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> abortion does not affect others This is a bad faith argument that makes no effort to understand anti-abortion viewpoints. At least for some subset of their p
by silicon2401 5y ago
> abortion does not affect others
This is a bad faith argument that makes no effort to understand anti-abortion viewpoints. At least for some subset of their population, the whole basis for their stance is that they assign humanity at conception, not at birth. Hence to say abortion "does not affect others" is an opinion only valid in some viewpoints.
(unfortunately, I feel disclaimers are necessary around topics that people tend to not be objective and unemotional about) - I'm not anti-abortion myself; if anything I'm quite pro-abortion and think it should be encouraged in many cases. However I still try to understand the viewpoint of anti-abortion proponents
- lotsofpulp 5y agoI am aware of the viewpoints of anti abortion choice people, but they are not relevant to forgingahead’s comment that I was replying to. forgingahead’s comment implied that people with the opinion of pro abortion choice are being inconsistent in their belief if “my body, my choice” when it comes to mandating vaccines, to which I intended to clarify how it is not inconsistent because it is actually “my body, my choice [assuming it does not affect others]”.