A linguistic trick of affirming the right to abortion while simultaneously devaluing it.

[Ineeda]

124. 100% agree.

I believe in -- oh, horrors!!!! -- "abortion on demand." (Yet another shaming tactic.) If a woman wants an abortion, for ANY reason, no matter how offended or dismissive some would be about that reason, it's her choice. Only hers. And how 'rare' is rare anyway? If a woman has 12 fertile cycles a year and is fertile from age about 13 to 50-ish, that's a pretty big number of potential unwanted pregnancies. So how many should she be allowed? One a year? One a decade? I had three - one illegal, and terrifying. But only because it was illegal and I'd heard the horror stories. I had not one moment of regret, remorse, sadness, or emotional trauma for any of them. No physical trauma or discomfort, either. Only gratitude and relief.
AND my employer-provided insurance covered the two I submitted. I was ready to fight, as it was a legal medical procedure, but I ever heard a peep from them. As it should be.