The word "abortion" and the word "socialism" are the big bogeywords of conservative extremism. to paint it all as "communism," ignoring that our democracty would not function without the socialism of Social Security, the USPS, our transporation infrastructure system (which includes roads, bridges, trains, air traffic control, etc.), police, fire and rescue departments, public utilities, schools, etc. ad infinitum. Those two words are used to scare "the base" into line and chill any critical thinking or discernment.