Issue Area: Abortion


Extra Articles and Studies
Parroting Propaganda on Family Planning: The right successfully spins stimulus coverage (April 2009) By Julie Hollar

Choosing to Call Giuliani 'Pro-Choice': Media mislabel GOP hopeful (January/February 2008) By Peter Hart and Jim Naureckas

Framing the Abortion Ruling: Religious right’s terms leave women out of issue (July/August 2007) By Julie Hollar

Less...
Muting the Women's March: Media lose focus when women protest in Washington (July/August 2004) By Julie Hollar

Self-Gagged on Gag Rule: Coverage of family-planning restrictions inaccurate, incomplete (May/June 2001) By Jennifer L. Pozner

Pro-Choice Not Networks' Choice: Abortion rights ads too "controversial" for TV (September/October 2000) By Jennifer L. Pozner

Partial Truth Abortion Coverage: Media adopt rhetoric of 'fetal rights' (March/April 2000) By Miranda Kennedy

"Terrorists" Attack Ski Lodges, Not Doctors (Update December 1998)

Walking the Abortion Plank: What the Republican Platform Really Says (Update August 1996)

Far-Right Militias and Anti-Abortion Violence: When Will Media See the Connection? (July/August 1995) By Laura Flanders

Media Turned Population Debate Into Pope vs. Veep: From the Women's Desk (November/December 1994) By Laura Flanders

Anti-Abortion Terrorists on TV (Update October 1994)

Is Murder Moral?: Executive Director's Column (September/October 1994) By Jeff Cohen

Koppel's "Tough Question": Should Doctors Be Killed? (Update February 1994)

SoundBites (April/May 1993)

Abortion Coverage Leaves Women out of the Picture (Special Issue on Women 1992) By Tiffany Devitt

Radio Broadcasts
Jodi Jacobson on the Stupak amendment, Barbara Miner on 'merit pay' (11/20/09)

Gloria Feldt on abortion ruling, David Kotz on Boris Yeltsin (4/27/07)

Phyllis Bennis on George W. Bush & Helen Thomas, Garance Franke-Ruta on NYT's abortion op-eds (3/24/06)

Action Alerts and Advisories
Giuliani, Pro-Choice?: Media mislabel GOP front-runner (11/13/07)