The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists wants people to use sanitized language when discussing the deliberate killing of innocent life.
(LifeSiteNews) A powerful pro-abortion OB/GYN organization would like everyone to stop using terms like “baby” when discussing the destruction of innocent human life.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) released a March 2022 “Guide to Language and Abortion.”
“Much of the language that is colloquially used to describe abortion or discuss health policies that impact abortion has a basis in anti-choice rhetoric and is inherently biased and inaccurate—and at the very least, is not medically appropriate,” the guide says.
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It instructs readers on the “preferable language” to use. For example, do not say “baby” or “unborn child,” because “[c]entering the language on a future state of a pregnancy is medically inaccurate.”
Instead use embryo (for the first eight weeks since the last menstrual period) or “fetus” until the baby is delivered.
Other words to avoid are “partial-birth abortion,” “abortion-on-demand” and “elective abortion.” “Abortion-on-demand” is a common rallying cry of abortion activists. Elective abortion is a term frequently used in medical journals.
The term “abortion provider” is verboten now, too. “Clinicians who provide abortion care are highly trained medical experts who provide patients with a wide range of medical care, of which abortion is a part,” ACOG explains.
“Using this phrase perpetuates the myth that they are not medical experts and that abortion care is the extent of their expertise.”
“Instead, make sure to say “physician(s) who provide abortion.”
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The term “dismemberment ban” is out of bounds, too.
“Referring to this medical procedure as ‘dismemberment’ is intentional use of inflammatory, emotional language and centers the procedure on the fetus, rather than on the pregnant person who is the clinician’s patient,” the guide warns, erasing the biologically accurate “pregnant woman” from its lexicon at the same time.
ACOG also says to avoid referring to a “heartbeat bill” or a “fetal heartbeat.” Legislation should be referred to as “gestational age bans.” Fetal heartbeats should be referred to as “fetal cardiac activity.”
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