In 1997 I turned in a script I had written for a piece I filmed on abortion for the Sunday CBS News. "You can’t use the term pro-life," a producer said to me after reading my draft.
"Why?" I asked, incredulously.
"Because it’s CBS policy – ‘anti-abortion rights activists’ is what we use," she said flatly.
"Why?" I asked again.
Irritated that she had to provide an explanation, she snapped: "Because we do not want to appear like we’re taking sides. We don’t use ‘pro-choice’ either. For them we use ‘abortion rights activists.’"
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