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  •  I think there is a chance (4.00 / 3)

    that by welcoming "pro-life" candidates and voters into the democratic fold that we can make it clear that being "pro-choice" doesn't necessarily mean being "pro-abortion".

    Howard Dean has touched on this....he's talked about  how many of those identifying themselves as "pro-life" want abortion to remain legal...we can work (and live) with this position.  We can take the view of Queen Elizabeth I; we don't need to make windows into men's souls...people are free to believe as they wish as long as they respect the legalities.

    by tjb22 on Thu Aug 04, 2005 at 09:37:55 PM PDT

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    •  I was trying to get at this point (4.00 / 4)

      By depicting the abortion question as one of freedom, we can give "pro-lifers" the excuse to join our party.  After all, freedom means letting people make choices we wouldn't approve of ourselves.  

      The appeal is to humility:  the basic Democratic value that our own opinions only impact ourselves, and aren't necessarily to be foisted on the entire country.  The Constitution tells us what we must all observe.

      I can't expect to live in a democracy if I'm not prepared to do the work of being a citizen.

      by Dallasdoc on Thu Aug 04, 2005 at 09:48:00 PM PDT

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    •  pro-choice.... (4.00 / 5)

      ...has NEVER meant pro-abortion. that's the right-to-lifers' propaganda. pro-choice means EXACTLY that: supportive of choice. there's NOTHING wrong with the term pro-choice, and to think that there is, is a knee-jerk REACTION to the crap the nutcases spew.

      The radical invents views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them. - Mark Twain

      by FemiNazi on Thu Aug 04, 2005 at 11:41:31 PM PDT

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