Yes, I have that one bookmarked too, and regularly pull it out in abortion discussions. I don't think of it as "living a lie" as much as I do "double standard". All those other women who want abortions are shameless sluts, but HER case is SPECIAL.

There was a similar situation in a news article I read some years back (dead-tree, so I don't have a link): during the RU-486 battle, one of the women in the test group at some college or other was active in her school's "pro-life" group, and planned to CONTINUE being active in it after taking part in the test. She was quoted as saying that she was genuinely pro-life, but she was afraid she was pregnant, and having a baby at this point would mess up all her future plans. Can you believe the barefaced hypocrisy?

I wrote a letter to the editor about that one, pointing out how fortunate she was that her side of the argument was currently losing the fight! Of course, it never saw the light of day.

Was the "pro-life" side ever actually pro life? I've always understood that the support for women who decide not to abort evaporates not long after the baby is out of the cutesie goo goo stage.

Also, I think opinions on the death penalty vary wildly among anti-choice people.

Fascinating indeed. Thank you for the reference.

Thank you for sharing the link. It sometimes amazes me how people rationalize what they want to do, while telling other people it's wrong.

Blessings

Sooner or later, people like that are simply going to have to be outed. I'm not comfortable with that thought because of considerations of medical confidentiality, but I don't see any way around it.

Wow. Thanks for posting that. It never dawned on me that there could be high level of hypocrisy among the anti-choice ranks.

I wonder if the same "personal beliefs" notion that anti-choice pharmacists are trotting out could be used by doctors in these circumstances?

Not that I want to see the conversation go that way, but sauce for the goose....