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Slogan:A woman's right to choose (view source)
Revision as of 15:45, September 13, 2011
, 15:45, September 13, 2011Reverted edits by Shjt (talk) to last revision by JLauttamus
'''"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. 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==
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.
This position is also called [[pro-choice]] and generally is favored by social [[liberals]].
It is opposed by social [[conservatives]] who regard themselves as [[pro-life]].
It is one of the few sayings in English where a sentence is incomplete: "a woman's right to choose." Choose what? The answer, of course, being the death of a child in the womb.
==See also==
*[[Pro-life]]
[[Category:Abortion]]
[[Category:United States Political Terms]]