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]

Thank you.

I can get into this huge discussion about pro-choice being a poor term for some of the people who believe in a woman's right to choose abortion, but not a woman's right to choose things like, how to protect herself (gun control), and such.

Since that's not actually related to abortion in any way, can I assume that you concede that the right-to-lifers are, collectively, a bunch of incoherent hypocrites on the subject of abortion?

[laughin.livejournal.com]

I don't really think that. There are a few I would describe that way. Misguided may be a term I would use or ignorant.