It seems to me that those that label themselves Pro-Choice have allowed those that label themselves as Pro-Life to set the terms of the debate. In this debate the issue is framed as either the Pro-Choice stance, i.e. allowing women to "kill their babies" or the Pro-Life stance, i.e. that "life" begins at conception and that abortion is akin to murder.
But allowing abortion to be phrased this way is really a lose-lose situation for those that are categorized as Pro-Choice. The best that can be said for the Pro-Choice position is that it allows for the autonomy of the female to "kill their baby" or to bring it to term, while the Pro-Life position mandates that the female bring the fetus to term regardless of the choice of the person that is in fact pregnant.
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