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Atman

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6. Why?

Reply to msongs (Original post)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 06:05 PM

Feb 2012

Please stop giving in to silly ideas like this. What the hell is the difference? Your motivations would appear to be nothing more than thwarting the righties, but there is nothing wrong with the term "birth control." It means YOU are able to CONTROL whether or not you give BIRTH. Every time we give in the pressure of the right wing lunatics, we become less of ourselves and more of them. Fuck that.

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Please call it "pregnancy prevention" NOT birth control.... [View all] msongs Feb 2012 OP

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