The chief editor of The Boston Globe recently agreed to a new set of guidelines for stories about partial birth abortion.
Ombudsman Christine Chinlund recommended the guidelines in response to concerns expressed by Douglas Johnson, the legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee.
The new guidelines call for the use of the phrase 'partial birth abortion' to explain the procedure. Guidelines also ask reporters to admit that partial birth abortion is used in cases where it is not medically necessary and make note of the exemption in the bill for the life of the mother.
The Globe was one of five news organizations taken to task by National Right to Life for misinformation about partial birth abortion in their stories. Majorie Signer, spokeswoman for the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, responded to the new guidelines calling them “surprising” and “unfortunate.”
(This update courtesy of LifeSite News.)
