I'm pro-choice.

[jazzfish]

There's not much else that needs to be said, but why let that stop me.

The decision to terminate a pregnancy involves two people: the woman whose pregnancy it is, and Nobody Else.

Abortion clinic protesters and firebombers, and other such domestic terrorists acting in the name of saving unborn babies, would be better served attacking in vitro fertilization clinics. Of course, if they did that they wouldn't get to feel all superior by shaming the dirty sluts.

Not that the anti-choicers have any semblance of moral consistency in any case.

Really, the minute you make an exception "in cases of rape or incest" you've given up on the whole "it's a child not a choice" nonsense. Murder is murder; why are you punishing an unborn child for having a rapist for a father?

Ezra Klein is a smart guy. I'm happy to see him attack the "abortion is icky" thinking that pervades a great deal of pro-choice dialogue.

Happy anniversary, RvW. May you see many more.

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[jazzfish]

If your beliefs on abortion are so strong, why do you not have the courage to come out and call it what it is?

Because I don't believe in everyone having an abortion. For one thing, it's a tricky business for half the population.

I believe that every woman should have the right to choose, for herself, whether or not to terminate her pregnancy. The need for a quick soundbite so that the television-watching masses will understand what we're talking about has reduced "pro-able-to-choose-an-abortion" to "pro-choice."