Comments on: Oh, That Pro-Abortion Lobby

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 18:48:55 +0000

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.

By: John A. Kalb

John A. Kalb — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 06:47:28 +0000

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.

By: Patterico

Patterico — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 03:08:20 +0000

Turns out the woman is a fairly prominent pro-abortion activist.

By: annika's journal

annika's journal — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:40:25 +0000

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…

By: dustbury.com

dustbury.com — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 16:22:14 +0000

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,…

By: Kalblog

Kalblog — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 05:41:51 +0000

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…

By: SayUncle : Fudge

SayUncle : Fudge — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

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