I’m trying to express an opinion that I think many readers of this site willfully ignore. From what I read here, most of the commentors seem to believe their opinion makes up the overwhelming majority opinion on this matter, and that isn’t the case. About half the country identifies as pro-life and supports limiting…
MrCrumley
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Have fun not engaging with anyone who thinks differently than you.
Your not very good at dealing with people who don’t agree with you, are you?
Viability is an estimated lifespan. Yours might have been 20 hours, where a 28-week premature baby’s might be 20 minutes. I contend both of you are human regardless of the difference in you viability.
How much of my clothing, feeding, healthcare, etc. did you pay for? How much of yours did I pay for? Even if neither of us paid for the other’s wellbeing, that didn’t diminish either of our humany. As a baby, you were still a person even if I never gave you a dime of support. And I was likewise. There are billions of…
In a non-hyperbolic sense, you are correct. But I join you in saying those people are jerks. But MOST PEOPLE do not chastises single mothers for not being able to make ends meet, and there’s not a single piece of anti-abortion legislation that uses a mother’s economic standing as a reason for outlawing abortion. So I…
Those situations have some very large and important differences:
I admit you do not agree that every abortion harms a human. Are you willing to admit that millions of Americans believe every abortion does harm a human?
Every newborn would fail your, “see how it gets along on its own” test.
I’m not saying elected officials always reflect the will of the people. I’m saying they are the legally elected officials of Alabama. And that many, if not a majority, of that state is in favor of limiting abortion. It’s not trolling just because you disagree.
No one chastises single mothers for not being able to make ends meet. Saying the government shouldn’t be the first entity responsible for a child’s wellbeing is a far cry from chastising someone for being poor. But the issue of personhood is a separate issue from the mother’s poverty. A poor mother’s fetus has the…
Aren’t people who support child abuse laws imposing their beliefs on others? Aren’t traffic laws an imposition on people who’d rather drive faster, not use their signals, or would like to have a beer or two before getting behind the wheel? All laws are impositions on someone’s views.
You’re the only person bringing up a magic sky book in this discussion.
If you can’t believe me that I’m trying to present a position, then maybe we should just stop commenting to each other.
If you believe every child who doesn’t get government assistance will automatically die, then yes, that would be the same as killing them. But most of these children would not die. Many would get some government assistance (maybe not as much as you’d want, but they’d get some), or they’d get assistance from somewhere…
I didn’t bring up religion. Did you mistakenly answer the wrong thread?
About 48% of Americans identify as pro-life. About 60% of the US believes some form of abortion should be legal. That number declines as more conditions and qualifications (like the pregnancy term) are brought into the discussion. For example: about 60% of people support abortion within the first trimester. About 30%…
No. I am laying out why MANY people oppose abortion. There seems to be a belief that it’s impossible to rationally support anti-abortion laws and I’m telling why so many people do. Most of those people believe it should be outlawed because they feel those fetuses are humans that need government protection. Pointing…
Again. I disagree. The question of what constitutes humanity has nothing to do with who will take care of the human days, months, or years later. Otherwise, it would be acceptable to kill poor kids.