Is it time to go after the term "pro-life"? Great question. Blow is a snippet of a convo.
a guest wrote:
I wish people would stop calling the forced birth movement "pro-life." There is no pro-life movement; there is only a movement to force women to carry pregnancy to term. A pro-life movement would support expanded Medicaid, expanded child care, expanded parental leave, the prosecution of dead-beat dads, meal programs for schools and regulation of guns, including an assault weapons ban. Do you think if campaigns attacked that nomenclature, it would accelerate states to end abortion bans?
Opinion Columnist replied:
I use the term "forced birth" for the same reason you explain. Challenging language such as "pro-life" likely would not be decisive, but it could play a role in shaping the discussion. Remember: pro-choice and pro-autonomy forces have already won the argument. More than 60 percent of Americans agree with them. They've also won practically every abortion-related ballot fight since the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision. Now, it's a matter of ending gerrymandered districts and removing the state legislators who are sheltered from accountability.