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The term "pro-choice" is often used interchangeably with "pro-abortion." Proponents for the usage of "pro-abortion" cite that "pro-choice" is a [[loaded term]] implying the negative opposite "anti-choice" instead of "pro-life". Both "pro-choice" and "pro-life" are examples of [[political framing]]: they are terms which purposely try to define their philosophies in the best possible light, while by definition attempting to describe their opposition in the worst possible light (being "anti-choice" or "anti-life").
Opponents of the pro-choice view sometimes refer to people who are pro-choice with what can be considered [[pejorative]] terms such as "anti-life" or "pro-abortion". Some pro-choice individuals object to this nomenclature, and claim that they approve of life, emphasizing their beliefs that women's lives are better when they are not forced to give birth to unwanted children, and that children's lives are better when they are born to parents who want them. This underlines their support for increasing the quality of people's lives by having each child be born to a woman who is willing and able to raise the child, rather than just increasing the quantity by causing more births. Their belief is framed in the broader category of the individual liberty and absolute "reproductive freedom".
In addition, some pro-choice individuals who object to abortion on a moral basis, or who believe that abortion is still an undesirable experience for the woman undergoing it even if the consequences of not having an abortion are worse, also reject the label "pro-abortion". "Pro-choice" equates with a political mindset that often includes being pro-contraceptive options. Many pro-choice individuals would be delighted to see the number of abortions decrease not because of legislation banning procedures, but by providing comprehensive sex education and birth control education programs, increased access to birth control or contraception options, increased education about proper use of birth control, and emergency contraception such as [[Plan B]] becoming accessible to all.
One view on how to resolve the dispute is simply to accept the terms each group uses for itself.
The ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'' lists the usage of "pro-choice" at least as early as [[1975]], around the time when the question of the legality of [[abortion]] became increasingly discussed after ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' (the term "choice" is used to describe options towards abortion in the case as well).
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