Thanks for covering this. What has been missed by many reading newer posts as the news has traveled outside the librarian community is that there is currently a work-around - the database staff have not removed the abortion indexing term or the actual citations, but have simply made it deliberately impossible for your basic searcher following the database directions to retrieve those citations. I have a bit of an explanation about how to find the "abortion" citations themselves (rather than just trying to use other terms), as well as a fairly detailed overview of the situation, including that that "government funding" for the database comes from USAID, which has been widely criticized for its approach to abortion and sex ed concerns. A running list of other bloggers covering the topic is also included. Thanks for spreading the word; a statement from Popline is expected by another blogger at ResourceShelf today.
Thanks for covering this. What has been missed by many reading newer posts as the news has traveled outside the librarian community is that there is currently a work-around - the database staff have not removed the abortion indexing term or the actual citations, but have simply made it deliberately impossible for your basic searcher following the database directions to retrieve those citations. I have a bit of an explanation about how to find the "abortion" citations themselves (rather than just trying to use other terms), as well as a fairly detailed overview of the situation, including that that "government funding" for the database comes from USAID, which has been widely criticized for its approach to abortion and sex ed concerns. A running list of other bloggers covering the topic is also included. Thanks for spreading the word; a statement from Popline is expected by another blogger at ResourceShelf today.