“Now more than ever, we must stand up to dangerous misinformation.”

The BBC has said it will not stop labelling attempts to ban abortion after six weeks as “heartbeat bills” – despite conceding that the phrase is biased and medically inaccurate.

A coalition of four leading reproductive healthcare organisations – the Federation of Gynecologists and Obstetricians (FIGO), International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), Marie Stopes International (MSI) and Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) – wrote to the BBC, demanding it stop using the phrase in its coverage of attempts in some US states to introduce bans on abortions after six-weeks.