Sorry, Cosmo: An abortion by any other name is still killing

A late-term abortion by any other name is still a violent act that destroys a human being.

But to staunch abortion advocates, killing some humans is fine as long as we are “medically accurate” in the way we refer to it. An article by Robin Marty in Cosmopolitan condemns the phrase “late-term abortion” and insists we all stop using it:

Marty’s argument that there’s no specific medical definition renders the phrase void in her view; she then cites the pro-abortion American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) whose Executive Vice President and CEO of ACOG, Hal Lawrence, M.D, says:

That reasoning is illogical; the later part of anything is loosely defined as being in the last 50 percent. A late-term pregnancy is generally considered to be in the third trimester. Even the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute discusses the laws on “later term abortions,” pointing out that late-term abortions are generally those committed “post-viability.” While Guttmacher and other abortion advocates disagree on when viability occurs, the fact remains that late (or later) term abortion is one that is done after a certain point in pregnancy.

READ: Correcting the media’s false narrative on late-term abortion is a must

Marty’s argument seems founded on ACOG’s Lawrence and his comments, especially when he adds:

Marty adds that the “medically inaccurate terminology has already become ingrained in the rhetoric” of pro-lifers, as if somehow a preborn human isn’t being violently killed if a “medically accurate” phrase is used. Perhaps Marty is attempting to paint pro-lifers as “medically inaccurate,” which she hopes will therefore lead people to doubt the scientific facts about fetal development, and about other claims made by pro-lifers. After all, if “late-term” abortion isn’t really a “thing,” then no human beings are killed in the late stages of pregnancy… right?

Wrong. While pro-abortion doctors and those who profit from abortion may choose to gloss over the death of innocent children, Dr. Anthony Levatino, an OB/GYN and former abortionist (who, therefore, knows quite a bit about the stages a baby is developed when being killed), confirms that late-term abortion is a reality. Levatino explains in this video animation what happens in a third trimester abortion of a viable human being:

3rd Trimester Induction Abortion: Injection and Stillbirth

Marty seems to be ignorant of the fact that she is using and promoting her own brand of rhetoric, which spins an inaccurate narrative. As Live Action News has repeatedly reported, late-term third trimester abortions absolutely exist and are completely legal in several states. In fact, infamous late-term abortionist, Dr. Warren Hern, advertises late-term abortion services on his own website.

Still, Marty plays her rhetoric card by citing another abortion advocate, Johanna Schoen, associate professor of history at Rutgers University and author of the book Abortion After Roe. Marty writes on Schoen’s opinion:

Schoen should be wise enough to realize that generalizing every pro-lifer is bad logic. Further, many second trimester abortions are of viable babies, as the second trimester extends from the 14th through the 27th week of pregnancy.

In this video animation, Dr. Levatino explains a second trimester dilation and excavation abortion, a procedure during which some viable babies are aborted:

2nd Trimester Surgical Abortion: Dilation and Evacuation (D & E)

What Marty is really trying to do is tear down the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act that the US House had not yet voted on. It later passed and the Senate has introduced its companion bill.

Marty objects, saying, “Public debate over abortion is already extremely challenging. But it’s even more challenging once it becomes clear that the terms being used have different meanings depending on the audience.”

She concludes her illogical argument saying that the legislation on late-term abortion isn’t really that:

In essence, if someone calls it a “late-term” abortion ban, beat ‘em down with your words until they agree with us. Earlier in her column she insists that meaningful dialogue matters, but now she says people should “push back” on anyone who doesn’t use her sanctioned terminology. Why?

Whatever Marty’s logic, there can be no true justification for killing a preborn human being who may very well be viable at the time of abortion (though viable or not, every person deserves a chance to develop without his or her life being sucked out of the womb in the name of choice).

Marty doth protest too much. Her lengthy column seeks to tear down a phrase in an effort to justify late-term abortion by calling it something else. A violent act of destroying a human life by any other name is still a violent act of human destruction. And no amount of illogical reasoning or expert abortion quotations can change that fact. It’s not about language; it’s about life.