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4. It's a medical term; "elective" vs "emergent"

Reply to Starry Messenger (Original post)

Fri Oct 19, 2012, 04:35 PM

Oct 2012

The surgery I'm having on my shoulder is elective. It is needed and necessary, but it does not have to be done immediately and/or to save my life/prevent loss of the limb. There are emergent abortions, and though my abortion was medically indicated (my kidney disease is very, very incompatible with pregnancy), it was still elective when it was done.

Elective does not mean "optional" or "trivial" or "cosmetic."

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It's stories like this that piss me off about that phrase "elective abortion"-- [View all] Starry Messenger Oct 2012 OP

I worked in a women run/women directed clinic that did abortions FloridaJudy Oct 2012 #1

Your place sounds like it was awesome. Starry Messenger Oct 2012 #2

Yeah, well, as I said, we went broke FloridaJudy Oct 2012 #3

It's a medical term; "elective" vs "emergent" REP Oct 2012 #4