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Regardless of the intent the result is the same: “punishing women for daring to try to assert control of their own bodies”. I dont live in america unfortunatel

Regardless of the intent the result is the same: “punishing women for daring to try to assert control of their own bodies”. I dont live in america unfortunately and have no clue what the cultural background causing this is, but i do know its wrong.

paulryanrogers 4y ago
When I was raised anti-choice it was more about life is sacred, divine. Even if it's not viable and the would be parents haven't reached adolescence. Though it's possible the religious and conservatives at the top had more insidious motives.
- saghm 4y ago
  That's what I was taught in Catholic school as well, and yet, none of the people telling my classmates and I that abortion was literally murder seemed to be in favor of equal criminal penalties for premeditated murder and performing an abortion, because it's quite obviously not equal to killing a living human. Likewise, the fact that there are plenty of people who are only in favor of abortion in cases like when the mother's life is at stake are tacitly admitting that a fetus is not equivalent to a living human; essentially no one would be in favor of harvesting organs from a living child to keep a parent alive. If the argument is that a fetus is not equal to a human but still life and therefore sacred, then why isn't the anti-abortion crowd clamoring to make putting terminally ill pets to sleep a crime? If euthanizing an actual living dog or cat that can feel pain is morally okay, I don't really understand why an unviable fetus would require more protection under the law. I've also not met anyone who also wants to outlaw hunting because "life is sacred"; instead, I'll often hear arguments about how hunting is ethical despite the fact that it's ending life. If the arguments that abortion should be illegal because of the "sanctity of life" were being applied consistently to other issues, I'd find it easier to believe. When the only heavy political mobilization from the "life is sacred" interest group is to protect "life" when it's sequestered inside a woman's body, it's pretty hard not to assume that the only substantive difference is in fact the motivation.

paulryanrogers 4y ago

When I was raised anti-choice it was more about life is sacred, divine. Even if it's not viable and the would be parents haven't reached adolescence. Though it's possible the religious and conservatives at the top had more insidious motives.

saghm 4y ago
That's what I was taught in Catholic school as well, and yet, none of the people telling my classmates and I that abortion was literally murder seemed to be in favor of equal criminal penalties for premeditated murder and performing an abortion, because it's quite obviously not equal to killing a living human. Likewise, the fact that there are plenty of people who are only in favor of abortion in cases like when the mother's life is at stake are tacitly admitting that a fetus is not equivalent to a living human; essentially no one would be in favor of harvesting organs from a living child to keep a parent alive. If the argument is that a fetus is not equal to a human but still life and therefore sacred, then why isn't the anti-abortion crowd clamoring to make putting terminally ill pets to sleep a crime? If euthanizing an actual living dog or cat that can feel pain is morally okay, I don't really understand why an unviable fetus would require more protection under the law. I've also not met anyone who also wants to outlaw hunting because "life is sacred"; instead, I'll often hear arguments about how hunting is ethical despite the fact that it's ending life. If the arguments that abortion should be illegal because of the "sanctity of life" were being applied consistently to other issues, I'd find it easier to believe. When the only heavy political mobilization from the "life is sacred" interest group is to protect "life" when it's sequestered inside a woman's body, it's pretty hard not to assume that the only substantive difference is in fact the motivation.