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by jtgeibel 1090 days ago
Do you honestly believe that the name Planned Parenthood is confusing to the point of being intentionally deceptive?
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Yes. Proponents of abortion (a neutral term) use terms that minimize the actions they are taking to deceive and lessen the guilt of what they are doing.

* terminating the life of a fetus isn't "infanticide" it's a "choice"

* an abortion clinic isn't "an execution center" it's "a medical center"

* people who are against abortion aren't "pro-life" they're "anti-choice"

* abortion isn't "child murder" it's "healthcare"

They do this to normalize their actions. If they spent one second contemplating what they are doing from a neutral point of view it would be terrifying. A la "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream".

Wow, it's incredible just how much you're warping language.

> terminating the life of a fetus isn't "infanticide" it's a "choice"

To make abortion sound worse, you redefine infanticide. Encyclopedia Britannica says: "infanticide, the killing of the newborn" - notice how being born is a necessary precondition?

> an abortion clinic isn't "an execution center" it's "a medical center"

Yes, just like any other place that does healthcare.

> people who are against abortion aren't "pro-life" they're "anti-choice"

Yes, you want to take people's choice away.

> abortion isn't "child murder" it's "healthcare"

Yes, because the child develops during pregnancy, it's not there from the moment of conception. Makes it pretty difficult to murder a child if there is no child yet.

But that's what you have to do to make your arguments work - there is no logical basis, so you have to warp everything around you to hopefully find some way to manipulate those around you.