Abortion’s Effect on Language

By: Mr. Wilson on August 4, 2005
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The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto points to two articles that highlight the weird effect the abortion debate has had on language usage in the U.S. Compare:
"A 13-year-old giant panda gave birth to a cub at San Diego Zoo, but a second baby died in the womb, officials said Wednesday."--Associated Press, Aug. 3
"A cancer-ravaged woman robbed of consciousness by a stroke has given birth after being kept on life support for three months to give her fetus extra time to develop."--Associated Press, Aug. 3
That's a pretty strange -- and disturbing -- language inversion if you ask me.

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