"No-choice", "pro-choice", etc.

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>CLAIRE

>

>"Choice" is used as a euphemism for "abortion" (the "choice" issue, etc.).

>I don't know of any dictionary that defines

>"abortion" and "choice" as synonyms. Those who would like people to forget

>what abortion really is - the killing of an unborn

>child - are those who decided that abortion should be labeled just a

>"choice".

>

>Because I am opposed to abortion, I am called "anti-choice", which makes it

>sound as if I want to take away people's choices

>about everything.

>

>If I were faced with an unwanted pregnancy, I would still consider myself to

>have two choices: to keep the baby and raise

>him/her myself, or give it up for adoption. Carrying the baby to term might

>be an "inconvenience" for me, but this

>inconvenience is minor when I consider the fact that the baby's life is at

>stake - and the baby has no choice.


RACERX
You might be faced with another choice, Claire. You might have to choose
between having your baby and living. It happens, you know. You might get
another choice, between having a terribly deformed baby and not having one. 

Still waiting on your biblical condemnation of abortion.

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