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In reply to the discussion: "Rare" was a political line designed to appeal to choice-conflicted voters... [View all]lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)13. Many people feel ambivalent about abortion AND support choice.
I want it to be rare because I consider it morally ambiguous... but would want the right to make that moral choice for myself.
I think it's naive to think that many women faced with the choice will say; "I want an abortion, then pizza after."
I mean how can you have it both ways? If it's a difficult choice, why? Most people would say that it's a difficult choice (at least in part) because it poses a moral dilemma. Why is there any debate that minimizing the number of people who face that dilemma is a good thing?
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"Rare" was a political line designed to appeal to choice-conflicted voters... [View all]
cthulu2016
Nov 2013
OP
Yes, I agree that "rare" was added to assure anti-choicers that we pro-choicers aren't
CTyankee
Nov 2013
#3
See, I think the "rare" thing is out of date. The centrists are more pro-choice nowadays.
CTyankee
Nov 2013
#19
Exactly. "Rare" in this context means that education and contraception are widespread and working.
cleanhippie
Nov 2013
#7
Perhaps, but "rare" in this context means education and contraception are widespread and working
cleanhippie
Nov 2013
#29
You forgot, that the term rare was applied after the numbers were released
Savannahmann
Nov 2013
#11
It is a phrase that recognizes that the vast majority of women as well as men at least have
Douglas Carpenter
Nov 2013
#12
The phrase and soft support have harmed the matter of abortion rights. The national party removed it
PeaceNikki
Nov 2013
#15
Or... safe and legal. How about we leave the frequency a medical issue, not a political one?
PeaceNikki
Nov 2013
#18
Frequency is a sociocultural issues tied into political efforts like sex education.
Kurska
Nov 2013
#22
I mean the collective 'you'. The Democratic Party dropped the harmful "rare" portion years ago.
PeaceNikki
Nov 2013
#25