[geekbird]

Yeah, IME that's what the anti-choice folks say about the pro-choice folks, but I've never heard it from actual pro-choice folks.

Yes, there is some joking about "post natal abortions" for certain extremist politicians, but it's never serious about permitting after-birth abortions".

[scarmig]

I think Peter Singer at one point argued in earnest for legal infanticide in certain situations, but I'm not sure of his current position, and regardless infanticide is far from representative of mainstream pro-choice discourse.

[throwaway894345]

> anti-choice

FYI, "anti-choice" is a pejorative, as is "pro-abortion" for pro-choice people. Let's steer clear of mudslinging on such a controversial topic, so as to avoid a flamewar. :)

[jfengel]

"Anti-choice" is purely descriptive. They are opposed to you having that choice.

It's less pejorative than the implication that "pro-life" connotes that the opposition is "anti-life". Few pro-lifers seem to put any effort into guaranteeing life for anybody -- often in favor of capital punishment, and practically never advocating policies that preserve life such as health care.

"Anti-choice" is about the most dispassionate, accurate label I can apply. There is a choice that the wish to deny. Any other term is a euphemism.

[smsm42]

"Choice" is a weasel word here. You could call the Criminal Code "anti-choice" - because it limits choices of a wannabe criminal by threatening to put them in jail if they do things that are prohibited by the code. And there's not a word of lie in it - the code limits your choices. But this is a description so reduced that the reduction itself becomes the lie - you throw out the important part, that the choices we want to restrict are restricted for an important reason, not just because we hate people having choice. Proper term would be "anti-abortion" if the person opposes abortion, not "anti-choice" - because they do not oppose choice as a principle, they oppose one specific choice, and it's a crucial distinction in this case.