Apparently I’m not the only one wondering since I found numerous websites discussing just this question. On one hand, Juno chooses not to have an abortion and she comes about that decision without consulting her parents or her boy toy. On the other hand, she comes to the conclusion that having an abortion would be a bad thing — although she comically couches her reasoning by referring to the fact that the baby has nails. She also understands that there are many families out there who desperately want children and would make great parents — but as we find out later in the movie those parents may not always be perfect!

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/01/is-juno-pro-lif.html

http://blogs.nypost.com/movies/archives/2007/12/juno_pro-life_o.html

http://www.volodymyrzablotskyy.com/juno-the-true-%E2%80%9Cpro-choice%E2%80%9D-movie-you-dont-want-to-miss/

http://www.campusprogress.org/page/community/post_group/main/CHtP

The post I particularly liked though was this one:

http://filmchatblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/pro-life-pro-choice-could-it-even-be.html

Peter Chattaway makes that argument that it could really be both pro-choice and pro-life. Furthermore, he argues one could be pro-choice, but not necessarily pro-abortion and likewise one could be pro-life and not anti-choice. Of course, in these cases he defines pro-life to mean favoring the continuation of life and pro-choice as meaning you give people the option to choose whether to continue life or not.

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