Pro-choice obfuscation
November 8, 1999
Christine Notis wrote: “No one likes the idea of getting an abortion.”ÿI have heard and read this many times and have never accepted it.ÿ
If it is true that abortion is only the expulsion of an unwanted tissue mass from the body, as it is commonly portrayed, then the opposite is true.ÿA person who wants to remove unwanted tissue should like the idea of an abortion.
ÿIf you believe it is acceptable to abort a baby, then you are pro-abortion.ÿIf you do not believe it is acceptable, then you are anti-abortion.ÿThat is not a “misconception,” but a fact, like it or not.ÿ The term “pro-choice” is actually an intentional misnomer used to desensitize people to the true meaning and result of abortion.ÿÿ
As for the reference to “The Elastic Clause” in the Constitution, I hope that was an attempt at being cute.ÿÿÿ
Todd Turner
Alumnus
Qingdao, China