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Surprising Sex Stats: Probably Three In Four Pregnancies End In Abortion. Other Stats . . . .
- Thread starter Skwim
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I've known the abortion numbers for a long time, but I really do like to differentiate between spontaneous abortion, which happens naturally, and intentional, in which the woman makes a choice. And it is a fact that spontaneous abortion happens a lot more often than practically anybody realizes.
Callisto
Hellenismos, BTW
My mom had several between each of us she carried full term. Had they all survived, at the least, I'd have twice the siblings.
Those are called "miscarriages" if it happens before the 20th week. I have never heard the phrase "spontaneous abortion" in my life before this video.
Impressive wordplay on the part of some to try and make abortions seem normal, I will say.
Skwim
Veteran Member
See, RF can be educational.
That you prefer lay terminology does not mean the medical terminology is born of some stratagem to make abortions seem normal, which they just happen to be. From MedicineNet
"In medicine, an abortion is the premature exit of the products of conception (the fetus, fetal membranes, and placenta) from the uterus. It is the loss of a pregnancy and does not refer to why that pregnancy was lost. A spontaneous abortion is the same as a miscarriage."
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Shad
Veteran Member
3 of 4 people that get pregnant are irresponsible. Next!
Epic Beard Man
Bearded Philosopher
yes spontaneous abortions happen. If a woman’s body believes something is amiss it will abort pregnancy. You learn this in sex education.
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
Nope. You did not watch the video, did you?
Guitar's Cry
Disciple of Pan
22% engaged in consensual non-monogamy...cool!
While technically correct, common parlance in thisSee, RF can be educational.
That you prefer lay terminology does not mean the medical terminology is born of some stratagem to make abortions seem normal, which they just happen to be. From MedicineNet
"In medicine, an abortion is the premature exit of the products of conception (the fetus, fetal membranes, and placenta) from the uterus. It is the loss of a pregnancy and does not refer to why that pregnancy was lost. A spontaneous abortion is the same as a miscarriage."
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context doesn't treat "miscarriage" as an abortion.
To conflate the 2 words seems misleading.
Someone's got a bee under his bonnet.
You mean the OP, right?
Tom
Sure, him too.
Aupmanyav
Be your own guru
You are a heretic.
Shad
Veteran Member
You are a heretic.
I try.
Guitar's Cry
Disciple of Pan
I am going to suggest it was redirecting rather than misleading. They clearly explained that the statistic consisted of both spontaneous abortions (miscarriages) and medically induced abortions, seemingly in an attempt to destigmatize the notion that a person who had an abortion is "bad."
If they were misleading, they wouldn't have been clear about it or would have presented false information.
Guitar's Cry
Disciple of Pan
Aside from the statistic clearly including spontaneous abortion (miscarriage), it also does not specify abortions done due to irresponsible sex.
So the statistic includes rape, folks who got preganant responsibly but had to terminate for medical reasons, and folks who had sex responsibly but still got pregnant (defective condom, man misused condom, other defective devices, etc.).
Guitar's Cry
Disciple of Pan
"Feticide" and "feticide rights people" being mischaracterizations...
In what way?
Tom