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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
Personally, I think the "pro-life" and "pro-choice" tags aren't the most accurate way to tag either side.
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I agree.
(Which is why I didn't vote in the poll. 
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I prefer "anti-abortion" or "pro-abortion" because they get rid of a great deal of the posturing and get right to the heart of the discussion. (And spare me the "I want abortion to be legal but I'm not pro-abortion " statements- when the discussion is whether or not abortion should be legal, you can't have your cake and eat it too. If you support the legality of abortion, you are pro. If you don't, you are anti.)
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No, no, no, no, no,
NO! Sorry, but I won't spare you.
It's pretty simple: pro-anything means that in favor of
that thing -- that you think that thing is good in and of itself.
Are you pro-cigarettes or anti-cigarettes? If you think that cigarettes are disgusting and dangerous -- deadly even -- but you still think they should be legal and that people can choose for themselves, then are you going to describe yourself as "pro-cigarettes"? Probably not, since it is not cigarettes themselves that you are in favor of.
As Sydney says, it possible for someone to be anti-abortion (morally, ethically or religiously) and pro-choice (politically -- believing that the government should have a limited voice in the question). I know plenty of people who fit that description.