X suspends pro-life activist for exposing the violence of abortion

X, formerly known as Twitter, blocked the account of a conservative writer last weekend because he had published photos of aborted unborn babies.

Columnist Victor Joecks’ account was suspended on Saturday. X claimed the posts violated the company’s policy against “gratuitous violence.” Joecks had posted images of unborn children killed in late-term abortions in response to Nevada lawmakers using euphemisms to describe the deadly procedures.

In May, abortion activists celebrated doubling the number of signatures needed to put a bill to enshrine full access to late-term abortions in the state constitution on the November ballot. Abortion advocates cheered the effort to legalize abortion on demand as “health care,” even though an overwhelming majority of Americans support a ban on abortion after the first 15 weeks of pregnancy. According to a Gallup poll last year, only about one in three Americans believe abortion should be legal under all circumstances.

“This is what they mean by ‘abortion rights,'” Joecks wrote in a tweet censored by X. Joecks has included a link to the images here (warning: the link contains a graphic).

“The left hides behind euphemisms when they talk about abortion,” Joecks told The Federalist. “They want to talk about abortion, then we’ll talk about abortion… They can’t defend it, so they want to silence it.”

Joecks appealed the company’s censorship on Saturday, but his request was denied. He appealed again on Monday morning. When asked for comment, the platform’s contact email for media inquiries on Monday automatically replied “Busy at the moment, please check back later,” while another request on Tuesday morning was ignored.

“The claim implies,” said Joecks about X, who described its content as “violent,” “that violence was done to a human being, and I actually agree with that.”

“This is an image that shows violence against another human being,” Joecks added. “I think this is a moment of hypocrisy on the left.”

Tech billionaire Elon Musk acquired X in a hostile takeover in the fall of 2022 and resigned as CEO in June last year. Musk took over the company with a promise to restore free speech after Twitter censors aggressively suppressed opposition content during the 2020 presidential election and the coronavirus pandemic.

However, almost two years after the takeover, Musk’s company still massively censors countless topics.