Pro-choice is in the middle of the spectrum. The opposite of pro-life is the belief that people should be required to have abortions

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      11 hours ago

      It is possible to genuinely believe that abortion is equivalent to murder. I don’t see how you jump from there to them being anti-life.

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        7 hours ago

        I was against abortion myself when I was younger. But even if you see it as murder, at some point you should realize the situation isn’t black and white and there are situations where abortion makes sense. A friend of my sister is having an abortion because the fetus has a rare condition where it’s intestines are growing on the outside and it won’t live long anyway if born. I would think most sensible people would at least be okay with abortion in situations like that. Why make a baby be born to suffer and die immediately?

        Also, it would be nice if so called “pro-life” people supported helping the child stay alive after they’re born, like accessible food and healthcare for everyone

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        11 hours ago

        Because outlawing abortion can and will cause deaths. For example, if you have an ectopic pregnancy, that’s life threatening.

        Or what if you don’t want to have the child of a rapist? It feels like you’re being invaded, and you don’t want a child growing up without love. And abortion clinics aren’t present because of stupid reactionaries, so trenchcoat it is.

        Or what if you simply cannot afford to raise a child right now, and anticonception fails? Then abortion is necessary.

        Anti-choice is murder. Has society not failed when a clump of cells has more rights than a full grown person?

        They claim to protect “the vulnerable”, but anti-abortion harassers (I reject calling them activists) don’t support your right to decide what to do with your body. And that makes you vulnerable.