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Google anti-abortion?

091020_google.jpgGoogle, which has always been widely lauded for their human rights awareness, has okayed a policy change prohibiting AdWords promoting abortion in 15 countries. I’ve recently come across this article about Google Inc. issuing an AdWords advertising policy update stating it would no longer accept ads that promote abortion services in the following fifteen countries: Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Spain and Taiwan. Various women’s organisations have contacted Google to ask for the rationale behind this policy change. Rebecca Gomperts, Joanna Erdman and Susan Newell stated in their letter to Google (in which they were representing various human rights organisations)that they were worried about “the adverse effect of the [policy] on women seeking safe and lawful abortion services due to restricting access to information.” They argued that such restrictions “may contribute to unsafe abortion in a manner inconsistent with human rights principles,” and pointed out that Google Inc. “plays an important role in the protection of human rights.” More…

News selected by Covalence | Country: Global | Company – Ethical Quote link: Google | Source: Women 24

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