I got into a discussion with a pro-choicer. She told me it was "just a foetus" I told her Foetus is latin for offspring. She said I lied. She looked it up.
Then I told her what partial birth abortion was. That was a loud discussion until she checked out the truth.
Sometimes these people just don't know truth. They buy the soundbites.
I bet she still disagrees with you, but now she hates you.
I was in a dentist’s office and got into a discussion with the dentist and her assistant about partial birth abortion. (I know, not the best place). This was in 2000 when Gore was running and they were enthusiastic about how wonderful Gore was.
I told them what partial birth abortion was. They were like, no, they don’t do that!
You are right, a strong effort to keep abortion around is dedicated to making sure people are ignorant about the nature of it.