From: Rick
It seems that she came into the process with a particular outlook and
is upset that
Wikipedia does not\
support her position.
Boy, it's sure easy for people to attack her, when her criticism of the
articles as poorly muddling medical with moral issues is entirely valid.
You all might try taking the criticism better. For example, pretend that
someone whose opinion you respect said
" This is obviously a subject which has been subjected to a great deal
of controversy and dare I say propaganda and this has led to a great
deal of erroneous information disseminated as fact.
There are a number of major errors in the Wikipedia entry describing the
D&X abortion procedure. The most glaring error is the statement that
this is a late term abortion. While it might be described as a late
abortion, performed around the middle of the pregnancy, it is certainly
almost never performed "Late Term" which is the last third of the
pregnancy or to be technically correctly after 26.6 weeks. This
procedure would usually be impossible to perform that late in the
pregnancy.
I also note the use of "birth canal" to describe the vagina as if a
woman had an exit chute on her baby factory; and the use of "womb" in
place of 'uterus'. Both these terms, and the misstatement of the time
the procedure is performed, lead me to believe the article was mainly
written by somebody opposed to abortion who was more interested in
getting a subtle message out then actually providing honest information.
Since we are describing a medical procedure appropriate
medical/biological terminology which is well understood by the general
population is the appropriate vocabulary.
May I suggest reading this article before using the term "PBA" as
loosely as it is used in your current entry.
http://womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/499/"