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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: Rapunzel on February 02, 2014, 12:42:19 am
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http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2014/02/01/blows-new-euphemism-abortion-full-fange-reproductive-options-women
Blow's New Euphemism for Abortion: 'A Full Range of Reproductive Options for Women'
By Mark Finkelstein | February 1, 2014
The reluctance of abortion-rights advocates to call the procedure by its name, and their preference for euphemism, is legend.
To the euphemistic lexicon of "pro-choice," "women's health," "reproductive freedom," etc. ad nauseum, Charles Blow has made the latest contribution. His New York Times column of today (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists/charles_m_blow/index.html) speaks of Republican candidates opposing "a full range of reproductive options for women."
What does such squeamishness say about the way abortion-rights advocates sense the public largely feels about abortion . . . or how in their heart of hearts some feel about it themselves?