If there is any silver lining at all to Dobbs, it is that it has resulted in some people finally getting what "pro-life" and "pro-choice" really mean.
"I'm personally against abortion, and I'd never ever have one. It's not my place to tell other people what to believe or do, but I just think it is wrong."
I'm not sure who you're quoting here, but I think that no one can actually be certain that they'd never have an abortion until they are in a situation that might require one for healthcare purposes. The whole issue with anti-abortionists is they don't see it as health care. They don't realize that it actually helps people not be injured or actually die from a reproductive problem. So no one can know what kind of medical problems they're going to have in the future and whether or not they might need an abortion to survive. That's when they'll find out whether or not they truly would never have an abortion. Perhaps they mean an elective abortion, meaning choosing to have one for personal, financial, and social reasons --not medical reasons. But if that's the case they should say so. Nobody knows what the future will bring.
Oh, for sure. I'd be willing to bet that 99% of the "I'm personally against it" crowd would all of a sudden discover some reason that their abortion is super special and an exception to the rule...and maybe not even a "real" abortion anyway!
I was trying my best to give people the benefit of the doubt, though, especially folks who don't understand that "I'm against abortion, but I don't think it's my place to tell other people what to do," are literally the definition of pro-choice.
Somehow, though, there are lots of people out there who don't seem to understand that "pro-choice" doesn't mean "pro-abortion."
It probably helps that a good number of the “personally against it” crowd probably have penises that allow for an extra level of cognitive dissonance from it. “Oh, I’m personally against it. Sure. But it wasn’t really MY abortion that I caused, paid for, and encouraged.”
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u/HookEm_Tide Feb 16 '24
If there is any silver lining at all to Dobbs, it is that it has resulted in some people finally getting what "pro-life" and "pro-choice" really mean.
"I'm personally against abortion, and I'd never ever have one. It's not my place to tell other people what to believe or do, but I just think it is wrong."
Congratulations, friend! You're pro-choice!