"Wow, this is pretty despicable. Woman captivates thousands in anti-abortion movement with false story of difficult pregnancy
There was only one problem with the unfolding tragedy: None of it was true.
Not the pregnancy, and not the photos posted on the blog of the supposed mother and Baby April Rose, swaddled in white blankets. The baby was actually a lifelike doll, which immediately raised the suspicion of loyal blog-followers.
She had expected only a handful of friends to read it, but when her first post got 50 comments, she was hooked. "I've always liked writing. It was addictive to find out I had a voice that people wanted to hear," Beushausen said. "Soon I was getting 100,000 hits a week, and it just got out of hand," she said. "I didn't know how to stop. ... One lie led to another."
So the lie isn't the problem, but the fact that she got addicted to blogging made her continue on. What a sad and disgusting tale. Using a phony story to whip up the anti-choice movement is pretty vile. A woman has the right to choose in this country, but the religious right will do anything it can to try and take that right away. You never hear them talk about the mother in any of their debates. It's like the woman is only a "vessel" to carry a child and doesn't exist in any other manner. "Bring the vessel here." "How dare the vessel speak out."
Hullabaloo calls them moral midgets."
Anti-choice movement gets duped in a Blogger Baby Hoax | Crooks and Liars
What in the blue blazes is the matter with these people?
There was only one problem with the unfolding tragedy: None of it was true.
Not the pregnancy, and not the photos posted on the blog of the supposed mother and Baby April Rose, swaddled in white blankets. The baby was actually a lifelike doll, which immediately raised the suspicion of loyal blog-followers.
She had expected only a handful of friends to read it, but when her first post got 50 comments, she was hooked. "I've always liked writing. It was addictive to find out I had a voice that people wanted to hear," Beushausen said. "Soon I was getting 100,000 hits a week, and it just got out of hand," she said. "I didn't know how to stop. ... One lie led to another."
So the lie isn't the problem, but the fact that she got addicted to blogging made her continue on. What a sad and disgusting tale. Using a phony story to whip up the anti-choice movement is pretty vile. A woman has the right to choose in this country, but the religious right will do anything it can to try and take that right away. You never hear them talk about the mother in any of their debates. It's like the woman is only a "vessel" to carry a child and doesn't exist in any other manner. "Bring the vessel here." "How dare the vessel speak out."
Hullabaloo calls them moral midgets."
Anti-choice movement gets duped in a Blogger Baby Hoax | Crooks and Liars
What in the blue blazes is the matter with these people?
