What's in a Name?

via Drudge

The Washington Post is running an article on the FDA's approval of a new "emergency contraception" that works for up to five days after sexual intercourse. It's actually one of the most balanced pieces I've ever seen from the Washington Post, including concerns that the drug could function as an abortifacient (but no one knows if this actually happens), as well as alleged concerns people are having that men could slip this into women's drinks -- just to be safe.

As if the possibility of abortion weren't disturbing enough, the street name for this drug is the rather deceptive appellation of "ella." This is a pleasant sounding word, sounds like a character from a young adult novel, and also happens to be the Spanish word for "she."

I'm going to predict that someone will suggest the name exposes some kind of Margaret Sanger racism -- that "ella" appears just when the country is worried about illegal immigrants reproducing. After all, as the Post piece observes, ella's official drug status might make it available for federal funding. So why not dump a couple of bags on those poor, helpless, immigrants, and help them live a better, more affluent, childless life in America. Liberals will probably think this is a way to quell the fears of conservatives.