Originally posted by Thrawn
Pro-abortion implies that someone is for abortions, just for the sake of abortion, and that's pretty stupid as that's not what the pro-choice people fight for. What pro-choice people fight for is the right of the woman to decide wether or not she want's an abortion.
That is just a window dressing. I don't want to get into the abortion discussion itself. All I'm trying to do, is to point out that the pro-abortion forces want to make their position more palatable by redefining terms, shifting the focus of a debate and omitting a significant portion of their agenda.
You say, let a woman "choose". In reality, you want much more. You want abortion to be not only legal, but also:
- available to any woman at any time for any (or no) reason
- to be free (thus forcing abortion oponents to finance it)
- to be advertised/encouraged by the doctors
- to be available to minors without their parents consent (or even knowledge)
- made available and free for women in other countries (paid of course by the US taxpayer)
- available to the woman even AFTER pregnacy ends (late term abortion).
In short, the pro-abortion stance is to use it as a birth control.
I can respect your position, but be honest and call things by their names.