Spin and euphemism power the abortion trade
by Caroline Farrow, TCW:
BPAS, the UK’s largest abortion provider, has been recruiting for the following role, as per this ad:
The British Pregnancy Advisory Service – the UK’s leading charitable provider of abortion services – is looking for a Public Affairs & Advocacy Manager to help shape the work of its External Affairs Department. The department is responsible for BPAS’ s press and public policy work, including campaigns such as We Trust Women to decriminalise abortion across the UK, and Back Off, calling on the Government to move anti-abortion extremists away from clinic doors and protect women’s access to services. We work to inform public discussion on a range of issues – from the changing age of motherhood to why emergency contraception belongs on our pharmacy shelves – and we push for women’s access to evidence-based information, not scare-mongering on all matters relating to reproductive and sexual health.
It’s a wonderful practical demonstration of how an organisation employs newspeak in order to facilitate deception and manipulation in order to obscure the thoroughly unpleasant nature of their trade.
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