back when these battles were first being joined, the religious fanatics realized that 'anti-abortion' sounded negative and lacked emotional power. sp they decided to call themselves 'pro-life'. pro-life not only made them appear virtuous, it had the additional advantage of suggesting that their opponents were anti-life, and, therefore, pro-death. they also came up with a lovely variation to get you all warm inside: pro-family.
well, the left wing didnt want to sound anti-life or pro-death and they knew 'pro-abortion' wasnt what they needed, so they decided on on 'pro-choice'. that completed the name game and gave the world the now classic struggle: pro-choice vs. pro-life. the interesting part is that the words arent even opposites. but there they are, hangin out together, bigger than life.
then theres the fetus-unborn child argument. even leaving aside my personal feelings, the semantics alone are fun to unravel. to my way of thinking, whatever it is, if its unborn, its not a child. a child has already been born; thats what makes it a child. a fetus is not a child, because it hasnt been born yet. thats why its called a fetus. you can call it an unborn fetus if you want (its redundant), but you cant call it an unborn child. because-not to belabor this-to be a child, it has to be born. remember? the word 'unborn' may sound wonderful to certain people, but it doesnt tell you anything. you could say a volkswagen is unborn. but what does it mean?
the fanatics have another name for fetuses. they call them 'pre-born'. now were getting creative. if you accept pre-born, i think you would say that, at the moment of birth, we go instantly from being pre-born to being pre-dead. makes sense, doesnt it? technically, were all pre-dead. although, if you think about it even harder, the word pre-dead probably be best reserved for describing stillborn babies. the post-born pre-dead.
by the way, i think the reason conservatives want all these babies to be born is that they simply like the idea of birth. thats why so many of them have been 'born again'. they cant get enough of it.

courtesy of george carlin-when will jesus bring the pork chops?