Religion & Law

In the same vein as the "I had an abortion" t-shirts, the latest trend is the #ihadanabortion hashtag on twitter.  Both are designed to remove any stigma from the decision to have an abortion.  Consider this explanation:

Just as always, not all feminists or pro-choicers agree with the concept. "Not sure what the #ihadanabortion hashtag is meant to accomplish," one woman tweeted. "Pro-choice is one thing but this just seems needlessly provocative." In response, someone wrote: "Why is saying #ihadanabortion 'provocative?' I had my wisdom teeth out. Is that needlessly provocative?

Apart from (but not entirely unrelated to) the debate over abortion's legality and constitutionally protected status, there is the question of stigma.  If we ever arrive at the point where abortion is viewed as the moral equivalent of the removal of one's wisdom teeth, the pro-life movement will have failed in much starker terms than those presented by the Roe v. Wade regime.