Our local TeeVee news was talking about the rallies/protests over the abortion ban....

[albacore]

... and was using the term "pro-abortion" to describe them.
We have a Sinclair station in Seattle, but this one is a normal one.
I was there, and I saw ZERO "pro-abortion" signs... just pro-choice ones.

When the fuck did "pro-choice" become "pro-abortion"?

It wasn't just one reporter. The anchor said the same thing.

How are we supposed to frame the narrative when the media ignores the real message and makes up their own?

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. I am pro-abortion!

[maxsolomon]

2. We only have 2 "normal" stations: KIRO and KING

and KIRO is suspect - KIRO FM is the home of Dori Monson.

[albacore]

4. This was KING!!! nt

[maxsolomon]

6. Well, that sucks. KING is about the only one I watch any more.

I tend to think that TV Newspeople aren't the sharpest tools in the shed.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. Pro-abortion is now the updated language used within the movement, so I'm happy to hear the news

using it.

[albacore]

5. I think that the implication is that everybody should be all for abortion.

I'm for choice.
There is a difference.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

7. The reasoning is that choice means little when access is restricted.

Even in states where abortion is legal or even protected, many people don't have a choice because of circumstances. Abortion is at the center of this issue, it IS the issue -- shying away from the term can add to the stigma.

I think that the implication is that everybody should be all for abortion.

I mean, that's what any "pro" or "anti" phrase implies, doesn't it? Why would someone who describes themselves as pro-choice be against abortion?