Gianna follow-up

Date:Tue, 6 Dec 2005 12:51:51 +0000 (GMT)
From: ion
Subject: Abortion article
To: jane.elliott@bbc.co.uk

Dear Ms Elliott,

I was interested to read your online article on Gianna Jessen, and was pleased to see that you allowed the able Ann Furedi of BPAS to respond to Gianna's 'human interest' story.

I'm not convinced that this article belongs in the Health section, as Ms. Jessen's mission is clearly religious and political, but not health-related. She has been a professional anti-abortion campaigner since the age of 14 (http://www.marys-touch.com/testimonies/jessen.htm), and is touring the British Isles on a political pro-life speaking tour. It was not clearly presented that state law in California would only have permitted a 3rd trimester abortion in the circumstance of foetal abnormality or threat to life of the mother.

The headline on the online health section- "Abortion survivor How Gianna Jessen defied medical science to live" is particularly incompatible with the content of the article. Ann Furedi made it clear that an abortion delivering a viable foetus is essentially a botched procedure, and not a miracle.

Regards,
(ion)