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silverweb

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3. I prefer "contraception."
Tue Feb 7, 2012, 06:01 PM
Feb 2012

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]And if some poor brainwashed soul doesn't know what that means, it's an opening to explain/discuss.

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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