I would like to address some of the supposed “truths” about dilation and extraction Laura Watkins wrote about in her Monday column. Having an abortion is a serious decision women do not make lightly.

Abortionists sometimes refer to these or similar types of abortions using obscure, clinical-sounding euphemisms such as "Dilation and Extraction" (D&X), or "intact D&E" (IDE) which mask the ...