The position is pro-abortion (or "[[pro-choice]]").
The position is pro-abortion (or "[[pro-choice]]").
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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.
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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. However, 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.
This position is also called [[pro-choice]] and generally is favored by social [[liberals]].
This position is also called [[pro-choice]] and generally is favored by social [[liberals]].