These terms are pretty widely used and are the most widely accepted. Of course I don’t think ‘pro-choice’ is a good, neutral term—but they are a reasonable compromise for the sake of clarity, since everyone understands what they mean.
I don’t know what you mean here.
Yes, there is a lot we can do to tackle the root causes of abortion.
EA is supposed to consider how to improve the world as much as possible—that is what this post aims to do. The fact that it might lend credibility to a right-wing cause does not bother me, nor does the fact that the pro-animal posts here might lend credibility to a left-wing cause. I am struggling to understand what point you are trying to express, unless you are just assuming that anything that could benefit conservatives is evil. But that is just silly. Moreover, plenty of left-wing people (like myself) are opposed to abortion.
I explicitly stated at the start of that appendix that it was relevant for the 15% or so of EAs who are religious. It is relevant to them, and belongs there. If you don’t like, scroll past it.
At this point I fear you are not really engaging with (or even reading) the post. If you have specific criticisms, I’m happy to address them. If not, then I probably cannot help very much.
These terms are pretty widely used and are the most widely accepted. Of course I don’t think ‘pro-choice’ is a good, neutral term—but they are a reasonable compromise for the sake of clarity, since everyone understands what they mean.
I don’t know what you mean here.
Yes, there is a lot we can do to tackle the root causes of abortion.
EA is supposed to consider how to improve the world as much as possible—that is what this post aims to do. The fact that it might lend credibility to a right-wing cause does not bother me, nor does the fact that the pro-animal posts here might lend credibility to a left-wing cause. I am struggling to understand what point you are trying to express, unless you are just assuming that anything that could benefit conservatives is evil. But that is just silly. Moreover, plenty of left-wing people (like myself) are opposed to abortion.
I explicitly stated at the start of that appendix that it was relevant for the 15% or so of EAs who are religious. It is relevant to them, and belongs there. If you don’t like, scroll past it.
At this point I fear you are not really engaging with (or even reading) the post. If you have specific criticisms, I’m happy to address them. If not, then I probably cannot help very much.