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Not particularly keen to get in an abortion debate on HN of all places. That being said, regardless of anyone's political stance, you saying 'because you made
by Apfel 4y ago
Not particularly keen to get in an abortion debate on HN of all places.
That being said, regardless of anyone's political stance, you saying 'because you made bad decisions' is inflammatory, and clearly based on the assumption that the pregnancy was a result of fully consensual sex.
Don't be that guy.
- cbozeman 4y agoEven in the 1970s, women had condoms and birth control pills. You're going to be hard-pressed to find a reasonable, thinking individual who would not allow for abortion exemptions for rape / incest / endangerment of the mother. We're on Hacker News. A place where - supposedly - thinking people comment. You "Don't be that guy." It shouldn't even be necessary for me to have had to type this.
- dahart 4y agoIt’s not hard at all to find examples counter to your claim. In Alabama “there are no exceptions for rape or incest”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_Alabama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_Alabama If you’re argument hinges on “reasonable, thinking” individuals, and you’re claiming that Alabama law didn’t meet that standard, then I would argue your “thinking” standard is completely irrelevant. The only relevant criteria is what makes it into law and affects people.