2007-06-02 05:31:34 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
Absolutely they do. Even though they mean the exact same thing, politicians (specifically Democrats) use the term pro-choice to sound more moderate and middle of the road. Pro-choice is the same as pro-abortion. It legitimizes and condones it by supporting another's "right" to have or commit an abortion. It's like claiming to be personally opposed to child abuse, but in favor of the "right" to abuse a child - an attitude which promotes the legitimacy and social acceptance of it. But you can't have it both ways. Either you believe all human life is sacred and deserves legal protection - or you don't.
Ava, and all you other pro-choice, pro-abortionists: It is a scientifically proven fact that life begins at conception. The "choice" is not the woman's. Ending a life that has not done anything to deserve it is murder. Once the sperm fertilizes the egg it has all the DNA material it will ever have, thus the sex is determined. Say it's a boy: How can you say that it is still part of the mother? She can't be both male and female at the same time.
Pro-choice? What about the child's choice?
I am absolutely pro-life, anti-abortion.
2007-06-02 05:44:11 · answer #1 · answered by Jax Cop 3 · 2⤊ 4⤋
There is a profound difference between "pro-choice" and "pro-Abortion." Pro-Choice means that an individual is not willing to inflict their beliefs on another human being, regardless of their personal views. I may be anti-abortion up to the point where I would be willing to raise a child myself rather than allow it to be terminated, but that does not mean that I am willing to interfere with the concept of free will that GOD gave all of us!
Pro-Abortion means that I am in favor of abortion, period. I may be in favor of it as a means of population control, or a way to eliminate genetic anomalies, or just in cases of rape or incest, but the reasoning is between me and my spiritual mentor. It's interesting that when abortion was illegal, many wealthy people managed to get them under the guise of appendectomies, or simply because a doctor signed off on a statement that suggested the child was not likely to live or had a physiological defect. Those doctors were Pro-Abortion for the Wealthy. They weren't necessarily pro-Choice however. The parents who insisted the abortion be done to save embarrassment for the family, were not giving their daughters any choice at all, much less the potential father.
Suggesting that either expression is a marketing term is really rather disgusting, and cheapens the debate in my opinion. Are you this callous around people that you genuinely care about, or do you only exhibit this abhorrent trend around people that you never hope to meet face to face? I hope you understand the difference now.
2007-06-02 15:53:17 · answer #2 · answered by MUDD 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The term "Pro-choice" is an accurate definition for those who believe a woman has a right to choose whether or not she wants to carry a fetus to term. "Pro-life" is used by the other side to show that they believe a fetus is a life and that life begins when the sperm hits the egg and fertilizes it. The broader meaning of pro-choice is because it is possible that a woman may have other decisions to make about her own body and what she does with it. In other words, she may choose to have liposuction or face lifts or other elective surgeries. Pro-choice does not only mean choosing to have an abortion or not. It is about the right to determine what is done to and with a woman's own body and whether or not the government has the right to decide for her!
2007-06-02 13:15:09 · answer #3 · answered by Ava 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, they use it because in reality noone is pro-abortion. Pro-choice people don't go around hoping embryos and fetuses are aborted, or hoping women make that choice. They are pro-choice because they think that option should be available.
I call many of you so-called "Pro-Life" people Pro-Birth, because most of you don't give a rat's a*s what happens to the child once they enter this world. Is that fair?
2007-06-02 15:39:23 · answer #4 · answered by Frank 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Democrats aren't allowed or can't use the word "abortion" or "God". That's a general rule of thumb
He points out that Catholic social teaching contains a prohibition on abortion which most Democratic strategists promoting the "Common Good" are conveniently ignoring, he believes.
Yet the fact that the Democratic machine has embraced the "pro-life" Mr Casey is symbolic.
At the Democratic National Convention in 1992, his father, Bob Casey Snr - who was also "pro-life" - was prevented from speaking. "
2007-06-02 14:53:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yep.
It kind of softer to say I am Pro-choice than I believe you should be able to grind up a fetus no matter age of the mother or the devolpment of the fetus without any restrictions.
They surround it with nice terms so people don't have to face what abortioin is and what it does to the fetus.
This nation went nuts over the clubing of baby seals can you imagine if a partial birth abortion was perform in live TV.
That would end the debate right there and than.
2007-06-02 12:39:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Pro-choice is a more apt term. Personally, I am pro-choice, but against abortion. Pro-Choice just means that the CHOICE is up to the individual and not the government.
In reality, I think pro-life groups are more correctly called anti-choice because they want to make the choice for you.
Abortion is not a decision to take lightly, but it is decision that should ultimately be made by the woman invloved with medical and family consultation. It should not be made be made by government officials.
2007-06-02 12:37:43 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. G 6 · 5⤊ 2⤋
All politicians, on all issues, try to use euphemisms instead of straight talk. To use another issue as an example, many Republicans use the term "death tax" to describe the estate tax. Someone approaching the issue from the other side could describe the estate tax as a "greedy lazy heirs" tax. Both descriptions have some degree of accuracy. If you can get people to view the estate tax as being about imposing a tax on the dead, it sounds bad. If you can get people to view the estate tax as a tax on people who have just received a large unearned windfall, it sounds good.
On this particular issue, if you can paint the discussion as being about who gets to decide issues about a woman's health, anti-abortion regulations sound like unwarranted intrusion by a bunch of mostly men on women's health. If you can paint the discussion as being about the life of a fetus, abortion sounds like murder. Both views are partly true and partly false. The label chosen drives the debate.
2007-06-02 16:07:45 · answer #8 · answered by Tmess2 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sure do, pro-choice makes it sound like a "right" instead of
being for homicide. Just to follow up the term anti-abortion
is used as a cut down to being against a free "right", whereas
the true "pro-life" stand is the actual meaning that seems to
be discarded for convenience sake (pull the old wool over
the eyes, or the lip is quicker than the fact)
2007-06-02 12:52:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes - the same way conservative candidates say "pro-life" instead of "anti-abortion". Each candidate or interest group frames its agenda in ways that sound most positive. "Pro-Choice" puts together two positive words, much as "Pro-Life" does: purely superficially, nobody would say they were against life or choices.
2007-06-02 13:19:03 · answer #10 · answered by JerH1 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋