"Partial-Birth"

[Charles Doyle]

Another such rightwingism that is making its mendacious way into journalism and general discourse is "death tax"--a term contrived to give the impression that the descendants of non-gizillionaires will have to pay inheritance tax.

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 07:10:23 -0700
>From: Dave Wilton <dave at WILTON.NET>
>Subject: Re: "Partial-Birth"
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>"D&E" is also older and is used in clinical contexts and in medical literature. "Partial birth" is entirely a political creation and also tends to be the term used by news organizations.
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