A linguistic trick of affirming the right to abortion while simultaneously devaluing it.

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107. I'm not "soft pro-choice" at all.

I advocate for abortion to be legal until birth, full stop, no exceptions. I'm against criticizing language on the basis of a bunch of appeals to consequences. We ought to speak about abortion in a way that is realistic, rather than trying to play a bunch of word games that someone in a woman's history department thinks will have a desired effect. That's an issue of how to talk about abortion, not about whether they should be legal.

"Maybe you go around using the term "rare" in context of other medical issues, but society certainly doesn't. Not like this."

That's totally irrelevant. The point is that its completely valid to use the word rare in that context, and its completely reasonable to argue that abortion should be prevented when possible. Nothing about that stance requires giving up ground on the basic question of whether a fetus should be given the same status as a human adult.

"Abortion is a moral & positive choice that liberates women, saves lives, & protects families."

Right, which is why I hear so many stories from people who have had one about what an easy decision it was, and how good it made them feel in the aftermath. Kind of like this woman:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/im-totally-psyched-about-this-abortion,10931/