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...says that HRL’s incorporation of the notion of choice into their materials is deceptive. “It’s judging women for choices they might make,” she says. “It tells a woman that a choice that she has is wrong, or that a choice she has already made is wrong...
According to Saletan, the slogan’s co-opted notion of choice is undermined by the word “never.” “Pro-choice activists are within their rights to argue with these posters, but they need to focus their argument on the word ‘never,’ not on the word ‘choice,’” he says. “[SFC should] say congratulations to our former opponents for seeing the light and recognizing that the choice of whether to have an abortion...
...pulling the bandwagon from persuasion against abortion to outright prohibition may prove difficult. On an overwhelmingly liberal campus, any socially conservative movement needs to tack toward the center to gain traction. And by separating the notion of choice from support for abortion, HRL has at least temporarily beaten the pro-choice movement at its own game. However, by removing choice from politically contested territory and accepting it as common ground, HRL may have trouble transforming the personally anti-abortion coalition they hope to form into a political anti-choice movement. It’s a nice battle...
...what does Darcy think of the notion that, a few years from now, the class of ’07 might be contributing three players to the Harvard starting five...
...merit help. But more often the failure to get help reflects the continuing stigmatization of mental illness—even in a sophisticated community like ours. A person suffering with depression might feel inappropriate shame at not being able to control symptoms through his or her own efforts, a notion that would not even be entertained if the problem were diabetes or arthritis...