‘Have you recently had an abortion?’ Australian transiting through US questioned
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How far the mighty guardian have fallen
This sort of thing evidently works though, especially on places like Facebook where only the title and manipulative photo is shown, most people won't bother reading the article.
I admittedly fell for this one as the guardian used to be honest - questioning someone and deporting them for abortion related is deplorable but that wasn't the case at all...
And yes, I do feel that a lot is generated these days, normal people don't write a lot of this stuff and if they do they shouldn't be journalists.
"At one point a US border official asked Gourley, who was wearing a loose-fitting dress, whether she was pregnant."
That is not asking about abortion, that may simply be a question to determine where she is held as if she was pregnant a small room may not be appropriate and may need medical attention - do you see the problem here? They're misleading
And before anyone comments on the next bit of the article, a recent abortion would mean any weight gain (it isn't mentioned but the last question could easily be just because she is overweight) is still evident and may still require attention if in distress, which I imagine being detained might be - the rest can easily be attributed to horrific incompetence and negligence but that is expected.
I find it ironic that you're making stuff up to accuse a journalist of making stuff up. Whether it happened or not is still open to question (is Gourley a believable person?), but it's not open to the accusation you're making.
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At one point a US border official asked Gourley, who was wearing a loose-fitting dress, whether she was pregnant. The same question was repeated as she was moved between rooms. When she again told the US officials she was not pregnant, Gourley was asked whether she had had an abortion.
“She was walking me from one room to the next, and she asked the pregnancy question again,” Gourley told Guardian Australia. “I don’t know if she had forgotten, or she wanted to work out if I was lying or something. “I said no, and she looked at me again and said, ‘Have you recently had an abortion?’
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Unless Gourley is directly lying, she herself (not the journalist) has stated quite unequivocally that the she was asked 'Have you recently had an abortion?', following on from being asked twice about whether she was pregnant.
In addition to selectively quoting, you've assumed motivation on behalf of the CBP person asking the question - that the purpose of the pregnancy question was related to concern about Gourley's medical condition. However the fact of the "pregnancy question" also comes from Gourley, which you're accepting was asked. Did she then make up the "abortion question"? You seem to be trying to have it both ways. That the pregnancy question (as reported by Gourley herself) happened but was merely out of concern, and that the abortion question (also as reported by Gourley herself) did not.
Since when is it the business of US CBP to decide who can work in Canada? That should be up to the Canadian immigration authorities.
Information on the Australian government’s Smartraveller website warns citizens in general terms that US authorities “have broad powers when deciding if you’re eligible to enter”.
Travellers must provide an onward or return ticket and show they have enough money to support themselves, it says, and should be prepared to answer questions about the purpose of the visit, how long they plan to stay, where they will stay and their ties to Australia.
“If you provide false information, or can’t satisfy the officials you’re visiting for a valid reason, you can be refused entry,” the advice says.