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> Legalizing abortion implies asserting that life begins after some date. I think you mean, "human life" not just "life". Because as far as we know life began
by riskable 4y ago
> Legalizing abortion implies asserting that life begins after some date.
I think you mean, "human life" not just "life". Because as far as we know life began about 4.2 billion years ago.
With that out of the way we must now talk about, "what makes human life special?" and "at what point does it become special?"
- throwaway894345 4y agoYes, that's implied because we're talking about abortion in humans. > With that out of the way we must now talk about, "what makes human life special?" and "at what point does it become special?" Ugh, I'd rather not. There's no good reason to dive into this, and it always ends in ugly eugenics territory. E.g., "Just hear me out, what if the mentally disabled aren't really people?". I'd prefer to keep a wide berth around that--the great thing about human rights is that (apart from the abortion issue) every human gets them.