BBC’s Amol Rajan criticised for using phrase ‘pro-life’ in Roe v Wade interview

Rajan referred to ‘pro-life groups’ and ‘pro-life coalitions’ in a conversation with the BBC’s North America editor. Photograph: Matt Crossick/PA

One of the BBC’s most high-profile presenters has been criticised for using the term “pro-life” to describe anti-abortion campaigners in a discussion about the US supreme court’s overturning of Roe v Wade.

The term, which is considered partisan, was used twice by Amol Rajan during Saturday morning’s Today programme on Radio 4, in segments about the landmark ruling ending Americans’ constitutional right to abortion.