Some words are extremely loaded. Take for example the word “choice” and the so-called “pro-choice” group. Being pro-choice is one of those things that seem positive as far as words go. I mean, who could be against choice? I like to choose where I live. I like to choose chocolate over vanilla. I like to choose who my friends are. I like that I chose my spouse. Yep, I guess when it comes down to choosing in and of itself, I am for choices.
In contrast, people should not be able to choose to rape other people. People should not sell others into slavery. People should not murder other people. People should not abort babies. In all of these things, it is not a matter of “choice” but a matter of basic human rights.
Because most of our lives are spent dealing with choices that do not violate the human rights of others, we tend to think that choice is a blanket good thing. This glossing over details with a label that sounds positive hides the fact that the “pro-choice” is about the license to murder innocent human life in violation of their fundamental human right to life. Those who want to defend this practice, use words that sanitize what they really mean.
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