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Help settle an argument. Am I "Pro-Choice" or not?

Asked by josie (30934points) June 18th, 2011

I got into an interesting debate with a friend last night. She is pretty smart, and this one made me think.

I said that I do not care if women get abortions or not. I said that it is not my business and the Political State should not make it their business either.
Therefore, that makes me “Pro-Choice”

I also said that taxpayer money should NOT be used to pay for it, since some people have a serious objection to practice.

According to her, I am not “Pro-Choice”.
My friend says that “Pro-Choice” is not a metaphysical term, it is a political term. Being “Pro-Choice” means that you permit the practice, PLUS taxpayers money is available.

In other words “Pro-Choice” is a package deal.

She said the reason for this is that the whole basic issue behind legalizing abortion came not from women’s rights, but from a social engineering concern that without it there would be too many children born from poor or non productive parents.

So am I “Pro-Choice” or not?

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