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  What abortion policy set would you prefer? (search mode)
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Question: .
#1
Available only in the first 10 weeks, 100% government-funded (pro-abortion)		  
#2
Available up to the point of viability (25-28), no public funding (pro-abortion)		  
#3
Available only in the first 10 weeks, 100% government-funded (anti-abortion)		  
#4
Available up to the point of viability (25-28), no public funding (anti-abortion)		  
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Associate Justice PiT
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« on: November 08, 2013, 02:57:50 AM »
Quote from: I Can't Get That Sound You Make, Out Of My Head on November 07, 2013, 09:11:15 PM
Quote from: realisticidealist on November 07, 2013, 01:16:36 PM
I guess option 3, but the choices certainly are far from ideal.
Well I don't think many people have similar abortion policies to these.

Voted Option 2.

Also, pro-abortion seems like bad language. I'm not pro-abortion, but I do respect and support the women's right of choice and feel that it is necessary in certain circumstances.

     I agree, though I went ahead and voted option 4 in protest. I first heard "pro-abortion" being used as a dysphemism by people like Libertas, because abortion is a hideous thing and strawmanning abortion rights advocates as supporting abortion itself is a very easy way to delegitimize their position. Using the term to describe yourself is purely senseless.
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Associate Justice PiT
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« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2013, 09:36:38 PM »
Quote from: Il cavaliere decaduto on November 08, 2013, 08:51:36 AM
Quote from: Fmr. Emperor PiT on November 08, 2013, 02:57:50 AM
Quote from: I Can't Get That Sound You Make, Out Of My Head on November 07, 2013, 09:11:15 PM
Quote from: realisticidealist on November 07, 2013, 01:16:36 PM
I guess option 3, but the choices certainly are far from ideal.
Well I don't think many people have similar abortion policies to these.

Voted Option 2.

Also, pro-abortion seems like bad language. I'm not pro-abortion, but I do respect and support the women's right of choice and feel that it is necessary in certain circumstances.

     I agree, though I went ahead and voted option 4 in protest. I first heard "pro-abortion" being used as a dysphemism by people like Libertas, because abortion is a hideous thing and strawmanning abortion rights advocates as supporting abortion itself is a very easy way to delegitimize their position. Using the term to describe yourself is purely senseless.

I had to pick neutral terms, and my alternative was either this or the traditional "pro-choice"/"pro-life" dichotomy, which I would never use because I loathe the term "pro-life" (I'd have gone for "anti-choice", but some people wouldn't have liked it). Pro/Anti abortion rights would get too lengthy.

     You could have used "anti-life"/"anti-choice" for the humor of it. Tongue The thing about the traditional dichotomy is that it at least uses postive descriptors for both sides. The way you put it tends to characterize one position more negatively than the other.
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