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saras

(6,670 posts)
20. I frame it as "fetus removal"
Tue Feb 7, 2012, 07:19 PM
Feb 2012

If someone wants to have a whole bunch of intense emotions around the issue, that is THEIR CHOICE, and THEIR CHOICE ALONE.

The reason Europe is so much more sensible about it is NOT that they are passionately committed to a different approach, its that they acknowledge that passion leads to stupid politics.

The sane healthy world I'm aiming at treats it as a minor medical procedure, the private business of a woman and her doctor(s). No more. I want to see "abortion fanatics" in the same bucket as "birthers", "new Earthers", and "flat Earthers".

I am NOT, EVER going to give anyone the political message that THEIR emotions around abortion are ANY grounds for ME, or ANYONE ELSE I KNOW, to change their behavior in any way, any more than your friendly neighborhood plaster casting foot fetishist is going to convert everyone in the neighborhood, gay, straight, or other, into plaster casting foot fetishists.

It's the same position I've always held since I first learned about birth control, it was fairly mainstream when I developed it, and America has moved FAR to the right during my lifetime.

Good idea MNBrewer Feb 2012 #1
I don't ever remember it not being called hifiguy Feb 2012 #2
ditto dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #5
I prefer "contraception." silverweb Feb 2012 #3
Why? It's less accurate. David__77 Feb 2012 #4
No, it does not terminate pregnancy. It prevents the implantation of a fertilized ovum. CTyankee Feb 2012 #14
OK, point taken. But neither should we "sacralize" the implanted embryo. David__77 Feb 2012 #23
I absolutely agree! but the "moment" of pregnancy is still NOT at fertlization... CTyankee Feb 2012 #25
Biology FAIL. Plan B PREVENTS pregnancy by preventing implantation. kestrel91316 Feb 2012 #19
Why? Atman Feb 2012 #6
just because YOU cannot understand the difference does not make you qualified to define my msongs Feb 2012 #13
Whoa! Just because I "don't understand"... Atman Feb 2012 #21
the pills, i just call "hormones". more descriptive. and besides, they have a variety of uses. unblock Feb 2012 #7
A rose by any other name, my dear! mysuzuki2 Feb 2012 #8
I prefer German straightforwardness, like, die Anti-Baby Pille stevenleser Feb 2012 #9
if it pisses of the religious right, I'll call them jagged little liberal abortion funpills DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2012 #10
It was always called "family planning" when I worked overseas lapislzi Feb 2012 #11
Good luck with that. Scuba Feb 2012 #12
I kinda like "abortion prevention" too, altho I doubt that will catch on... CTyankee Feb 2012 #15
you mean like "homicide bomber"? no thianks. everyone knows what birth control is Obama3_16 Feb 2012 #16
lets keep birth control because people understand the term dembotoz Feb 2012 #17
I have been calling oral contraceptives the birth control pill for kestrel91316 Feb 2012 #18
I frame it as "fetus removal" saras Feb 2012 #20
it's always been birth control to me. barbtries Feb 2012 #22
Phrase 'birth control' dates back to at least 1914 muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #24
I see nothing wrong with the term 'birth control' LeftishBrit Feb 2012 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Feb 2012 #27
Granted, it is not right-wing, but the term was originated in 1914. coffeenap Feb 2012 #28
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