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U.S. Funded Health Search Engine Blocks 'Abortion'
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by nk | April 4, 2008 at 05:29 am
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A U.S. government-funded medical information site that bills itself as the world's largest database on reproductive health has quietly begun to block searches on the word "abortion," concealing nearly 25,000 search results.
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at 05:36 on April 4th, 2008
Didn't you get the memo? "Abortion" no longer exists... But seriously, if that's the message that USAID is trying to send, I don't think they'll get the results they desire.
Update: indeed, results come back as "none found"- a bit disingenuous for a reproductive health site.