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The bias of the BBC is clear. So is the fallacy of “pro-choice.” Never has that been clearer than today, as the national broadcaster has platformed abortionists concerned that some women in Wales are continuing their pregnancies rather than travelling to England for abortions.
BBC Wales sought comment from Dr Ed Dorman, a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist for a British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) facility in London. He lamented the lack of surgical abortion facilities in Wales as it means some women instead give birth to their babies.
Dorman said he treats women travelling from Wales approximately every other week and expressed particular concern about those who never reach his clinic.
“What worries me the most is I only see the women who manage to make it,” he said.
“There may be a significant number of women who never manage to do the journey and are forced to continue an unplanned pregnancy in really difficult circumstances.”
The BBC report also highlighted comments from Dr Jane Dickson, who represents the British Society of Abortion Care Providers in Wales.
Dickson cited the case of a young woman who was offered an abortion appointment in England but could not afford the journey. As a result, the woman’s child is still alive.
“She didn’t have any support, and she actually made the decision that she would not be financially able to travel,” Dickson said. “So, she actually kept the pregnancy.”
Dickson carried on her tirade, criticising hard-working Welsh medical professionals her refuse to butcher the unborn.
Under the Abortion Act 1967, healthcare workers have a legal right to refuse participation in abortions on conscientious grounds, except where treatment is immediately necessary to save a woman’s life or prevent grave permanent injury.
Dickson described conscientious objection as “widespread” in Wales and claimed it was worsening existing problems with abortion provision.
She complained that medical professionals unwilling to participate in abortions could create difficulties in securing operating theatres and support staff.
“We can’t be a country that doesn’t offer a basic requirement of care that has been legal for 60 years,” she said.
Around 90 per cent of abortions in England and Wales are medical, involving abortion pills (supposedly) before ten weeks gestation. Surgical abortions are much less readily available in Wales a mercy for the preborn child later in pregnancy. BPAS says approximately 175 women travel from Wales to England for surgical abortions each year.
The Welsh Government has now said improving abortion provision is one of its priorities under its women’s health plan and that it is working with NHS Wales to identify barriers preventing abortions from being provided closer to home.
Peter Kearney, SPUC’s Communications Manager, has berated the BBC: “The BBC has written a sickening love letter to abortion, evidently supporting the lamenting abortionists they’ve interviewed. Now, the new Welsh Government has committed to increase the number of late-term surgical abortions in the nation as a result. We wonder how?
“Abortion is evil. Late-term surgical abortion causes a child pain. The BBC is encouraging the growth of this practice. They did not speak to those standing up for the unborn child, and they ignored the life of that child throughout.
“I’m sure the women who didn’t make the journey to England and now hold their children are grateful for the lack of surgical abortion provision. Their voices weren’t heard either. We expect this from BPAS, but this shoddy journalism is a disgrace from the national broadcaster and SPUC (through SPUC TV) are committed to providing an alternative, life affirming media outlet.”
