• robinn_IV [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    9 months ago

    but that would only work under the misguided assumption that life begins at conception.

    The whole argument of trying to place where “life” begins, or where the fetus becomes a “person” will always lead nowhere because there is no definitive cut off point or specific week/term where this occurs, forcing people to come up with arbitrary qualifications (such as an identifiable heartbeat). This will go on forever until people realize that as it is developing the (potential) child is always in between conceptual forms. The only thing that matters is capacity to survive outside of the womb, since this differentiates the outcome of the choice.

    • WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      9 months ago

      The only thing that matters is capacity to survive outside of the womb, since this differentiates the outcome of the choice.

      One time when I was in college pro life protestors came on campus and being the foolish bleeding heart liberal I was I went to debate one of them. I inuited this idea during the conversation and they hit me with a “well, that’s invalid.” No explanation, no reasoning, just refutation via nuh-uh. It was so incredibly upsetting that I just walked away. Fuck that person. I’d be pro choice with no other reason besides that conversation.