{"id":1419200,"date":"2022-04-05T07:30:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T11:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1419200"},"modified":"2022-04-05T07:31:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T11:31:03","slug":"democrats-divided-on-use-of-term-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-divided-on-use-of-term-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Divided on Use of Term \u201cAbortion\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-divided-on-use-of-term-abortion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1419200&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"aside1\" class=\"left\">\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A piece published in The Washington Post on Saturday claimed that Democrats are divided over using the term \u201cabortion\u201d when it comes to pushing their extreme \u201cpro-choice\u201d policies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/04\/02\/abortion-rhetoric-roe\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">piece<\/a>, written by WaPo reporter Caroline Kitchener, comes as several states, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/madelineleesman\/2022\/03\/07\/desantis-expected-to-sign-15-week-abortion-ban-into-law-n2604214\">Florida<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/madelineleesman\/2022\/03\/24\/idaho-governor-signs-texas-style-abortion-ban-into-law-n2604984\">Idaho<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/madelineleesman\/2022\/03\/31\/arizona-gov-ducey-signs-bills-limiting-abortion-and-protecting-womens-sports-n2605312\">Arizona<\/a> have pushed legislation limiting abortion to protect unborn lives. In addition, a 15-week abortion ban is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/madelineleesman\/2021\/12\/02\/leftists-lose-it-over-possible-roe-v-wade-overturn-n2599985\">currently under review<\/a> by the Supreme Court. In response, several pro-abortion lawmakers, such as Democratic\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/madelineleesman\/2021\/11\/16\/newsom-aims-to-boost-californias-abortion-infrastructure-report-n2599190\">California Gov. Gavin Newsom<\/a> have announced plans to expand abortion.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Kitchener explained that a \u201cdiverse coaltion of abortion rights groups\u201d led by the organization We Testify urges politicians like President Biden and other pro-abortion Democats to use the word \u201cabortion\u201d to \u201chelp destigmatize the procedure at a critical moment.\u201d Kitchener added that leaders at Planned Parenthood, NARAL Pro-Choice America, and Emily\u2019s List also urge Democrats to use the word \u201cabortion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThose abortion rights groups only recently shifted their rhetoric, moving away from a discussion of giving women the \u2018choice\u2019 to a full embrace of the word \u2018abortion,\u2019 pushed by women of color-led advocacy groups that have championed the more direct language,\u201d Kitchener wrote.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Renee Bracey Sherman, founder of We Testify, told Kitchener that Democrats need to \u201cunapologetically\u201d embrace abortion. She created an online tracker called \u201cDid Biden Say Abortion Yet?\u201d to keep track of how many times the president uses the term.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Kitchener added that Bracey Sherman wrote in a statement after Biden\u2019s State of the Union address that \u201cwe cannot afford to have a pro-choice president who is afraid to say the word abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">On the contrary, Kitchener explained that Democrats in \u201ccompetitive districts\u201d tend to \u201clean on other words,\u201d such as \u201cfreedom\u201d and \u201cpersonal decisions.\u201d One of Biden\u2019s pollsters, Celinda Lake, emphasized this.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIn more marginal districts, [you] should talk much more about the shared value than the medical procedure,\u201d Lake told Kitchener. She did not use the term \u201cabortion.\u201d She added that voters are more receptive to statements such as \u201cwe\u2019re going to protect reproductive health care, including abortion\u201d rather than only saying the word \u201cabortion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Catholic Democratic Rep. Conor Lamb (PA) told Kitchener that he generally uses the term \u201cwoman\u2019s right to choose\u201d or \u201chealth care\u201d over \u201cabortion.\u201d He added he likes to emphasize the word \u201cchoice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Laphonza Butler, the president of Emily\u2019s List, disagrees. Butler told Kitchener that \u201cusing euphenisms can fuel stigma and being direct about support for abortion rights is not only the right things to do, but also politically advantageous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Mallory Carroll, who is vice president of communications at pro-life organization Susan B. Anthony List, told Kitchener that Democrats use the term \u201cchoice\u201d and other terms \u201cas an attempt to divert attention away from the procedure itself\u201d when it comes to abortion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIf Democrats make the conversation about \u2018a woman\u2019s right to choose\u2019 or a \u2018constitutional right,\u2019 more moderates will support their position on abortion,\u201d Carroll told Kitchener. \u201cEveryone can get behind the constitution. 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