Oh, That Pro-Abortion Lobby
Oh no, they’re not “pro-abortion.” No one is, not even Amy “I’d rather kill two kids than shop at Costco” Richards. They’re just pro-choice. So friggin’ pro are they about this choice, that they’re willing to pay good money to brag about the choice they’ve made (h/t: Patrick Prescott), assuming that choice was to abort. For some reason, the shirts for everyone else that read “I didn’t have an abortion” are permanently out of stock, but I’m sure this was just an oversight. Surely Planned Parenthood they wouldn’t intentionally favor the choice to abort over the choice not to abort. They’re pro-choice, not pro-abortion, right?
Some people shouldn’t be trusted with a child or a choice.
UPDATE: Allah offers a bit more variety (h/t: Patterico) than Planned Parenthood does.
UPDATE x2: Annika has another contribution.
UPDATE x3: John Kalb thinks I’m missing the point, and that critics of casual abortions should fight fire with fire by personalizing their anti- abortion views with shirts stating “I was an unwanted pregnancy.” I disagree. Just because one side of the debate relies on the “I did X, therefore X must be morally acceptable” non sequitur, that does not mean that both sides should. Rather, I think we should respond with T-shirts lampooning that mentality, such as those Allah and Annika have provided. Better yet, why not come up with a whole line of T-shirts admitting to various and sundry acts that most people find disgusting, albeit lawful? Examples:
- “I had a yeast infection.”
- “I farted out loud in public.”
- “I can belch the alphabet.”
- “I jerked ten minutes ago.”
- “I just picked my nose. Wanna shake my hand?”
The list goes on. And on, and on.
July 27th, 2004 at 8:21 pm
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July 26th, 2004 at 10:41 pm
Missing the Point
Several people with whom I agree about abortion are incensed by Planned Parenthood’s t-shirts which proudly exclaim that the wearer has had an abortion. While there was certainly some of the typical, “we’re fierce, we’re feminist, and we’re in you…
July 27th, 2004 at 9:22 am
Bragging rights
Michele is not impressed with Planned Parenthood’s new “I Had an Abortion” T-shirt: Like most who have already written about this shirt, I thought abortion was a privacy issue. Well,…
July 27th, 2004 at 10:40 am
T-Shits
i saw something shocking at Moxie’s. Planned Parenthood, with the help of Yahoo! Shopping, is selling t-shirts that express the wearer’s pride at having had an abortion. That’s fucked up. Even pro-abortionists like Clinton and Kerry would stop short…
July 27th, 2004 at 8:08 pm
Turns out the woman is a fairly prominent pro-abortion activist.
July 28th, 2004 at 11:47 pm
Saying “I was an unplanned pregnancy” is a bit different from saying “I had an abortion.” In the latter, one is saying, “I did something, so it’s OK.” In the former, one is saying, “Someone else’s not doing something means that I’m alive, and that’s good.” While I could see some snarky leftie say, “I wish your mother had aborted you,” its appeal is much less abusive.
The problem with the ones you suggest is that no one would get it, and there would be no relevance. It would be an in-joke.
As a rule, I don’t much like this over-personalization of stuff, but if it’s going to happen, there needs to be a response aside from just getting mad and accusing them of being “pro-abortion,” which isn’t what they’re doing anyway.
July 29th, 2004 at 11:48 am
I disagree. The response to an inappropriate argument tactic is to call them on the inappropriate tactic. Parodying them by facetiously admitting to other legal but disgusting acts is one way to do it, if done in the right context (e.g., as a counter-rally, and then only if a large segment of the pro-abortionists are wearing the original shirt).
I don’t see how you can claim they are not being pro-abortion. That is exactly what they are trying to do. Not content with the choice itself – which I support, BTW – they are taking this to the next level and attempting to remove any moral considerations from the equation whatsoever. That’s where pro-choice stops and pro-abortion begins.