TV abortion ads OKd in Britain

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Updated: February 27, 2012 9:55AM

LONDON — Britain’s broadcast advertising body has given the go-ahead for private abortion clinics to advertise their services on television.

The decision by the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice has angered those who say that the move desensitizes the public to the practice.

The Committee’s spokesman, Matt Wilson, said that “there is not going to be some sort of free-for-all saying: ‘Come to us to get an abortion.’ They are not there to promote abortion, they have to promote an array of services.”

But Conservative lawmaker Nadine Dories said the move would allow broadcasters to make a profit “through advertising revenue off the back of a service which ends life. It’s appalling.” AP