize the anniversary (May 1969) when the abortion law was struck down in Canada. This WAS NOT* a rally to oppose Bill C-484, contrary to what [was] written”, said Executive Director of Campaign Life Coalition Ellen Chesal.

*caps in original

So, let’s see what the Chronicle Herald actually reported:

The uproar centred on Bill C-484, which seeks to create a separate criminal charge which could be laid for injuring or killing a fetus during an attack on its mother.

Then a pro-choice demonstrator is quoted. Which, of course, has to be balanced by an anti-choice demonstrator. Viz:

Anti-abortion demonstrator Ellen Chesal said she wants to see the bill passed.

“This (bill) is for those women who want to have a baby and it’s being destroyed because of a husband or boyfriend who doesn’t want it,” she said.

Hey. Wait. That’s not just an ‘anti-abortion demonstrator’, that’s the same woman quoted by LifeShite. Executive Director of Campaign Life Coalition Ellen Chesal.

Ooopsie.

We’ll leave the last words to a commenter at the Chronicle Herald:

Devin Maxwell wrote:
If Bill C-484 is not a veiled attempt to re-open the abortion debate, why is a pro-life group marching on the legislature in favour of it?

That’s what we at Birth Pangs have been wondering right the way along.