Comment on Abortion Rights: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

• cricket98@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I genuinely do believe it is killing a human. The whole “its just a clump of cells!” is a reductionist argument that serves no purpose. We are all clumps of cells. I’m not religious either.

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  • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No, it’s not reductionist. It’s exactly what it is. What is reductionist is making it some kind of moral panic based on misinterpretation of religious text in order to force your perspective on others. The bible gives instructions on how to perform an abortion, and we know that abortion saves lives. Ectopic pregnancy, miscarriages, and other perfectly legitimate medical reasons are part of why abortion access is necessary and should be enshrined as female health care.

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    • cricket98@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m not religious at all. Even though I’m not religious, I think it’s still fine for me to speak out on things I view as wrong.

      Ectopic pregnancy, miscarriages, and other perfectly legitimate medical reasons are part of why abortion access is necessary

      I’m ok with abortion if the mothers life is directly at risk. I’m not ok with abortion being a backup birth control.

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      • Olhonestjim@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Nope, that’s exactly what abortion is, birth control. That is exactly what it was established as decades ago, and exactly what that partisan Supreme Court overturned against the will of the people.

        Abortion is nothing less than birth control.

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  • Olhonestjim@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah but killing a human in self defense is never murder.

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    • cricket98@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What if the baby is not threatening the life of the mother at all? How is it okay to kill in self defense in that instance?

      At least you admit you are killing a human. That’s nice that you have gotten that far.

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      • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Best way I’ve seen it put is this. If you’re (born) kid needs a kidney donation to live there is no law requiring you to give that kid a kidney. Why should there be a law requiring you to give an unborn kid use of a uterus? You’re not killing a person you’re simply denying them use of your own internal organs.

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      • Olhonestjim@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Pregnancy is always a life threatening condition. A woman’s consent to the use of her body supercedes anyone else’s claim to life dependent upon her consent.

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  • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m afraid I dont believe you. Have you approached the FBI, your local DA, over these “murders”? Have you even called the police? Have you hired a private investigator? If I knew someone was murdered I’d do all of these things.

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    • cricket98@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I didn’t call them murders. Maybe try reading a bit more carefully.

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      • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Wow you really got me. By replying as if you were the original person I was replying to you really ruined my argument by correctly noting I did not go back and check which username I was replying to.

        Very well, s/murder/“unlawful killings” in my previous reply

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  • pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Good news, it’s not.

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    • cricket98@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      whats not?

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