NPR gets Orwellian on abortion

Published March 25, 2010 4:00am ET



From a style memo at National Public Radio:

“On the air, we should use ‘abortion rights supporter(s)/advocate(s)’ and ‘abortion rights opponent(s)’ or derivations thereof (for example: ‘advocates of abortion rights’). It is acceptable to use the phrase ‘anti-abortion’, but do not use the term ‘pro-abortion rights’.”

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