• Barometer3689@feddit.nl
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    1 month ago

    To answer your question. They consider the argument of “where do you draw the line” to be a red herring.

    Consider the following: if a person is in need for a kidney transplant, or else he would die, would it be ethical to force someone to donate their kidney against their will? I think not.

    Same applies to abortions. You are being forced to feed a parasitic being in your body, a being that destroys your body in the process. And not having an option to abort would be to take away your bodily autonomy.

    As for the line, I think that the person making that choice is the one that draws that line. It is not for us to decide.

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      You are being forced to feed a parasitic being in your body, a being that destroys your body in the process.

      Okay, let’s take this reasoning even further then. Why can’t this same logic be used to a 3 year old?

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          Then have the child and give it up for adoption? If you don’t want to keep it, you can freely abort it until, say, 12 weeks, after which you’d need a medical reason and a statement from one or two doctors. I don’t see what the issue is here.

          I’m not saying this is exactly how it should be, but something along those lines. The idea that someone should be free to abort a 7-month-old fetus if they choose seems quite extreme to me.

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        Cause then it is no longer connected to your body? Why would the same logic apply here? I am confused what argument you are trying to make

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        1 month ago

        Because a 3 year old is SENTINENT. It can FEEL things, unlike a fetus.

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          I’m pretty sure an 8-month-old fetus can feel things and is sentient, so that’s a moot point unless you’re going to argue that sentience appears at the moment of birth - which we both know isn’t true.

          So… Why can’t we abort 3 year olds?

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            Oh, you’re just a stupid reactionary. Get blocked idiot.