Terms like 'abortion tourism' meant to fabricate outrage

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

By Monica Hesse / The Washington Post

By the time Ron DeSantis used the phrase “abortion tourism” in a televised interview last weekend, the phrase had already become a favorite little slogan among antiabortion conservatives.

In an interview hosted by the Faith and Freedom Coalition, the Florida governor and presidential candidate was asked a question related to a military policy of funding abortions for active-duty service members who might have to cross state lines in order to access abortions. “They are breaking, violating the law by funding abortion tourism,” DeSantis replied. “We’re running low on ammunition, our recruiting is in the absolute gutter now, and you’re funding abortion tourism?”

In July, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., told a news anchor that “the military should not be paying for abortion tourism.” In August, Rep. Randy Weber, R-Texas, used the phrase when he introduced the Ban Offshore Abortion Tourism (BOAT) Act, in order to “prohibit abortions in maritime jurisdiction.”

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When I did a news search to get a sense of how, and by whom, “abortion tourism” was being employed, I found something interesting: The phrase itself isn’t new; its use dates back at least 40 years ago, mostly in European countries, to neutrally describe the act of individuals crossing national borders to end pregnancies. But in the past 15 months, since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the phrase has bloomed in the United States, used almost exclusively by antiabortion Republicans and with obvious intent: to make pregnant people, whom the party has forced into desperate straits by pushing draconian state laws, seem like harlots on holiday.

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comment-terms-like-abortion-tourism-meant-to-fabricate-outrage/

[The Unmitigated Gall]

1. How about "Forced-Birth Refugee"?

Fucking pukes.

[Timeflyer]

5. That's it. That's the winning rebuttal.

Trivializing women's reproductive health care for political points--typical rethugs.

[dlk]

2. Abortion tourism is a non sequitur

Tourism is traveling for pleasure. There’s nothing pleasurable about having to travel long distances for medical care. Republicans only care about whipping up rage toward women.

[SWBTATTReg]

3. And the fact that these people have to travel out of their own states, to get potentially

lifesaving care or die otherwise, is disgusting. I like how they cover their tracks by applying these terms to these desperate people, who simply want medical care at home, and not have to travel. Despicable.

[TomDaisy]

4. Luntz

[tanyev]

6. Of course when their wife, daughter, or mistress needs one,

it will be “medically necessary travel”, won’t it?