Posted by
Aaron Miller on Saturday, May 16, 2009 1:00:00 PM
The pro-life movement does itself no favors by letting liberals frame the discussion in their own terms.
We need to stop talking about "fetuses" and start talking about "unborn
children". The word "fetus" is a scientific term which distances us
from sympathy. It's like talking about "males and females" instead of
"men and women", or "progeny" instead of "kids". Science is indeed
vital to good arguments against abortion, but the considerations of
"what is humanity?" should not be separated from considerations of
"what is a person?".
Never let abortion advocates ignore that we're talking about the lives of people and not mere lab experiments.