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There was a time when we called a spade a spade. There were people who had (and still do) strong feelings that abortions are wrong and they were called ‘Anti-Abortion’. And there were people who felt that it is a woman’s choice, at least in the first trimester, and they were called ‘Pro-Choice’. Enter someone from marketing saying that ‘anti’ is not good, we need to become ‘pro’ something. We need to re-label to become ‘Pro-Life’, which has the added benefit of implying those who oppose us are anti life.

And so Pro Life and Anti Abortion are most often used as synonyms. But I wonder, judging by the actions of people, if they aren’t closer to being antonyms. Consider the following question: Does a child that is born become less precious than the unborn fetus? One would think that to be Pro-Life means that a child that is born is…

A friend sent this along - a commercial that has been playing on some outlets on Black Entertainment Television:

I hate the term “pro-abortion”. I recently came across it in a quote Tim used (not his own words) in his recent post and then in one of the comments. And I just want to put this out there: nobody is pro-abortion. Regardless of when you believe that life begins, nobody is advocating or encouraging abortions. I respect that differences in beliefs divide us into those that are pro-life (a term I also don’t like) and those that are pro-choice.

For me, this is an issue about choices and freedom. As a woman and mother, I can not imagine the trauma and pain a woman must experience with abortion. Both physical and mental. Judaism tells me that life begins at birth; after two pregnancies I felt life sooner.

So I’m not sure about when life begins but I can tell you this: I wholeheartedly support a woman’s right to choose. Hence the term “pro-choice”.…