here's my issue with the 'rare' part of safe, legal and rare

[NanceGreggs]

61. If children are innoculated ...

... against polio, cases of polio become more rare.

What is the "very large negative connotation" there?

"You said you wanted them to be rare, so we'll shut down all but one abortion clinic in the state."

Saying that abortion should be rare is NOT a matter of restricting the number of abortions sought and provided. It is a matter of less unwanted pregnancies resulting in less need to terminate those pregnancies.

What is being argued here is that saying abortion "should be rare" somehow means cutting back on the number of abortions provided - which has nothing whatsoever to do with it. With access to fact-based sex education and birth control, the number of abortions SOUGHT goes down - ergo, the number of abortions needed to terminate an unintended pregnancy goes down.

The notion that saying "abortion should be rare" means "let's perform fewer of them on women who want/need them" is utterly ridiculous, and misses the point entirely.

The only thing I would add to "safe, legal and rare" is "easily obtainable and affordable".