I voted for “pro-abortion” and “anti-abortion.”
Yep, you will, should and that’s the way it should be - after all, you’re the one that’s gonna turn into a blimp :D, go up one (or maybe two) cup sizes 
pee six times a night :eek: and then try to squeeze a basket ball through a garden hose:(
[Moderator Note]I suggest that any debate about abortion itself be taken to Great Debates.[/Moderator Note]
Alternatively, I think that one should have a strong reason for having a baby. Certainly a better reason than “because I got pregnant”.
It makes no sense to say “It’s her choice as long as it’s a good enough reason”. The whole point is that it’s her choice, and you don’t get to decide what reason is good enough.
Seconded, even though I’m pro-choice and concede I’m yielding a tactical point to the other side by giving them their term of, um, choice.
You really are pro-choice. 
er? Poking finger at me for what?
Ain’t I already said that I don’t want to be sitting in judgement?
And that whatever you determine to be a good reason, is a good reason?
I simply feel that if you are pregnant, there should be a pretty strong (strong to the individual) reason for not progressing with the pregnancy. I feel the default should always be to continue with a pregnancy.
But hey - your body, your choice
[Moderator Note]I strongly suggest that any debate about abortion itself be taken to Great Debates, because I’d rather not start handing out warnings.[/Moderator Note]
Trying to frame the debate with labels is, in my opinion, a fairly cheap and shallow tactic that sets you up to belittle and dismiss. I use the labels that most adherents choose for themselves, and argue for what I think is right with substantive arguments.
There’s one big problem with that: allowing one side to label itself “pro-life” suggests that the other side is “anti-life”. Using labels can define what the argument is all about.
I generally use pro-choice and pro-life. I respect people having in opinion on either side. Those two options seem to be ones chosen by each side to describe their position.
And indeed allowing one side to label itself “pro-choice” suggests that the other side is “anti-choice” and indeed that the “pro-choice” side is all about anything other than one particular choice. So I’ll play fair and refer to both sides by the term they prefer for themselves, and neither side by the term the other prefers for them, and if there’s any arguing to be done, we can pick it up from there.
Erm… the terms refer to a discussion about one particular choice. People who are against offering that choice are anti-choice. People who are in favor of offering that choice are not anti-life.
I don’t see an “abortion debate” in the terms that the OP stated; there are a few people who are categorically against abortions over here, but I haven’t met any of them - but that’s mostly because I don’t live in the US.
I voted for Pro-Choice and Pro-Life, though I’m sure I’ve used Anti-Abortion before, and as I mentioned before I’d probably use Pro-Reproductive Choice more often if it weren’t so wordy. Anti-Reproductive Choice would be its equivalent, I guess. I don’t mind using Pro-Life so much, because at this point I think it’s got more than a hint of irony considering some of the people who go by the term.
My friend sends me e-mails using the term anti-choice, which enfuriates me to no end since I’m pro-life. That’s when my officemate suggested that I responded to her by calling her anti-life.
I generally use the term pro-choice, but when people start to get obnoxious …
I don’t spend a lot of time talking about abortion, but I guess in my head I use #4. I mean, that’s what it comes down to. Not lofty abstract ideals like “life” or “choice”- but abortion or no abortion.
Damn right, it doesn’t run both ways. One side is completely civil while the other side thinks it’s OK to kill a baby so long as they’ve never seen it.
See how easy that was? It wasn’t a substantive point. It was a paper-thin attack on the other side. That’s the problem with using labels that the other side doesn’t like. As soon as you call me “anti-abortion” or anything other than “pro-life”, you’ve set yourself up as a person not interested in debating or discussing anything.
Calling my side “pro-life” doesn’t mean that you acquiesce to my belief that a fetus is alive anymore than me calling someone a Muslim makes me worship Muhammad. When you say “He is pro-life”, it means “He holds views consistent with the pro-life side of the abortion debate.” There’s no mystery to what that term means, so there’s no danger in using it.
It all comes down to politeness and civility. Do I run around calling the Democrats “the Demagogues”, even though I think it’s a much more accurate term? Not unless I’m trying to be insulting. So when you start a thread by using a term for one side that they don’t use themselves, it automatically creates a non-civil atmosphere.
So if the pro-choice side chose to call themselves The Ones Who Are Right, you’d be perfectly willing to go along with that, for the sake of civility?
“Pro-choice & Anti-abortion” generally. “Anti-choice” is accurate but just sounds awkward to me for some reason.