{"id":281394,"date":"2022-12-13T08:38:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T14:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=281394"},"modified":"2022-12-14T21:36:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T03:36:04","slug":"associated-press-stylebook-abortion-topical-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/associated-press-stylebook-abortion-topical-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Associated Press stylebook puts politics over facts in new ‘abortion topical guide’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Associated Press made changes to its style guidelines for journalists last week that demonstrate even further the extent of the media’s bias in favor of abortion.<\/p>\n

The news agency announced<\/a>\u00a0that “a new entry has been added to the stylebook” in the “abortion topical guide.” In addition to instructing journalists to replace the terms “pro-life” or “pro-choice” with “anti-abortion” and “abortion-rights,” the Associated Press also noted that the word “abortionist” should be avoided because it, in their view, “connotes a person who performs clandestine abortions.” In reality, this is only one<\/em> interpretation of the term. The term has actually been in use since 1884, according to Merriam Webster<\/a>, and is defined as “one who induces abortions.”<\/p>\n

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In addition, the stylebook takes issue with the term, “late-term abortion” despite the fact that media has used this terminology for decades to mean an abortion committed late in pregnancy, such as the second and third trimesters. In fact, even abortion business websites themselves have long used that terminology<\/a>, as have media outlets and the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) is a pro-abortion entity and frequently<\/a> changes<\/a> its terminology to match its ideology<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Do not use the term \u201clate-term abortion.\u201d The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists defines late term as 41 weeks through 41 weeks and 6 days of gestation, and abortion does not happen in this period. pic.twitter.com\/KjT1k9rDSS<\/a><\/p>\n

— APStylebook (@APStylebook) December 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n