Hanity's take on the confirmation mess

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Isn't it strange that after a nominee is accused of sexual assault and the accuser provides no evidence except her
own claim, Kavanaugh is painted as doubtful because -even with physical proof, his word is not good enough.

As Mystic Wanderer offered above, claims that Christine Blasey Ford is attempting to protect abortion rights
by trying to derail Kavanaugh's Supreme Court approval at the behest of a pharmaceutical company is now
being ridiculed because... well, because Blasey Ford denies it!

No, Brett Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford isn't linked to abortion pill
By Manuela Tobias on Tuesday, September 25th, 2018 at 4:29 p.m.

'Several headlines on the internet claim Christine Blasey Ford, who accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault,
had an ulterior motive. "Kavanaugh accuser worked for pharma company that sold ‘abortion pill’ for alternative uses,"
a Sept. 21 headline on Patriot News Alerts read. (Kavanaugh has denied the accusation.)

Others took it further.
"Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey exposed for ties to Big Pharma abortion pill maker… effort to derail Kavanaugh
is plot to protect abortion industry profits," a Sept. 20 headline on Natural News read.

Abortion rights advocates worry that Kavanaugh would reverse Roe vs. Wade, the Supreme Court case that legalized
abortion. These stories suggest that Ford went after Kavanaugh because of a special interest in protecting abortion
-inducing drugs. That’s a big stretch...'

Politifact suggests that it's a 'big stretch' because of a mere four-word sentence in brackets!
Still, what can this website -that hurriedly produced this rebuttal, offer in proof that she has no connection to anything
linking a pharmaceutical situation?

'...Ford worked as director of biostatistics for Corcept Therapeutics, a California pharmaceutical start-up, from 2006
to 2012, according to an archive of her since-deleted LinkedIn page. Corcept published six papers under her name...'

Anyone wanna offer the garbage that the deletion was just merely good house-keeping?!

'...But claiming that Corcept sells an abortion pill is like saying a road salt company sells food seasoning.
The company sells Korlym to treat Cushing's syndrome, a rare, deadly condition characterized by high cortisol levels.
Korlym’s main ingredient, mifepristone, blocks the effect of cortisol...'

I use household salt on my driveway when it's iced-up because I don't have access to road salt. By offering an
alternative use doesn't dilute the effectiveness, Polifact's comparison doesn't work!
But I'm sure in the next paragraphs, there'll be no hint that Korlym has anything to do with abortion or being a
contributor to abortion.

'...That ingredient has another use.
Just like it blocks cortisol, mifepristone blocks progesterone, which is crucial to the development of a pregnancy.
In a medication-induced abortion, mifepristone is administered first and another drug, misoprostol, follows.
That empties the uterus by causing cramping and bleeding.

The latter drug, misoprostol, can and is used alone for abortions. However, the combination of both drugs is typically
used for greater effectiveness and fewer side effects...'

So a company that Blasey Ford was a Director of -manufactures a drug to deal with a over-accumulation of cortisol.
Cortisol, a hormone that's produced by the body to deal with stress and effects fats, suppresses the immune system
and can decrease bone growth.

Misoprostol, which is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, is a medication used to start
labour, cause an abortion, prevent and treat stomach ulcers, and treat postpartum bleeding due to poor contraction
of the uterus.

Judge Kavanaugh is seen as an anti-abortion advocate and his progress to the Supreme Court is being thwarted
by a person who was paid by a company who creates a drug that is used for abortion reasons.
And Politifact are saying what...? There's no connection?!!

'...Mifepristone, on the other hand, is not administered alone to induce abortions...'

Technically, this is correct if going off Wikipedia -a valuable website managed by anyone using the internet. But in
the nuances of wording, something offered as a fact can also be debated.
However, Wikipedia claims Mifepristone:
" For abortions it is often used with mifepristone or methotrexate.
By itself effectiveness for this purpose is between 66% and 90%.
It is taken either in the cheek, under the tongue, or placed in the vagina."

So the 'stretch' isn't as elastic as Politifact are suggesting!
Maybe anecdotals could persuade the reader that as a Director of a company that produces abortion-assisting drugs,
Ms. Blasey Ford didn't have an ulterior motive for accusing an alleged anti-abortion nominee of trying to feel her tits?

'...In some other countries, it is used alone as emergency contraception, according to Clare Flannery, a professor of
endocrinology and reproductive sciences at Yale University. That’s not an abortifacient, according to Flannery, because
it plays a role before the sperm and egg implant in the uterus. (Pregnancy occurs after implantation.)...'

Keep the above in your mind for a moment. I mentioned nuanced word-play earlier, here's a good example of it.
'In some other countries...' is said and please remind yourself that when a female human aborts a fetus via medicament
means, the actual part of the planet where it occurs has no bearing. Only the laws and standards of a country do.

Here's where the other part of the word-play is done.

'...In order to induce an abortion in the United States, a low dose of mifepristone is used only once in combination
with misoprostol. Korlym patients take up to four times that dose of mifepristone daily for months or even years...'

See...? Not only have we moved away from the accusations that Blasey Ford worked for a business that created an
abortion-generating drug, we're now reading spurious reasons of why misoprostol should draw a nod from the reader
because in Africa it's okay as a contraceptive pill, but due to silly let's-not-talk-about-'em standards in the United States,
it's seen as a major patron to abortion.

One can only hope the assumed-brown envelopes are well-filled with money for this writer's over-the-top explanation
and denial.

'...Korlym was the first drug the Food and Drug Administration approved for Cushing’s syndrome.
"Mifepristone was developed in 1980, but there was so much political concern for its use in aiding abortions, that its
other therapeutic potentials were overlooked and companies were nervous to pursue it for other conditions," Flannery
said.

The company explicitly warns about the drug’s potential to terminate a pregnancy...'

Fair enough, a warning is a good thing when the drug was originally created to deal with other ailments.
It's nice to see that -not only is the warning on the back of packet and website,
POLITIFACT ARE F*CKIN' PRINTING IT HERE!!

'..."Korlym should never be taken by women who are pregnant or who might become pregnant," a banner on the websit
 reads. "Taking Korlym during pregnancy will result in the loss of a pregnancy. A pregnancy test is required before starting
Korlym or if treatment is interrupted for more than 14 days."...'

Take a bow, Mr. Tobias... you've earned it.

'...Our ruling
A headline said, "Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey exposed for ties to Big Pharma abortion pill maker… effort to derail
Kavanaugh is plot to protect abortion industry profits."

Ford worked for a pharmaceutical company that sells Korlym, a drug that treats Cushing’s syndrome.
The main ingredient in that drug is used in combination with another drug to induce abortions, but the doses differ.
The company does not promote the drug for abortions; in fact, it requires that doctors rule out pregnancy in order to
administer the drug.

We rate this statement Pants on Fire!'

SOURCE:

It warrants a whiff of smoke, but when providing a non-sourced headline and then explaining that the drug in question
does induce abortion -but wasn't designed to, Politifact's overall proof that Blasey Ford didn't accuse Kavanaugh of
sexual assault in order to protect a company she worked for, is anemic -at best.

The clue in this Journalistic-chicanery is that the author spent too-much time on the drug and hardly anything on evidence
that the accuser's motives. Tut-tut, must do better next time in the Shill-Department.