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Thread: Abortion
Originally Posted by Mallymkun View Post
Of course, we all know what regime exterminated human beings based on their genetics.

gotta love that inevitable nazi regime reference. you look very clever using arguments like that

The "where does life begin" question is a tricky one, but that's not necessarily the only line of reasoning either. you can look at the economic and societal benefits as well, you don't need to just reason based on abstract human rights and whether unborn people deserve them

although my 2 cents on that topic are that life basically begins at conception. a sperm is just that - a sperm. It has no individual capability to become a person. Same thing with an egg. They will continue to be sperm and eggs barring human interference. That's not the case with embryos/fetuses. Barring unfortunate accidents of nature, they are on the inevitable path to being people. any interruptions in that process are depriving that lifeform of its normally inevitable personhood, and honestly there is no moral highground for pro-choicers on this part of the question


that of course isn't to say that there aren't good arguments to be made from other perspectives like the ones i mentioned earlier, but pro-choicers need to put the conception schpeal behind them, because it's not a battle they can win.
for the record, i'm pro choice