The Atlantic ditches Kevin Williamson over extreme abortion comments
4/7/18
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4/6/18:
The Atlantic has parted ways with Kevin Williamson, the conservative columnist who faced a storm of controversy over his previous comments on abortion after being hired last month by the magazine, Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg announced to staff on Thursday.
In a note sent to staff, and provided to CNN, Goldberg said Williamson’s comments calling for women who have had abortions to be punished by death ran “contrary to The Atlantic’s tradition of respectful, well-reasoned debate, and to the values of our workplace.”
In 2014, Williamson said on Twitter that “the law should treat abortion like any homicide.”
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