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What Is the Definition of Pro-choice?
Posted: 11-01-07 22:41pm

Yes, I realise you can just go down to the pro-choice forum and see our ideals written out so it's not a major mystery (unlike pro-life ideals). Still, as a sister-thread to the pro-life one, I'd like to see what (primarily) pro-lifers think being pro-choice is all about.

Try to be unbiased. Try to post ideals you think ALL pro-choicers adhere to. Pretend for a moment that you are pro-choice and you're trying to explain your ideals to someone else. That's how I did my post on the pro-life thread.

Listing them is helpful, and having a section for "all pro-choicers believe this", one for "some pro-choicers believe this" and an extra section or things you couldn't classify is nice and clear.
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Posted: 11-02-07 06:29am

I don't even think there should be a name like "pro-choice", because it is not really "pro" anything.

It's not "anti"-anything, either. And the things that you could say it is "pro" for, shouldn't even have to be stated, like, "pro-women's control over their own bodies." That's crazy to have to even say that. It''s like "pro-breathing".
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Posted: 11-02-07 06:53am

Pro choice.. the belief that the woman alone has the right to decide how and when her bodily resources are used. Freedom to choose is probably more apt.
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Posted: 11-02-07 07:11am

To believe that a woman has a right to choose if she wants an abortion, adoption or to keep the baby without any pressure or biased opinions from external sources.
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Posted: 11-02-07 12:36pm

Such an explicit description isn't necessary; the term pro-choice is simply "supporting a woman's right to have an abortion". Don't get carried away with the choice side of things. I use pro-choice because of its established meaning, although I do agree that there are better words. I would much prefer pro-abortion and anti-abortion, although they have negative nuances. Pro-choice and pro-life are euphemisms intended to neutralise something that would seem lop-sided (i.e. pro-death, anti-human as opposed to [/i]anti-female[/i], anti-freedom).
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Posted: 11-02-07 12:42pm

Kypros wrote:
Such an explicit description isn't necessary; the term pro-choice is simply "supporting a woman's right to have an abortion". Don't get carried away with the choice side of things.


Well, then, you cannot have the other side called "pro-life". They would have to be called "anti-choice" only.
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Posted: 11-02-07 12:59pm

I think the difinition of pro-choice is:
Not really for abortion, but feel it is thier body to do as they want to and if they should choose to abort they have the right.
This is the feeling I get from most of the pro-choice people in here.
Because I am pro-life, I can only go from what pro-choice people say. But here is what a dictionary says:

Favoring or supporting the legal right of women and girls to choose whether or not to continue a pregnancy to term.
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Posted: 11-02-07 13:00pm

No, the term choice is far too abstract and nebulous to be utilised, particularly as both sides would sooner use pro- as it suggests something positive and neither viewpoint wants to protray their beliefs as negative, as making use of anti would essentially suggest. Secondly, pro-lifers do support choice in its literal sense - the choice to have sex, use protection, and be a mother (they condone adoption, don't forget).

In theory, pro-abortion and anti-abortion would suffice as the positivity or negativity of each term would be in the eyes of the beholder - does abortion represent something good or bad? However, it would be silly to suddenly drop pro-choice and pro-life in facour of these now as the terms have both been frivolously bandied about by each side to give bias to their views. Thus, as a result, pro-abortion is now inherently linked to being negative because pro-life sources use it to describe pro-choicers, whilst anti-abortion is used by pro-choicers for the same reasons.

Pro-choice and pro-life are just euphemisms, at the end of the day.
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Posted: 11-02-07 13:33pm

Adherence to a system promoting autonomous, healthy choices in reproductive health issues.
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Posted: 11-02-07 14:36pm

meblonde01 wrote:

Favoring or supporting the legal right of women and girls to choose whether or not to continue a pregnancy to term.

I would say the "supporting.." is correct
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Posted: 11-02-07 15:11pm

meblonde01 wrote:
I think the difinition of pro-choice is:
Not really for abortion, but feel it is thier body to do as they want to and if they should choose to abort they have the right.
This is the feeling I get from most of the pro-choice people in here.
Because I am pro-life, I can only go from what pro-choice people say. But here is what a dictionary says:

Favoring or supporting the legal right of women and girls to choose whether or not to continue a pregnancy to term.


So meblonde, you are pro-life, does that mean you want abortion to be illegal?
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Posted: 11-02-07 20:09pm

futureshock wrote:
meblonde01 wrote:
I think the difinition of pro-choice is:
Not really for abortion, but feel it is thier body to do as they want to and if they should choose to abort they have the right.
This is the feeling I get from most of the pro-choice people in here.
Because I am pro-life, I can only go from what pro-choice people say. But here is what a dictionary says:

Favoring or supporting the legal right of women and girls to choose whether or not to continue a pregnancy to term.


So meblonde, you are pro-life, does that mean you want abortion to be illegal?


That's a tuff one to answer futureshock, I don't like to think of women getting a back alley abortion. But on the other side, I don't like the idea of it being to easy and taken advantage of. I guess I would have to say I don't know..
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Posted: 11-02-07 20:11pm

What do you mean by "taken advantage of" and "too easy"?
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Posted: 11-02-07 20:13pm

AyaMiyaki wrote:
What do you mean by "taken advantage of" and "too easy"?


well it has been stated in here some women don't use birth control and have had several abortions.. The % is low, but that is what I mean..
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Posted: 11-02-07 20:18pm

So do you feel the abortion process should be made more difficult for all women or just women who have had multiples? What about women like Carifairy whose multiple pregnancies were DESPITE birth control use? Was she taking advantage? And how do you tell the difference?
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Posted: 11-02-07 20:24pm

AyaMiyaki wrote:
So do you feel the abortion process should be made more difficult for all women or just women who have had multiples? What about women like Carifairy whose multiple pregnancies were DESPITE birth control use? Was she taking advantage? And how do you tell the difference?


It would be hard, that is why I said I didn't really know..
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Posted: 11-02-07 20:50pm

You are contemplating wrecking the lives of millions of women because you don't like the actions of a few.
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Posted: 11-02-07 21:17pm

Respecticing life is just where we are.

I have also been on the receiving end of, "you could be influencing millions of women because of your opinion." I hope that is true. If only one girl stops to think of the consequencences of abortion where there are other options.

Then. I hope and absolutely know that we need better education, better sex education, but we all pretty much know that is not going to happen. Parents jump up and down and scream. Not in front of my children.

Well, their children are exploring their own sexuality, like it or not and sometimes the girl gets stuck with pregnancy.

Somehow, never see how the boys get stuck. They just walk away and the girl pays.
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Posted: 11-02-07 21:31pm

What consequences of abortion? And what about the consequences of adoption?
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There Are Always Consequences
Posted: 11-02-07 21:40pm

For all of our actions.

I have yet to meet anyone trully qualified to answer your questions. The greatest saints who ever lived on this earth had the same questions and doubts.
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