Pro-choice or pro-abortion, funny how some think there is a difference, if you think there is, explain?

Question

When I asked this question I knew I would I get many of the answers that are here. To me there is no difference, whatsoever. And always someone brings up religion as if all pro-lifers are basing their stand on religion.
Ah, the guy isn't pro-choice, must be a rightwing, nut job. Can't I just not condone the killing of babies? The term pro-choice was invented to give people a middle ground where, although they condone the killing of babies, they can say that it is simply a choice that one has the right to make and therefore it isn't their fault in any way. And to say that a woman has a right to whatever happens to her body, is just not a good argument. We hate extremist Muslims that kill innocent people, yet we blow off killing the most innocent of us by simply saying it is a choice. In most states if a woman is murdered while she is pregnant, the murderer will be charged with killing the baby too. So, then it is a baby otherwise it is a non-human fetus which may or may not be born.

Answer 1

There is no difference in being pro-choice and being pro-abortion. It was the pro-abortion crowd that coined the phrase "pro-choice." They are pro having a legal "choice" on whether to kill their babies at their own discretion and for their own convenience, or not.

But now there are some who say they are pro-life AND pro-choice. They say that they personally are pro-life but they believe in the right to choose. That is one of the most hypocritical things I have ever heard of!! Jesus said, "Either you are for me or you are against me." How can they have it both ways? We must have the courage to stand up for what is right, especially when it means the life or death of innocent children, even when it is someone else making the choice to commit these murders.

Answer 2

there is a difference.

I myself think that abortion is a hoirrific thing. i cannot stand any violence twards children or the helpless. i cannot watch movies that even imply children getting hurt or killed. i know that these things happen in this world but i do not need to see it in a movie or tv show.

however i know that not everyone shares my specific beliefs.
abortion is a religious issue to most. nd i know that most do not share my religion. i am pro choice because it is not my right or the right of any Man to tell a Woman what she can do with her body. I do not know every situation of the pregnancy or of the mental health of the mother. After seeing a postpartum mother up close and seeing what they are capable of i fully believe that some people canot handle the horomones and stress that come with just being pregant let alone having a kid.

very simply this is largly a religious issue. and no laws should be made respecting the religious beliefs of one church or religion. as it is written in the constitution. if this is allowed now, it will open the gates for congress to legislate morality. and pretty soon many of the freedoms that our fathers and ancestors fought for will be stripped away from us.

worse yet, it would do nothing to stop the ammount of abortions preformed. it would be a back alley hack job with a rusty coat hanger just like it was in the 60's. then we would ahve dead teenagers and dead fetuses in back alleys and renegade doctors that could never be caught.

people will have abortions one way or the other. women get raped, and girls make misteaks. now many will say use a condom or use the pill...condoms break, and the pill is not 100%
and is dangerous for some women to take...It is a prescription for a reason.

some will say put it up for adoption. the foster care system in america is so underfunded that it is not funny. we cannot even find good homes for the foster kids that we do have. can you imagine another 4000 a day into the foster system...

Answer 3

Pro abortion is just completely a reprobate position. Choice indicates that some thought went into the decision and there are some situations that warrant an abortion.

What I find appalling is that had the church gone out of it's way to honor and provide for mothers who made mistakes, in the first place this would never have become the horrible situation that it has. In the 50's most church people shunned out of wedlock pregnant women so in effect were dooming that infant to a life far less desirable than necessary. Terms like bastard sprung up very early, and the church did nothing to stop this labeling of the innocent. I might add that after years of studying human behavior this decidedly attrocious behavior must have been motivated by jealous women as has been the idea that a woman should be over 18 to get married another obvious afront to God's program. We are in for the ride of our lives now that we have promoted women into the halls of power if their past decisions are any indication of the future. Careers over innocent life, what kind of mind does something like that???

Answer 4

Ok enough with all these people saying they are personally against abortion, and would not have one, but that its not for them to decide for someone else. If you think abortion is murder, how do you let someone else decide its right for them.
Its like saying, ....Well I don't agree with Hitler killing all those people, and I would never do it, but thats not my choice. You may not beat the crap out of your child, so I guess you shouldn't make the choice that someone else shouldnt beat theirs. I don't understand how anyone can in their mind, believe that something is "wrong" and murder, and yet think that its only something personal for them. If you think its not murder, but just a procedure, then fine , you can be pro-choice, but believing that it IS murder, standing by and saying its not your business is wrong.... The baby has no choice. It should be afforded the same rights and protections, as the woman who is carrying a baby that she wants. If you were happily pregnant and some criminal kicked you in the stomach, and killed your baby, It would be murder, why wouldnt you believe the same of all babies?

Answer 5

I believe there is. I don't agree with abortion, especially being used as a form of birth control (of which I have seen some women do... it sickens me.) I don't think it should just be done just because the woman just doesn't want the hassle... BUT, it is legal and they can do it. Now, I have heard of circumstances, though small, that it is indeed an option that may need to be considered. I am not a doctor, I am not with those women, I am not those women. I am not the one who eventually has to live with the decision either. I don't direct women to have abortions. And the few close to me who have discussed it with me, I have always laid out all the options. But the Ultimate Decision is theirs... and as it is Legal... I claim the right to call myself Pro-Choice because of that.

Too many people give this image that someone claiming to be Pro-Choice is lining up young pregnant girls at the abortion clinic, telling them to have the abortion without offering any other options. Which is why I normally point out that those who claim to be Pro-Life aren't actually Pro-Life, as many of them agree with Capital Punishment. They are generalizations, mainly from a political view in the media. These labels have different meanings for each person who uses them. Now, to try to fit me into your perception of what those labels mean, well, I think you will find that generalizations are generally made... to be broken.

Answer 6

There's a difference.

I am pro-choice, but I do not agree with abortion. I absolutely defend and support a woman's right to choose. Her life, her body, her choice. I would not want to see abortion banned or limited in any way, because to do so takes away a woman's basic right to choose what is best for her in her particular circumstance.

I have no right to tell a woman she must carry an unwanted pregnancy to term, and neither does anyone else. I cannot know her circumstances, I wouldn't presume to judge her, and I would not deny her the right to seek a safe, doctor performed abortion. If that ability to choose is taken from her, then she is forced to seek the services of a back alley abortionist, putting her life at great risk.

We no longer live in the Dark Ages. This is the 21st century, and to take away a woman's right to choose is to take away a basic freedom. Where is the humanity in that?

Answer 7

I wonder how many people understand that every single law ever written was about choice. You could call trying to do away with child molestation laws pro-choice. It's not a matter of fighting for choice it's a matter of what we are fighting to choose. It's all mindless rhetoric that tries to get a gut level reaction out of people and bypass the arguments. I mean whose against choice right. Thirty million dead. The Holocaust several times over, that's what people are choosing. There is no difference between pro choice and pro abortion.

Answer 8

Funny how some people believe that there is no difference.

I thought I was "pro-life" back in the day, until my boyfriend and I found ourselves pregnant and he bolted leaving Me pregnant.

I'm glad i had a choice. It was a hard CHOICE to make, and I was all alone in my decision, but I made the CHOICE that was right for me.

I had the baby, and now I have a wonderful 16 year old son who has never met his father.

You see, I had a CHOICE and I'm glad no one was able to force me to have a child that I was not ready for. I made the CHOICE myself and I would never want to deprive some one of making whatever CHOICE is right for them.

For me it was to carry, bare and raise a fatherless child. For others, the proper CHOICE is to abort.
I'm sorry if you don't agree.
Peace

Answer 9

Isn't there? If you are pro choice you support anyone in any decision they make. If you aren't, then you don't support some one when they make the decision to have an abortion. And as an aside, no one inhabits a body that is going to be ended that way. We aren't that stupid on the Other Side to put our selves in that kind of situation. What lessons would we learn if we didn't get the chance?

Answer 10

Simple, but would you listen??? maybe not..

Pro-abortion means a person would promote abortion.

Pro-choice mean you support the woman right to choose to have one or not.

The question is not about abortion or not, the question is whether a wmoan has a right to choose.

Men have the right to choose to be castrated, there is no law that say a man cannot be castrated if he chooses.

So why shouldn't a woman the the right to choose what happens to her own body, what right do you have to tell her she have an abortion....about as much right as I have to tell you you cant be castrated.

Have a nice day......