The Politics of Choice

I might as well get this out of the way early on, because it is something that I feel is important to the community.
Everyone's heard about the old adage that goes, "Don't discuss politics or religion at dinner."
Well, we discussed politics, now we're going to discuss religion.

But not really religion per se, we're going to talk about a facet of religion that provides such an interesting...and often violent, battleground.

I'm talking about pro-choice versus pro-life now.
Now there's two sides that are clearly visible in this battleturf:

Pro-life and pro-choice.

Truth be told, both sides aren't mutually exclusive from each other. It is possible to be pro-choice and pro-life.
The problem is, people don't want to accept that. They want to believe that "choice" is slang for "death" and "babykilling", and nothing could be further from the truth. Some of the most ardent pro-choicers I've met are mothers.
And yet, some of these same people (keyword there: some.) who call themselves pro-life are all gung-ho pro-death penalty, pro-war people.
That is the inherent hypocrisy of the "pro-life" movement.
But I'm not going to offer talking points on what side is better. I'll just leave it at this: If you think pro-choice means "baby killing", there's a reason you're not meeting SAP.

Choice is important to us students because we have a lot of candidates out there pushin' some mean pieces of legislation concerning abortion. Our very own Solomon Ortiz is one of the most pro-lifeyest candidates (and guess what other house committee he's in? the house armed services committee. Heh, heh, Mr. Ortiz).

I don't have anything against Mr. Ortiz, but believe me, there's a lot of candidates out there, like him, who seem to think abortion is a big issue in elections.

Got a secret for you.

It's not.

Roe v. Wade is set. Any politician who wants to overturn it is in need for serious help.
Why? The same kind of people that want to overturn Roe V. Wade are the same kind of people that believe in abstinence-only education, and the same kind of people that want to add an entire chapter on God in the constitution.

Don't get me wrong, I love God.

But I also love the separation of Church and State. It keeps us from becoming Iran or Saudi Arabia. That's what we students need to understand.

But going back to choice:

Choice is not "murder".
Choice is not "murdering babies"
Choice is "I'm pregnant, and I have the CHOICE of aborting the fetus, or carrying it to full term.)
That's choice.
We'll discuss the facets of pro-choice versus pro-life in a later installment.
For now,
I'll leave you with a cryptic riddle/paradox that I've picked up:

"Pro-Choice is Pro-Life":