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In reply to the discussion: We should not be pro abortion! [View all]Solly Mack
(97,225 posts)People react negatively to the word abortion because they were either taught by their religion it was wrong, or maybe their parents told them it was wrong. Or whatever.
But it's a medical procedure and I see no reason to pretend it is anything else. People bring their own baggage to the word - not the other way around. That's not the case with all words, of course.
It's a medical procedure. People need to stop turning it into anything else.
If people want to take the negativity out of the word - a negativity people put into the word to begin with - they might try thinking of it as medical science - because, well, it is.
But then some people fear the word science, so...
Yes, I know women struggle with the decision - some do, anyway. But that's their emotional journey and can't be said to be true of all women. A look at why some women are made to feel negative/bad about the medical procedure would better serve to remove the negative connotation than to pretend there is anything wrong with the medical procedure itself.
I can only speak for myself.