In a major survey, the pro-choice women, for the most part, expressed no discomfort with the idea of other women refusing to get abortions. It was the anti-abortion women, most specifically those who classed 'pro-abortion' as 'anti-family', who considered a pro-choice position as being a direct threat on their way of life.
A lot of people don't recognise or realise that there is a difference between pro-choice and pro-abortion. A lot of anti-abortionists see the pro-choice movement as their opposite and enemy, and so subconsciously the decision is made that pro-choice means pro-abortion. The pro-choice movement really needs to get out there and put the message out that no, we don't want to force anyone to have abortions, we don't want to tell anyone what to think. We just want everyone to choose for themselves, and to have the right to choose for themselves.
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Date: 4 Aug 2005 11:18 pm (UTC)A lot of people don't recognise or realise that there is a difference between pro-choice and pro-abortion. A lot of anti-abortionists see the pro-choice movement as their opposite and enemy, and so subconsciously the decision is made that pro-choice means pro-abortion. The pro-choice movement really needs to get out there and put the message out that no, we don't want to force anyone to have abortions, we don't want to tell anyone what to think. We just want everyone to choose for themselves, and to have the right to choose for themselves.