I'm not pro-abortion.

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62. That means you're pro abortion. Why does it need all this parsing?

With respect to arthritic knees, do you go through a long explanation about how you are not pro-knee replacement. You are pro-preventive exercise and physical therapy. But if that doesn't work, especially if the person is really in pain and can't get around any more, and the knee is really mangled up, then it would be the height of cruelty to deny that person the knee replacement.

Do you say that?

If not, why the difference?

Of course no one wants people to be getting knee replacements willy nilly when they don't need them. But somehow we don't see the need to explain that every time we talk about knee replacements. We just assume people understand it. And we don't feel the need to define for the patient what would make his or her knee replacement socially acceptable. We allow the patient and the patient's doctor to make that decision based on the lifestyle and needs of the patient. I know! Let's do the same with abortions!

Me? I'm pro-abortion and pro-knee replacements. The end.