POPLINE Controversy

POPLINE, a database of reproductive health literature, gained attention in the mainstream media this past week as database administrators admitted to, then reversed policy on, blocking searches on the word 'abortion'. POPLINE is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development and managed by the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.

For the story, see:

Overreaction to Bush Administration Complaint Prompted Block on 'Abortion' Searches, Threat Level blog from Wired.com, 7 April 2008.

Hopkins Restores Access to Health Site, Baltimore Sun, 5 April 2008.

Statement Regarding POPLINE Database, Johns Hopkins University, 4 April 2008.

U.S. Funded Health Search Engine Blocks 'Abortion', Threat Level blog from Wired.com, 3 April 2008.