Recently the internet at my work has been blocked for certain sites (like youtube), presumably to keep us from wasting time. A few weeks ago, however, I was reading someone's blog and when I clicked to look at older blog entries I received a notification that the page was blocked. The reason it gave for blocking: abortion. First off, the blog I was looking at was a Mormon housewife type blog, so I'm sure there was no mention of abortion on it. Second, why the hell does my work think they need to block pages about abortion? Sure, it's a gruesome topic, but it is still a legal activity. I'm mostly just curious why that specific term has been blocked on our company's internet. Do we have a problem with people researching how to perform abortions here? Is this a slippery slope that will result in blocking pages ranging from universal healthcare to stem cell research? Will we only be able to visit Glenn Beck's homepage by the end?
Update: The SUU newspaper website is also blocked because of "abortion." WTF?
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As an editor at the SUU Newspaper, I can assure you that we try to make sure that abortion is discussed on every page.
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