Abortion is of course legal
in the UK – this year will be the 45th anniversary of the bill
receiving Royal Assent, and the performing of abortions for profit is also
legal, but one can’t help feeling a little disquiet at the news.
Advertising is used to
distinguish one brand from another for the purposes of profit. On what basis
are these abortion clinics (they call themselves post-conception advisory
services; why do they need a euphemism?) competing with each other? Quality?
Will someone be allowed to offer cut-price, only slightly risky abortions? I
don’t suppose so.
What about the nature of
advice? Catholic charities have been prevented from advising women not to have
an abortion (family-friendly PM David Cameron voted for this). So, no, it won’t
be the nature of the advice.
Will they try celebrity
endorsement? If one of the in-crowd like Katie Price or Lady Gaga have
entrusted themselves to a particular clinic will other women think it a good
idea to emulate them?
Or is all this just to they
can advertise abortion itself, to promote the concept? Britain has one of the
highest abortion rates in the world, and I have often wondered if we shouldn’t
be trying to find out why.
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