Google modifies Policy On Abortion Advertising, Responding To Backlash

U.S Tech Giant,Google will require advertisers who wish to run ads about abortion to apply for approval first, according to a change in the company’s policy.

All Advertisers in the UK, US and Ireland will need to declare whether they do or do not provide abortions.

This Implies That, information will be displayed in Google search results.

According to the policy, the changes will help users “decide which abortion-related ads are relevant to them”.

The policy change follows a report in the Guardian that found the tech giant had provided tens of thousands of dollars in free advertising to an anti-abortion group, whose ads suggest that it performs the procedure at its clinics.

Marge Berer, coordinator for the International Campaign for Women’s Right to Safe Abortion, said that identifying clinics that do not provide abortion services is “extremely important”.

Ms Berer said,”It’s a huge step forward,” “It means women will not have to be trapped into talking to someone they don’t want to talk to and be delayed in getting the services they need.”

The new policy also comes in the wake of a controversial law in Alabama, which outlaws abortion in almost all cases – including rape and incest.