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==Politics==

==Politics==

The position is pro-abortion (or "[[pro-choice]]"). According to the Style Manual of the liberal [[Associated Press]], the correct term is "pro-abortion rights" because someone can support a right to abortion without personally supporting abortion itself. Although conservatives would argue this position is illogical since one should not personally oppose murder but think it should be legal, it is at least theoretically possible to hold this view.

The position is pro-abortion (or cynically "[[pro-choice]]"). According to the Style Manual of the liberal [[Associated Press]], the correct term is "pro-abortion rights" because someone can support a right to abortion without personally supporting abortion itself. Although conservatives would argue this position is illogical since one should not personally oppose murder but think it should be legal, it is at least theoretically possible to hold this view.

The argument expressed by the phrase is that the decision to have an elective [[abortion]] is always and necessarily a private matter between a woman and her doctor. It implies that the decision is simply "a matter of choice", and that no one else has a high enough stake in the matter to overrule her choice.  

The argument expressed by the phrase is that the decision to have an elective [[abortion]] is always and necessarily a private matter between a woman and her doctor. It implies that the decision is simply "a matter of choice", and that no one else has a high enough stake in the matter to overrule her choice.  

This position is also called [[pro-choice]] and generally is favored by social [[liberals]].

This position is also called cynically [[pro-choice]] and generally is favored by social [[liberals]].

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

It is opposed by social [[conservatives]] who are [[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.  If its a daughter, she doesn't have any right over this choice herself.

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/murder of a child in the womb.  If it's a daughter, she doesn't have any right over this choice herself.

==See also==

==See also==