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Having never lived in the US, I have no personal experience of the debate as it manifests over there, although I understand it anecdotally to be quite polarised. I think it's easy to equate "pro choice" with "pro abortion", and I'm sure that some people assume that "choice" means "choice to have an abortion". "Choice" should (to get ideal for a minute here) also indicate the right to choose whether to take on the reponsibility of bringing a child into the world and raising him or her- as a positive and proactive choice and not just because of legal bars to the alternative - as well as the choice not to do so.

I think it need not be impossible to agree (as you do) that abortion is not a good thing, but feel that it is for any number of reasons not always the best thing. I think being "pro-choice" can mean "in favour of weighing up all the available alternatives before making a difficult decision", and not just "happy to yank as many foetuses from their wombs as are available".

For my own part, I support absolutely a woman's right to choose (although perhaps the number of weeks up to which the choice may be made could be reduced in line with medical advances since the law was passed); I wouldn't necessarily feel comfortable having one myself, but I don'tsee that choice as giving me the right to impose anti-abortion views on anyone else through law or any other means.