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To: unclewest who wrote (109572)4/16/2005 7:48:17 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793801
 
Why don't we refer to it pro-choice by what it really is?

We already do. You just don't relate to the notion of choice as the controlling priority.

If we were to apply your approach to the "pro-life" label, we would end up with "anti-choice" because, from a freedom perspective, that's "what it really is."

We're looking at it from two different angles. The labeling that became accepted was to let each side label from its own angle. But some people resist even this small display of mutual acknowledgement...



To: unclewest who wrote (109572)4/16/2005 10:38:27 AM
From: michael97123  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793801
 
You havent changed at all, have you Mike. You can be pro-choice for a women without being for abortion as the choice. In a perfect world there would be no abortions but in a perfect world, there wouldnt be AIDS, rape, poverty and illiteracy to name a few. Set up a foundation at your expense to adopt all of the prospective abortions and pay for it out of your own pocket if you feel so strongly about this. Mike



To: unclewest who wrote (109572)4/16/2005 12:18:20 PM
From: JohnM  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793801
 
Why don't we refer to it pro-choice by what it really is?

Pro-abortion.


Because it's not. It's pro-choice. The argument is that the choice should be left in a woman's hands. It's not an argument that women should have abortion.

To say it is is the equivalent of saying the "pro-life" policy is forced pregnancy.