BBC at it again

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JellySaurus · 22/12/2025 08:22

The only occurrence of women in an article about women’s access to abortion care in the USA is in the clinic’s name: Bristol Women’s Health. Oh, but they have shown an evenhanded view by quoting both female and male anti-abortion activists. [sarcasm]

While I get that abortion access is the important issue in the article, who is it that gets abortion? Who is it whose life is affected by abortion and by forced birth?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93nwrzgypqo

The town's sign reads: Bristol VA and Tenn, A good place to live

Divided between two states, the town at the heart of America's abortion debate

The only abortion clinic in town is fighting an eviction notice and other efforts to shut it down.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93nwrzgypqo

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ArabellaSaurus · 22/12/2025 08:25

Wall to wall 'people'. Subtle; unless you know to look for it you almost wouldn't notice the erasure of 'women'.

I expect this is a US reporter?

Coatsoff42 · 22/12/2025 08:42

Why are they even interviewing men on this subject? This is an issue for women to decide. I don’t see lots of women interviewed for men’s health issues. That would be an interesting watch, a couch full of women talking about prostate screening, or the men’s loneliness epidemic on the breakfast show.

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