The words we use: on the mistake of media's use of "pro-life" framing

The Washington Post's Margaret Sullivan got me thinking about something today.

Earlier today, the Washington Post published a piece by media columnist Margaret Sullivan about rhetoric and the role it played in the fight for (and against) abortion rights in the U.S. Her column, “The media fell for ‘pro-life’ rhetoric — and helped create this mess,” is an important piece of journalism worth checking out.¹