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Mikaela:
Yup. I'm calling them anti-choice too, have done so for quite a while, because that's what it's really all about.

I've been chagrined to see how easily both sides in the debate has accepted and respected the abortion opponents' use of "pro-life".

I remember driving into Denver last year I saw a car in front of us with this big bumper sticker with the picture of a foetus and the words "Woman, behold your son" pus some "pro-life" logo. It made a deep impression on me to witness a person who would use his religion to try to make random women who saw that sticker feel guilt and remorse over making a very difficult personal choice. To me that was all about trying to shame vulnerable women he happened to come across, and making them doubt their own decision-making powers, robbing them of their integrity. He probably felt like a bigger, better person for displaying that sticker.  :-X

delalluvia:
It made a deep impression on me to witness a person who would use his religion to try to make random women who saw that sticker feel guilt and remorse over making a very difficult personal choice. To me that was all about trying to shame vulnerable women he happened to come across, and making them doubt their own decision-making powers, robbing them of their integrity. He probably felt like a bigger, better person for displaying that sticker.

And robbing them of their peace of mind.  Basically it was a below the belt emotional punch.  You're exactly right, Mikaela, that's exactly what that bumper sticker's message was.  The driver probably not only felt self-righteous about that bumper sticker, he - and it was likely a he - was all about showing women their "place" - at the mercy of a shame culture.

Mikaela:
It was a "he" - I caught a few glimpses of the driver.

Shasta542:

--- Quote from: delalluvia on June 06, 2009, 03:10:26 pm ---Agree.  It's all about control, IMO.  I've stopped calling them "pro-life" and started calling them "anti-choice".

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With the pro-life and the pro-choice monikers---both are noted as positives. If you choose to call the pro-lifers "anti-choice" -- then you won't mind being called "anti-life"?

Monika:

--- Quote from: Shasta542 on June 06, 2009, 04:39:46 pm ---[ -- then you won't mind being called "anti-life"?[/b][/color]

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Aren´t you forgetting that the person in this scenario, that is undoubtfully "alive" is the woman?

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