Letters | Sunday, 19 April 2009

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Confusion on abortion rights

One of the most irritating things about ‘pro choice’ is the expression itself. It is true that pro-abortionists do not believe in killing every child in the womb in the way pro lifers believe in protecting every child in the womb. But ‘pro choice’ does imply giving a choice, and we all know that whenever abortion is legal, and even when it isn’t, people are often forced to have one, and choice is just for the privileged few.
So maybe pro choicers should call themselves, ‘pro choice except when the mother or baby is at risk, there’s been a rape, or the child is not a wanted child or there isn’t enough housing, or it’s in China, India, or born to a single parent or is the result of rape, or the pregnancy isn’t convenient to mother, father, grandparents or society in general at that particular point in time’.

Mary Camilleri
Sliema

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