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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 unique DNA.  

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 unique DNA. And 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.  

==Politics==

==Politics==

The position is pro-abortion (or "[[pro-choice]]").  

The position is pro-abortion (or "[[pro-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. 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.  

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 [[pro-choice]] and generally is favored by social [[liberals]].

It is one of the few sayings in English where a sentence is incomplete, 'a woman's right to choose' choose what? With the answer being the right to choose the death of a child in the womb.   

It is one of the few sayings in English where a sentence is incomplete, 'a woman's right to choose' choose what? With the answer being the right to choose the death of a child in the womb.   

[[Category:Abortion]]

[[Category:Abortion]]

[[Category:United States Political Terms]]

[[Category:United States Political Terms]]