SBS panel on fertility includes anti-abortion advocates
SBS is hosting a fertility debate on The Feed next Wednesday. Three panellists featured are closely linked to an anti-abortion network.
SBS is bringing together a panel on falling fertility rates for The Feed next Wednesday. The panel includes three people from the anti-abortion activist movement.
George Mamalis from Turning Point Australia has called feminism a death cult because it gives women reproductive choice. Content creator Elspeth McKellar works for Bird Flip.
This group aims to end abortion. Steph Bastiaan from Women's Forum Australia posts primarily anti-trans content.
All three are associates of anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe. She founded Bird Flip.
The panel also includes three other voices offering different perspectives. SBS said the format takes online conversations away from polarising algorithms.
The broadcaster promised fact-checking.
- 6 members
- Panel size
- 3 panellists
- Linked to anti-abortion network
- Joanna Howe
- Network founder
- SBS The Feed
- Broadcast platform
Why it mattersWhen a public broadcaster puts three allied voices from one movement on a single panel, the appearance of balance can mislead. It obscures how concentrated the viewpoint really is.
AustraliaAustralian viewers relying on SBS for balanced coverage of fertility and reproductive issues will see a panel heavily weighted toward one ideological position.
✓ Claims checked against the source and corrected before publish. checked 3 h ago
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