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I want to re-iterate, we are not avoiding those terms because WE or OUR BASE do not believe in these statements. We are avoiding them until our Comms team has a chance to present the compelling reasons they found for why these messages are less helpful for us, especially with broader general public communications.
The revelation of such a fundamental shift in public messaging comes on the heels of upheaval at Planned Parenthood, which earlier this month ousted President Leana Wen just eight months after she took the role. Much of that was due to her apparent unsuitability for the role, according to staffers who spoke to Rolling Stone, with Wen being unfamiliar with “basics of political organizing”—but also due to “her belief that she could de-politicize Planned Parenthood.” Wen reportedly believed Planned Parenthood should focus on promoting the idea of abortion as healthcare, but without understanding the impossibility of depoliticizing the issue in doing so.
Planned Parenthood may have avoided that trap by ousting Wen. But at a time when abortion rights are eroding faster than any point since Roe, the idea that NARAL might be shying away from messaging like “abortion should be legal”—or attempting to destigmatize abortion by saying it’s normal or is like any other healthcare procedure—is troubling. It’s also hard to shake the horrible thought that a consultant probably got paid more money than most people make in a month to produce this.
https://splinternews.com/naral-email-instructs-field-staff-not-to-say-abortion-s-1836806884>>7298443
>https://splinternews.com/naral-email-instructs-field-staff-not-to-say-abortion-s-1836806884