In recent years, the antiabortion movement successfully put the nitty-gritty details of abortion procedures on public display, increasing the belief that abortion is serious business and that some societal involvement is appropriate. Those who are pro-choice have not convinced America that we support a public discussion of the moral dimensions of abortion. Likewise, we haven't convinced people that we are the ones actually doing things to make it possible for women to avoid needing abortions.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Abortion's battle of messages
former pres. CFFC's Francis Kissling and former pres. of NARAL Pro-Choice America Kate Michelman
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In recent years, the antiabortion movement successfully put the nitty-gritty details of abortion procedures on public display, increasing the belief that abortion is serious business and that some societal involvement is appropriate.
ReplyDeleteNote that to Kissling and Michelman, the public has just started to develop "a belief that abortion is serious business." They don't think it's a matter of recognizing that abortion is "serious business".
Those who are pro-choice have not convinced America that we support a public discussion of the moral dimensions of abortion.
That's because if you address the "moral dimensions" you loose. Even the preschooler at the playground grasps "Pick on somebody your own size." That mothers have a responsibility to protect their children is another no-brainer.
Likewise, we haven't convinced people that we are the ones actually doing things to make it possible for women to avoid needing abortions.
The only "need" for abortion is in women's heads, not their wombs. It's prochoicers who put that "need" there in the first place.