Tim Graham writes in a Nov. 30 NewsBusters post:
Melinda Gates is the ideal philanthropist in the eyes of the liberals at Time magazine – after all, she and her husband Bill Gates became Time’s Persons of the Year…about the same time they gave Time money for a health summit. Anyhow, Melinda was recently honored with the “Ten Questions” interview with Belinda Luscombe in Time’s December 1 and 8 issue.
They promoted “The philanthropist on the importance of contraceptives, her daughters and her growing optimism.” The contraceptive talk turned to….vagina mints? Then Mrs. Gates lied to (or at best, misled) Time about her foundation’s support for abortion advocates.
How so? Gates said that her foundation “only funds contraceptives. We do not do the abortion piece.” Graham’s evidence:
That’s simply not true. While they declared this June that they would no longer fund abortion advocacy, Josh Craddock at Live Action News noted the Gates Foundation is a major funder of Planned Parenthood and other international abortion advocates — to the tune of about $117 million over the last five years. The Gates Foundation explicitly states it’s funding “Global Policy & Advocacy.”
Actually, Graham appears to be the liar. Funding Planned Parenthood does not equal “funding abortion” — after all, only 13 percent of its revenue comes from abortion.
The source for Graham’s baseless accusation, Live Action, is notorious for its deceptive entrapment videos designed to smear Planned Parenthood, and Live Action founder Lila Rose has repeatedly stated her intent to destroy the group. So it’s hardly an objective source of information.
Beyond citing the highly biased and dubious extremist group Live Action, Graham provides no evidence whatsoever that any Gates money is funding abortion “advocacy,” let alone actual abortions.
Don’t expect Graham to apologize for his false accusation — as long as he can link Gates with abortion, however fraudulently, that’s good enough for him.