Word of the Week: 'Choice'
“Pro-life” and “pro-choice” are both manipulative euphemisms, because life and choice each sound unequivocally good, whereas the realities of both abortion and abortion bans bother most normal people. That’s why, for four or five decades, my side of this fight has insisted on being called “pro-choice,” not “pro-abortion.” Not anymore, though. The House Pro-Choice Caucus this week clarified it is against the word “choice.” No, really. The group put out a document that included “choice” under the heading “harmful language,” suggesting “decision” instead as “he...