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'''"A woman's right to choose"''' is a deliberately confusing slogan used by liberals to justify [[elective abortion]]. It combines in a tricky way the concept of choice as a "women's prerogative" with the general idea that adults should be free to make their own private medical decisions.  

'''"A woman's right to choose"''' is a deliberately confusing slogan used by liberals to justify [[elective abortion]]. It combines in a tricky way the concept of choice as a "women's prerogative" with the general idea that adults should be free to make their own private medical decisions.  

Both of these concepts assume that abortion is not a decision that affects the fate of another [[human being]]. One flaw with this argument is that the fetus is a human being with its own soul and (barring a situation where a woman aborts one of two identical twins) unique DNA. In reality, a woman's "right to choose" significantly affects at least three human beings: the mother, the child, and the father of the child, who is not given the right to choose.  

Both of these concepts assume that abortion is not a decision that affects the fate of another [[human being]]. One flaw with this argument is that the fetus is a human being with its own soul and (barring a situation where a woman aborts one of two identical twins) unique DNA. In reality, a woman's "right to choose" significantly affects at least two human beings in addition to the mother; the child and the father of the child, neither of whom are given the right to choose.  

==Politics==

==Politics==

It is opposed by social [[conservatives]] who regard themselves as [[pro-life]].

It is opposed by social [[conservatives]] who regard themselves as [[pro-life]].

It is one of the few sayings which is incomplete: "a woman's right to choose." Choose what? The answer, of course, being the death of a child in the womb.

It is one of the few sayings which is incomplete: "a woman's right to choose." Choose what? The answer, of course, being the death of a child in the womb. "Pro Choice" and "Right to Choose" are euphamisms used by people who do not want to say they are for killing babies, since saying one supports the "right to choose" sounds much better than saying one supports "killing of babies"

==See also==

==See also==