The same author goes on to state:
“I sensed that no matter how straightforward Center women were with me or with each other about resisting the language barriers erected by antis, they seemed uneasy when clients used tainted words. I found this uneasiness to be contagious; for instance, Hallie and I were silent when the client asked us whether digoxin [a chemical used in second and third trimester abortions] was what “killed the baby.” Center workers found themselves in an awkward position….how might feminists reappropriate tainted language?”
Wendy Simonds. Abortion at Work: Ideology and Practice in a Feminist Clinic Rutgers University Press: New Brunswick, NJ) 1996. p 80