Quote from AAAintheBeltway:
One consistent trait of the hard left is their desire to censor the opposition. They use the ridiculous dictates of political correctness to define a vast list of topics as off limits for discussion. Of course, these just happen to be the topics on which they have weak or unpopular positions, eg racial quotas, affirmative action, identity politics (all involved in the sotomayor nomination), amnesty for illegal aliens, open borders, global warming, the radical homosexual agenda and of course, abortion.
We are lectured that abortion is legal, courtesy of a made-up constitutional "right" that had somehow eluded the most famous Supreme Court Justices for 200 years. While this "right" is paramount, other more familiar constitutional rights do not receive such fawning respect from the left.
For example, the First Amendment. The left views the First Amendment free exercise of religion clause as mainly a tool to force the removal of any and all Christian symbols from public view, including some that have stood for generations. That clause also guarantees the "free exercise" of religion however. In addition, the First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech.
When pro life groups characterize abortion as the killing of a baby, they are exercising their constitutional rights, not engaging in terrorism, hate speech or encouraging murder. Belief in the sanctity of innocent human life is a core belief of virtually every major religion and is clearly protected by the First Amendment. Most Christians and muslims believe that abortion violates that tenet of faith. They are under no obligation, legal or otherwise, to temper their language to make it less uncomfortable for those in the abortion industry.
In fact, the use of accurate language to describe the abortion process is central to the pro life mission. It prevents mothers from being misled by the soothing marketing message of Planned Parenthood, and it forces at least some would be abortionists to focus on exactly what they would be using their medical training to accomplish.
The attempt to muzzle pro lifers is being presaged by similar efforts to censor those who object to the radical homosexual agenda. Those efforts are further along and have resulted in significant erosion of free speech and religious freedom rights. Many workers have been forced to choose between their faith and their jobs when forced to attend diversity training. No government or business employer would force a muslim to eat pork, but they have no qualms about forcing Christians to implement homosexual policies that violate their faith.
The message to pro lifers is that rights that are not tenaciously defended are lost.