The unfolding Lindsay Clancy trial has exposed a sickening trend: instead of honoring the three children whose lives were taken, too many in the cultural elite rush to absolve the accused and rewrite horrific crimes as mere symptoms of fashionable ideology. Jurors are still deliberating in the Plymouth, Massachusetts case, but the public reaction has already revealed where many progressives’ sympathies lie — and it’s not with the victims.
One of the most shocking examples is a video posted by Dr. Noa Sterling, a board-certified OB-GYN who founded a pregnancy and postpartum app, in which she expresses sympathy for Clancy and even says she is “proud” of her amid the triple-murder trial. Sterling’s comments — coming from a physician who trades on maternal care — have sent a clear message: some professionals are more interested in ideological posturing than in basic moral clarity.
The reaction online was immediate and furious, with the clip amplified across social platforms and conservative commentators spotlighting Sterling’s remarks for widespread condemnation. Medical forums and social feeds lit up with calls for accountability as members of the public and professionals alike questioned the judgment of someone in a trusted role promoting sympathy for an accused child killer.
Don’t let anyone gaslight you into thinking this is just a conversation about “postpartum mental health” divorced from personal responsibility; the defense is indeed arguing mental illness, but that is precisely why courts exist — to weigh evidence, determine culpability, and protect the innocent. The notion that a well-connected class of pundits and clinicians should preemptively absolve a defendant before a jury reaches a verdict is a dangerous erosion of justice and commonsense decency.
There’s another uglier layer here: the commodification of maternal trauma by app-driven entrepreneurs who profit from a narrative that elevates victimhood into virtue. When an OB-GYN who markets an app for pregnant and postpartum women uses that platform to signal-consuming takes on a murder case, it blurs the line between genuine care and performative advocacy. Americans deserve doctors who treat patients, not influencers who signal allegiance to an ideology at the expense of grieving families.
If professional standards mean anything, medical boards and employers should review whether public statements like these comport with the ethical obligations of physicians — and if not, there should be consequences. This isn’t cancel culture; it’s basic accountability: a doctor who publicly praises or defends a person accused of murdering her children undermines public trust in the profession and should answer for it.
Hardworking Americans understand mourning and responsibility; we also believe in due process, but we won’t sit quietly while elites rewrite murder as a talking point. As the jury continues deliberations and the system does its work, let that process run its course — and let those who trade in outrage and moral relativism pay the reputational and professional price for placing ideology over victims.
