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Abortion on television: update

June 28th, 2004 · 1 Comment

Back in April, I posted about the announcement that the U.K.’s Channel 4 was planning on broadcasting footage of an abortion taking place, and it had created some furor in the marketplace. Today, The Guardian writes that not only did the program run in late April, but that media regulator Ofcom has said that the “My Foetus” show “treated a difficult subject responsibly and with appropriate sensitivity.”

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  • 1 Blastednews.com // Jun 29, 2004 at 6:01 pm

    Abortion on television

    Just came across this article on another blog. I was shocked to hear about it. I haven’t heard of any such show taking place in the UK until just now. The Media Drop: Abortion on television: update…