The BBC is committed to “due” impartiality, which means context is significant in determining whether there has been a breach of standards. In this case the ECU noted the word “care” had been used on several occasions in the same report but in different circumstances. For example it  was initially used by a worker at an abortion clinic who expressed their dismay at the Supreme Court decision:

Clinic Worker:  This isn’t a country that I ever thought I would know.  I thought that this country would still care about people, would still care about women.

And then by the BBC reporter:

Sophie Long:  Inside they had to come to terms with the fact that the care they provided here is now a criminal offence.

The ECU considered viewers would have understood the clinic worker was using language to express her concern for the wellbeing of women seeking an abortion or abortion advice.  The context in which Ms Long used the word, however, was not the same.  She spoke about “the care they provided here” and was referring to the provision of care for women seeking an abortion, similar to a reference to the provision of social care or mental health care.  In this context, the word was appropriately neutral and did not, in the ECU’s view, imply support for one side of the abortion debate.
Not upheld