Terms "Medically Necessary” Or Medically Appropriate Abortions Means Any Abortion.

Abortion advocates and supporters like Senator Barbara Mikulski use phrases like “medically necessary” or “medically appropriate” abortions or services to hide what they really mean when talking about abortion.  What they really mean is abortion on demand-abortion for any reason that a woman may give for an abortion-not abortion because the unborn presents a threat to the mother’s life or even her physical health.  National Right to Life notes that “with respect to abortion, the term ‘medically necessary’ merely meant that the woman was pregnant and desired an abortion, not that some health-related criteria were involved. (See p. 3)  National Right to Life quotes a former Planned Parenthood VP to substantiate this

 

“In 1993, William Hamilton, vice president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, told Knight-Ridder Newspapers that “medically necessary” abortions include “anything a doctor and a woman construe to be in her best interest, whether prenatal care or abortion” (Philadelphia Inquirer, Sept. 8, 1993). The National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL) defined “medically necessary” as “a term which generally includes the broadest range of situations for which a state will fund abortion” (Who Decides? A Reproductive Rights Issues Manual, 1990). A senior Clinton Administration health official told Congress, “When we're talking about medically necessary or appropriate [abortion] services we are also talking about all legal services” (Judith Feder, principal deputy assistant secretary for planning and evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services, Jan. 26, 1994). (See footnote 5)

 

When you hear people like Mikulski talk about "medically necessary" or "medically appropriate" abortions or procedures, it’s code language for abortion on demand-throughout pregnancy for any reason.