tus," pro-life activists decided to call the procedure a "partial birth abortion." This caused people to think of a fully formed baby half born and then killed. This manipulation of words made it possible to pass a law against the procedure-to chip away at constitutionally protected abortion rights for women. The issue was also used against Democrats that were against prohibiting the procedure, although the procedure is only used when the mother's life is in danger. Some people think Al Gore lost the 2000 election in his home state of Tennessee because
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