{"id":27197,"date":"2022-12-09T17:57:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T17:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/?p=27197"},"modified":"2024-08-29T15:18:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T15:18:31","slug":"major-news-style-guide-tells-reporters-dont-use-pro-life-pro-choice-or-pro-abortion-instead-say-anti-abortion-or-abortion-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/major-news-style-guide-tells-reporters-dont-use-pro-life-pro-choice-or-pro-abortion-instead-say-anti-abortion-or-abortion-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Major News Style Guide Tells Reporters \u2018Don\u2019t Use Pro-Life, Pro-Choice or Pro-Abortion,\u2019 Instead Say \u2018Anti-Abortion or Abortion-Rights\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Journalists are being told not to use the terms \u201cpro-life\u201d and \u201cpro-choice\u201d when writing about abortion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Associated Press issued new guidelines for the topic of abortion Monday. The writing stylebook says to now \u201cuse the modifiers anti-abortion or abortion-rights; don\u2019t use pro-life, pro-choice or pro-abortion unless they are in quotes or proper names. Avoid abortionist, which connotes a person who performs clandestine abortions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001D44quL3MgrDjaTwG-sIwmoy_2WkBba3aC2L55JPqDu-Cm3rz8Uz8WsBai_ulUw-G-dlq08hOaD4HAs0wkgMsCcse4lmm4yNuuJij3cNTafRI2vapDelqk_zQKgW9fdVoCLYjGivMBjlkVdrSOd86ZQiyZEhlya7FWQJ5IeOADB0NErGqBJr2RhwAKA5P8fwc4fhRmxK9ueGSqYF5eoxe0hht6VWMysTbMZx7y1G5WFh2aytI_Mhtr9AxXRIrywiQKtQ42PXvkh6R4VabyfkRZt7ypUmYOkM5KCY_zRalpcXWlL2aeV1vDLpEoNP8ri9Jpu-HfCAPLsWE1zzqcRiTMRyfHJO95vsz&amp;c=9BTt4EXUIm4ko-2rSt3Uh0nAjxhoJ2_b_9u6RD4QWimcwl5GTUEjig==&amp;ch=OJGK7qhRapGxoRKO19Ed46TJ2_NZkL-L-9Sv96MY6Ntc_LfKmEzH7w==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Full Daily Signal Story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journalists are being told not to use the terms \u201cpro-life\u201d and \u201cpro-choice\u201d when writing about abortion.&nbsp; The Associated Press issued new guidelines for the topic of abortion Monday. 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