We don't think that they are; both parent and child have a right to survive and to thrive as well as possible, provided they don't infringe on the rights of another. In the case of a parent who is already pregnant but does not want to be, we understand that there's a balancing of bodily rights here. Because each…

Are you saying that people with abnormalities aren't valuable, that they shouldn't be treated with the same basic human dignity as other human beings, and that they should be killed off in order to spare ourselves from them? Hopefully feminists would argue that this kind of thinking follows the age-old pattern of…

Any sense of history? Of course we do! We know that first-wave feminists were adamantly opposed to abortion because they knew it hurt women and their preborn children. We know that second-wave feminists were co-opted into supporting abortion rights because money-hungry abortionists needed a way to popularize their…

*Suffragists, please.

If it helps at all, we're an organization opposed to all forms of violence, including war, the death penalty, and abortion. There's an entire network of organizations that follow this same premise, called the Consistent Life Ethic. And in fact, most pro-life/anti-abortion advocates support measures that would…

"The minute you start trying to legislate your belief into law, instead of just keeping it to yourself, then you're not a feminist." WHAT? So even though we believe that rape is wrong, that intimate partner violence is wrong, and that workplace discrimination is wrong, we can't try to pass laws to protect those who…

We like "anti-abortion" or "pro-abortion-rights". They identify where each party stands. Or even better, let's avoid labels altogether and use verbs instead. "I oppose abortion" is a better way to start a positive conversation than "I'm pro-life. (or "I support abortion rights" as opposed to "I'm pro-choice", for…

Abortion was absolutely not a founding tenant of feminism. The vast majority of first-wave feminists were, in fact, opposed to abortion. They identified as a cop-out for men, as proof that the needs of women weren't being met.

Exactly. Second-wave and first-wave feminism were both incredibly exclusive movements, focusing only on the voices of wealthy, able-bodied white women. It's time to allow all voices to be present.

We would suggest the following edits: "A fetus is a human." "All humans deserve basic human dignity."

Women should not have to choose between their personal aspirations and their unborn children. Feeling forced into an abortion because of lack of practical resources doesn’t sound like much of a “choice” to us. Abortion is a band-aid approach to a systemic problem: our patriarchal society has limited resources and…

Agreed. A hugely important of feminism should be to dismantle stereotypes and suppositions. Not all feminists are pro-abortion rights. Feminism should not exclude those opposed to abortion from the conversation. Let's have dialogue, instead.