Politics over science: U.S. newspaper coverage of emergency contraception
Monday, April 27, 2015In 2013, emergency contraception captured headlines when the FDA made Plan B One-Step available over the counter for women of any age. How did the news media cover this major milestone and the public debate leading up to it? In this paper, we explore how accurate journalists were in their reporting, what arguments for and against emergency contraception appeared in the news, whose voices were missing from coverage, and implications for advocates.