Wouldn't "Post Pregnancy Birth Control" be a much more valid phrase than the euphorism "ProChoice"?

Question

The term, "ProChoice," is an excellent example of George Orwell's "doublespeak."

After all, who could be against a term like ProChoice?

What do you think?

Ok...Ok...euphemism - "spell check" tricked me with a replacement word - and I apparently wasn't paying attention.

I disagree thet "ProLife" is as misleading a phrase as "ProChoice" is.
In my opinion, ProLife is self explanatory - ProChoice is deceptive advertising.

Answer 1

Both "pro-life" and "pro-choice" are part of a technique called positive framing- would pro-life sound as good if it was called "taking control over your body away from you"?

Answer 2

Vocabulary is a HUGE part of this debate. One side tries to use vocabulary to make abortion seem like a simple medical procedure that has no bearing on human life. For example, using the words embryo, fetus, termination, pro choice, etc.... The other side makes the concept more human by using words such as baby or life. You are right to point how how nice the term "prochoice" sounds and how it seems too nice to disagree with or go against.

Answer 3

First of all, I think you mean "euphemism", not "euphorism".

Secondly, I'll try to stick with a completely neutral point of view in my answer since this is a hotly debated subject.

Relative to "Pro-Life", "Pro-Choice" has the same positive connotation to its supporters, those who coined the phrase. If one considers "Pro-Choice" as doublespeak, then one should also view "Pro-Life" as doublespeak.

"Pro-Choice" advocates prefer this term because it emphasizes the importance of a woman's freedom to make her own decisions about her body and implies that naysayers are wrong for wanting to take away that freedom.

"Pro-Life" advocates prefer this term because it stresses the importance of the right of the unborn fetus to live and implies that naysayers are wrong for wanting to kill a living being. (Without getting into a discussion about whether or not the fetus is a living being before it is born, it can be accepted that Pro-Life supporters believe that it is.)

So, it seems that "Pro-Choice" is doublespeak, and so is "Pro-Life." Perhaps "Abortion supporters" and "Anti-Abortion supporters", respectively, are "more valid phrases". Then again, those could be viewed as subjective terms as well, based on one's opinion of the term "abortion".

Answer 4

I think the word "euphemism" is what you are really looking for.

And I think the same argument can be made for the term ProLife. Who is not for Life?

Answer 5

I completely understand what your saying but I don't like "Post pregnancy birth control" because even though I consider myself pro choice, I don't like the fact that some people do use it as a birth control. I personally just don't like that in the title.