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Planned Parenthood has suddenly – and secretively – decided that they are no longer pro-choice<\/a>. Unfortunately for the babies, they haven\u2019t become pro-life yet, either. For the time being, they are not pro- or anti- anything, although they still cheerfully provide abortion services.<\/p>\n

The folks at Planned Parenthood feel that the categories “pro-life” and “pro-choice” are too limiting and too confusing. Personally, I\u2019ve never found them terribly difficult to understand.<\/p>\n

\u201cPro-life\u201d is pretty much self-explanatory: \u201cfor life.\u201d Supporting, promoting, and protecting all human life, every human life, from conception until natural death. Go, life<\/em>! (Applause.)<\/p>\n

\u201cPro-choice\u201d is slightly more confusing: \u201cfor choice.\u201d Yes, and what will your choice be today, Ma\u2019am? Hot dog or hamburger?” “I\u2019d like a choice.” “We offer hot dogs and hamburgers here, Ma\u2019am.” “I\u2019d really prefer a choice.” “We don\u2019t serve ‘choice’ here; we serve only hot dogs and hamburgers, Ma\u2019am. So sorry.”<\/p>\n

\"We<\/p>\n

If your choice is a hot dog, you want a hot dog. If your choice is a hamburger, you\u2019d like a hamburger instead. Choice is not an object, or a thing; it is a mental process. You can\u2019t eat it; it doesn\u2019t fill you up.<\/p>\n

If your choice is life, if you choose life for yourself and others, could we possibly call you pro-life? If so, congratulations!<\/p>\n

And if your choice is choice – what is that choice? The opposite of a hamburger is a hot dog, and the polar opposite of life is death. What is your choice?<\/i> If it\u2019s not life, then it must be death. There is no middle ground here, folks.<\/p>\n

I guess the idea is that by steering clear of the “pro-choice” label, Planned Parenthood hopes to be able to reach out to those who don\u2019t call themselves pro-choice. Fewer and fewer people are identifying themselves as pro-choice<\/a> – possibly because they are waking up to find that the \u201cchoice\u201d they\u2019re talking about is death. When folks start to realize that choice can be a synonym for death, the whole \u201cchoice\u201d movement starts to crumble. Very few people want to be called pro-death.<\/p>\n

It is an excellent business strategy on Planned Parenthood\u2019s part to move away from \u201cchoice,\u201d especially as we figure out the hidden meaning behind that tired word. Planned Parenthood does need a new moniker, because as more people understand the meaning of \u201cchoice,\u201d Planned Parenthood will have fewer customers, and therefore less cash.<\/p>\n

A name can\u2019t change a fact or reality. Just as a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, a death by any other name is just as sad. I could sell those hamburgers we talked about as ground-up-cow sandwiches if I wanted to. Although I might not sell the same number, it\u2019s still the same product, hidden somewhere behind the name.<\/p>\n

\u201cChoice\u201d has served as a curtain to cover up the gruesome realities of abortion for the last forty years. But the curtain\u2019s wearing thin now, and unfortunately for Planned Parenthood, a new word won\u2019t easily cover up those ugly truths again. Abortion in America can\u2019t last much longer now.<\/p>\n

\u201c I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live.\u201d \u2013Deuteronomy 30: 19<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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