Sort of, you can talk freely in America about abortion without fear of death; we're literally doing it right now. I think what you're referring to what is soci

Sort of, you can talk freely in America about abortion without fear of death; we're literally doing it right now. I think what you're referring to what is socially appropriate. Most of these topics would be poor taste to discuss in public, but the mere act of doing so wouldn't land you in the back of a windowless van, which is the difference.