Cowardly Abortion Lingo, by Emmy Griffin

Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, GOP politicians have seen several losses both in the voting booth and in state legislation. A conversational private meeting was proposed for a small select group of GOP senators to discuss what may have changed in the abortion debate. According to the Senate Leadership Fund super PAC, the problem is the way that people now understand key terms surrounding the debate.

The terms in question are “pro-life” and “pro-choice.” According to some poll results that were presented to the GOP senators, Americans see the term “pro-life” as shorthand for banning all abortion and “pro-choice” as having exceptions. Even Senator Josh Hawley admitted after viewing these polls: “Many voters think [‘pro-life’] means you’re for no exceptions in favor of abortion ever, ever, and ‘pro-choice’ now can mean any number of things. So the conversation was mostly oriented around how voters think of those labels, that they’ve shifted. So if you’re going to talk about the issue, you need to be specific.” …

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