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Thread #164045   Message #3921465
Posted By: Raedwulf
01-May-18 - 04:27 PM
Thread Name: BS: Abortion 8th amendment referendum, Eire
Subject: RE: BS: Abortion 8th amendment referendum, Eire
So who's pro-abortion?

As a possibly irrelevant tangent, an interesting question, Steve. Not so much for what it asks, but how. I have a couple of friends (yes, I do; so there!! :p ), one an adult conversion to RC (& extremely thoroughly grounded in all the theology & dogma, I might add), the other a born again. Both would describe themselves, very definitely, as pro-life & anti-abortion. And, possibly, have used the phrase "pro-abortion" in any discussion that may have occurred.

The language is indicative. I would no more describe myself as pro-abortion than I would as pro- or anti-life. As my earlier quote should suggest, I'm pro-choice since, in this instance, the choice affects only the individual (unlike, say legalising cannabis, etc, which has a much wider impact on society).

Not my business to poke my nose in, whether my casus belli is religious, moral, ethical, or philosophical. Like you, I don't know anyone who would describe themselves as "pro-ab". And I know I've pointed out ere now (possibly here, probably somewhere else, most likely to one or both of the afore-mentioned friends) that no woman says to herself "You know what, I fancy having an abortion, I think I'll go & get meself knocked up"! I also can't help feeling that anyone who would be completely blasé & unfeeling about having had an abortion would probably also make an utterly dreadful mother...