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- Comment on How come people who are against abortion are in favor of the death penalty? Kind of seems like a contradicition/ 1 day ago:
Lucky? I thought the 12 week limit and need for 2 doctor statements after that was outrageous.
- Comment on How come people who are against abortion are in favor of the death penalty? Kind of seems like a contradicition/ 1 day ago:
I mean the pro-life stance is clear in the sense that they generally don’t accept abortion unless the mother’s life is in danger. So when someone is ‘pro-life,’ I know what that means. However, when someone says they’re ‘pro-choice,’ I don’t always know what they mean. I’ve assumed most people draw the line somewhere around three months, after which you’d need a medical reason and a doctor’s statement to proceed. But based on the replies I’ve gotten here, that doesn’t seem to be the case. Many seem to suggest that no such lines should be drawn at all and even go as far as calling the baby a parasite, which seems a bit crazy to me to put it lightly.
- Comment on How come people who are against abortion are in favor of the death penalty? Kind of seems like a contradicition/ 1 day ago:
Then have the child and give it up for adoption? If you don’t want to keep it, you can freely abort it until, say, 12 weeks, after which you’d need a medical reason and a statement from one or two doctors. I don’t see what the issue is here.
I’m not saying this is exactly how it should be, but something along those lines. The idea that someone should be free to abort a 7-month-old fetus if they choose seems quite extreme to me.
- Comment on How come people who are against abortion are in favor of the death penalty? Kind of seems like a contradicition/ 2 days ago:
Maybe I should’ve been more specific - I meant the point after which you need to consult a doctor to go ahead with an abortion. I think most people agree that a fetus just a few weeks old is barely a living thing, so aborting it is hardly different from, cumming in a sock. However, there is a point after which we’re no longer talking about a lump of cells but a sentient being, and to me at least, it seems reasonable that after that point, you’d need a medical reason to do it.
Where I’m from, that line is at 12 weeks. Until then, you’re free to do it for whatever reason you want. The unwillingness to draw any line like that means they’d be okay aborting an 8 month old too even for financial reasons and that just sounds fucking insane to me.
- Comment on How come people who are against abortion are in favor of the death penalty? Kind of seems like a contradicition/ 2 days ago:
I don’t know what hellhole you live in, but where I’m from, doctors don’t arbitrarily deny abortions to someone whose life is in danger. The reason you need a second opinion is because you had three months to decide whether you want to keep it or not. If it’s been more than that, the child is already so far developed that you’ll need a medical reason to abort it, and at that point, ‘I changed my mind’ is no longer a good enough reason to end the life of a living, feeling being.
- Comment on How come people who are against abortion are in favor of the death penalty? Kind of seems like a contradicition/ 2 days ago:
I’m pretty sure an 8-month-old fetus can feel things and is sentient, so that’s a moot point unless you’re going to argue that sentience appears at the moment of birth - which we both know isn’t true.
So… Why can’t we abort 3 year olds?
- Comment on How come people who are against abortion are in favor of the death penalty? Kind of seems like a contradicition/ 2 days ago:
How do you know you’re going to die due to pregnancy without visiting a doctor? You’re not going there to prove anything. You’re going there for a diagnosis. Doctor is the medical expert, not the mother.
- Comment on How come people who are against abortion are in favor of the death penalty? Kind of seems like a contradicition/ 2 days ago:
Well I’m not going to defend death penalty because I’m against it. My point was to illustrate how poor argument that is.
I replied to their accusation on another thread.
- Comment on How come people who are against abortion are in favor of the death penalty? Kind of seems like a contradicition/ 2 days ago:
I don’t think that drawing a line means it wouldn’t be allowed under any circumstances after that. Before the line, it would be at the mother’s discretion, and after passing the line, you’d need a statement from one or two doctors and a valid medical reason for it.
- Comment on How come people who are against abortion are in favor of the death penalty? Kind of seems like a contradicition/ 2 days ago:
Okay, let’s take this reasoning even further then. Why can’t this same logic be used to a 3 year old?
- Comment on How come people who are against abortion are in favor of the death penalty? Kind of seems like a contradicition/ 2 days ago:
Death penalty is justice. Abortion is cruel & horrifying.
See? That’s how convincing your reasoning is. Luckily the other people responding are atleast addressing the question.
- Comment on How come people who are against abortion are in favor of the death penalty? Kind of seems like a contradicition/ 2 days ago:
The thing I’ve yet to figure out about the abortion debate, and what likely gets me labeled as a right-wing bigot for even daring to ask, is where ‘pro-choice’ people draw the line. The ‘pro-life’ view is clear: life starts at conception. However, I don’t know where the left draws the line, and in my mind, refusing to do so seems to suggest it would be fine even a day before birth, which seems like an equally extreme position.