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From: sam@phs.UUCP (Sherry Marts)
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Subject: Re: I am pro-choice, dare you claim the same?
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Date: Tue, 18-Sep-84 13:02:41 EDT
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I am pro-choice on the abortion issue.  I AM NOT PRO-ABORTION!!!
The two words are NOT synonymous.   I believe that ay decision
concerning whtether or not to carry a pregnancy to term should
be left up to the woman, in consultation with a health-care
provider and anyone else with whom she might choose to discuss
it.   I would fight any effort to force a woman to abort a
pregnancy as strongly as I'm now fighting efforts to limit
a woman's right to a safe and affordably abortion on demand.

Unlike Brad, I find the term "pro-choice" adequate to describe
my position on the abortion issue.  Any ambiguity of meaning is
usually cleared up by the context in which it appears.  In general
contemporary usage, "pro-choice" specifically means "pro-choice on
the abortion issue" - think of it as an abbreviation, if that
will help, Brad.   And  if you really are pro-abortion, call
yourself that.  Most pro-choice folks aren't, any more than the
-nti.abortion crowd is truly "pro-life".