Mon Mar 14, 2022 – 1:41 pm EDTMon Mar 14, 2022 – 2:36 pm EDT WASHINGTON, D.C. (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.
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
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