Abortion advocates and truth

WA abortion apologists hype up the language*

On August 14 last, Perth newspaper The West Australian carried an article entitled, “Abortion safe zones a start”. The two writers, Dr Susie Allanson and Adrianne Walters, therein convincingly mishandle the truth.

The language they choose to describe the behaviour of life witnesses outside abortion clinics – “screamed at”; “jostled”; “misleading and graphic images”; “harassment”; “intimidation”; “accosted”; “shamed” – is employed to paint a picture of threa…

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