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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[laughin.livejournal.com]

I am pro-choice, but I don't like abortion and I think that is the way many people are.

My niece had an abortion and it upset me greatly.

But this is a fight that neither side will "win" because each side is looking at the issue as choice or life. Does that make sense?

[idoru.livejournal.com]

Mm, I saw a "Pro-child | Pro-choice" bumper sticker, and I liked that. Pro-choice is NOT pro-death.

Anyway, semi-related semi-anecdote. I don't know if Mrs. Martin was at TJ when you were, but GOD that woman was annoying. Converted to Catholicism and wouldn't shut up about it. We had a random, pick-your-topic project back in world history & geography [addit'l social studies requirement]. I chose the history of herbal/chemical contraceptives! She was like OKAY COULDN'T YOU PLEASE DO LIKE THE HISTORY OF INFERTILITY TREATMENTS INSTEAD, THAT IS COOL TOO RIGHT? But I stuck to my guns, so there.

[dasphios.livejournal.com]

Actually, there's quite a bit more that needs to be said. You claim you're pro-choice, and I salute you for having the courage to voice your beliefs- even if they are nearly universal. Who, save perhaps a handful of authoritarians, is not pro-choice? No one. Of course, you're not talking about choice, you're talking about abortion. A common enough mistake these days, but you've got the brains to hold yourself to a higher standard. As a person who is staunchly in favor of choice, life, and setting argumentative cowards on fire, it's my duty to ask you the same question I ask the pro-lifers: If your beliefs on abortion are so strong, why do you not have the courage to come out and call it what it is?