No, You Can’t Be ‘Kind of’ Pregnant

Slippery terminology undermines human dignity.

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A couple of years ago, the @MillennialWoes account put up one of the best X posts I’ve ever seen, about the difficulties of debating modern liberals: “It’s amazing how much leftist discourse is just them pretending not to understand things, thus making discourse impossible.”

This post was the first thing that jumped to my mind when I saw the headlines and chatter around last week’s New Yorker essay on pregnancy by Apoorva Tadepalli, which boldly declared, “You can be kind of pregnant, a little bit pregnant, or almost pregnant, or maybe pregnant, and still test positive for pregnancy.” While Tadepalli’s piece was a thoughtful reflection on the pain of miscarriage and the uncertainty of pregnancy, it continues a theme prompted by pro-abortion advocates to deliberately misunderstand and reject objective reality surrounding human nature and human value.

JG

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John Gerardi

John Gerardi is the executive director of Right to Life of Central California in Fresno. A lawyer and the founding CEO and current development director of the Obria Medical Clinics of Central California, he hosts the radio shows and podcasts The John Gerardi Show and Right to Life Radio.

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