How is “the long and short of it” used?

In Whatever Works (2009), one line is: “Abortion is murder, that's the long and short of it.”

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The clip at the top of this page is from Whatever Works (2009).

used when you are telling sb the essential facts about sth or what effect it will have, without explaining all the details

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used when you are telling sb the essential facts about sth or what effect it will have, without explaining all the details
Abortion is murder, that's the long and short of it.
and that is the long and short of it.

Definiciones del Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 9.ª edición

Abortion is murder, that's the long and short of it.

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