The Belfast Telegraph is refusing to publish parts of an ad dealing with the right to life of the unborn that had been taken out by the Northern Irish Catholic Bishops.
The newspaper initially agreed to publish the bishops’ statement on today’s elections in the North, “Make Your Voices Heard”.
However, they subsequently asked that sections highlighting abortion and religious freedom be taken out.
In one example, in a section about the rights of the unborn, the paper objected to the line saying that the unborn are “being increasingly relegated – culturally, politically and legally – to the realm of the worthless and sub-human”.
Archbishop of Armagh, Eamon Martin, called the move “disturbing” and said it amounted to “editorial interference” and “censorship”.
Another newspaper, the Irish News, carried the ad in full.
