TV's Frink said:
He said both abortion AND miscarriage. I reserve my right to be offended.
Didn't notice the other one. So I can agree with you on that.
Using terns like abortion, rape, or retarded in these situations is offensive regardless. It's a fucking movie.
However, I can't agree with you on that. There is nothing inherently offensive about any of those words. In certain contexts? Certainly, emphatically so. But just taking those words at their literal meanings at face value? No. And there's also nothing about any of those words that cannot apply in a valid sense to a movie.
"Kirk's character arc was aborted to make room for more action."
"The high-profile director raped the studio of all of its assets for his dream project so that no equipment was left for the first-time director to make his film."
"The villain's demonstration of his sadistic nature was retarded by the director's choice to show him in a more sympathetic light."
Now, maybe DE meant to use those words in a legitimate sense, or maybe he used them as slurs. I don't know. Miscarriage, too, is a word that has other contexts than in reproduction, but, as I said, it does seem to be an unfortunate choice to put abortion and miscarriage back to back.