BBC to broadcast programme live from abortion clinic

BBC to broadcast programme live from abortion clinic

[link to www.telegraph.co.uk]

The BBC is to air a two-hour radio show live from an abortion clinic, in a programme expected to make broadcasting history.

Due to air next month, it will feature interviews with women undergoing terminations as well as doctors and counsellors at the clinic.

Pro-life campaigners criticised the move, saying it amounted to “free advertising” for abortion, but pro-choice advocates welcomed the programme, saying it was a chance for it to be presented in a way that was not “couched in terms of controversy”.

Victoria Derbyshire, who will present the show on BBC Radio Five Live, said it would “give us an insight into an area of British life which is taboo”.

Derbyshire said it was not the purpose of the programme to weigh the arguments for and against abortion, saying that “the pro and anti view is well known”.

The clinic involved in the programme has yet to be named but is likely to be identified, according to the Independent.