Fr. Francesco Giordano, STD: “My Voice, My Choice” and the Silence Beneath It

Europe is once again rallying around a slogan: My Voice, My Choice. The phrase has recently returned to the center of European political debate, especially as the European Parliament advances initiatives aimed at guaranteeing cross-border access to abortion when it is restricted in a woman’s home country. In the language of EU policy, this is framed as ensuring access to “reproductive healthcare across borders.”

More candidly, it amounts to the institutionalization of what has come to be called abortion tourism. The slogan itself is rhetorically brilliant. It appeals to dignity, agency, autonomy, and democratic participation. It suggests that to question the slogan is to suppress someone’s voice. Who would want to silence another human being? …

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