Life-affirming medical professionals share the objective of promoting optimal healthcare for both pregnant women and preborn children. To achieve this goal, it is essential that we use precise, medically accurate language to describe the pregnancy-related practices which intentionally harm our patients. It is especially necessary to distinguish these practices from medical interventions that separate a mother and her preborn child in the case of life-threatening pregnancy complications. We need to use this factual language consistently with our patients, with colleagues and in the public square. Failure to do so may result in confusion about the legality of lifesaving medical care and ultimately hurt the very people we endeavor to protect.