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5. Too many people misunderstand the term "abortion."
Tue May 14, 2024, 09:30 AM
May 2024

In North Carolina, physicians asked to testify to the state legislature about the medical implications of their proposed ban. The legislators - super majority Republican - refused to allow testimony and passed a draconian law without allowing public comment.

People hear "abortion" and think it means "lazy irresponsible slut gets pregnant and then decides in her 8th month that she doesn't want the baby and can't be bothered to give the poor thing up for adoption so she walks into a clinic and has them kill the baby." THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN. It's a lie, concocted to get people to vote Republican.

There is a medical definition for abortion and way too many people don't understand it. Now they're finding out. It's a shocker.

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