Sometimes I see people repeating some slogan and think, "That is so stupid. Is that really going to catch on?" But there comes a point where you have to admit that it did catch on - and now it needs a serious response.
Today I want to look at the common meme: Banning abortion means "forced pregnancy" or "forced birth".
Now, normally one would imagine the phrase "forced pregnancy" to mean some kind of nightmare in which the government kidnaps women and impregnates them. But that's not what's being said here. The logic goes like this: “If a woman is prohibited from getting an abortion, then the government is forcing her to remain pregnant and give birth.”
Now, we know intuitively that this is logically upside down. It is a twisted way of describing the situation... but how do we show that? How do we put that intuition to words?
