a bacterium is not equivalent to a human being
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ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 1 day ago
Wait until the pro-lifers discover the antibiotics they pop when they’re sick kill organisms inside of them… Life is sacred when it’s not their bodies.
IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf 1 day ago
FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Fuck off
Pushing your stupid superstition ain’t changing anyone’s minds
ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 1 day ago
A non-viable fetus is not equivalent to a baby.
IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf 1 day ago
define “non viable”
don@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Nonviable:
- Not capable of living or developing.
”a nonviable fetus.” - Not workable or practicable.
"a nonviable idea." - Not viable: not capable of independent life; not practicable.
Source: The American Heritage Dictionary, 5th Edition
- Not capable of living or developing.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
ickplant@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
I am curious, how do you feel about IVF? Should infertile people get to do it? It destroys embryos in the process. And it’s “playing god.”
imadethis@fedinsfw.app 22 hours ago
As to the “playing god” thing, I was actually quite amazed at how touchy the IVF doctors were about that issue. They had some interesting rules about what they would and wouldn’t tell the parents about the offspring options. I’d have to go ask my friends about it again for all of them, but I remember one of the rules was the doctors wouldn’t tell them the color of the eyes before choosing.
ickplant@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
I believe that ethical doctors do this. I also believe there are some unethical doctors out there who don’t give a shit and allow their patients to select for all kinds of traits. Ultimately, there is no way to know unless someone talks about it.
IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf 16 hours ago
ickplant@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
My first challenge to you would be to go look into the eyes of infertile people and tell them that “not everyone deserves a child, it’s not a right, it’s a gift.”
It’s easy to argue on the internet behind your keyboard. Much much harder to say your shitty beliefs out loud in front of people.
Here is my second question for you. A hypothetical.
You are at a fertility clinic, and a fire breaks out. You run past a room almost engulfed by flames, and see a little 4-year-old child in there, screaming for help.
As you go to rescue this child, you notice that the other side of the room has hundreds of embryos in Petri dishes. Babies, according to your beliefs.
You only have time to save one of those things. A 4-year-old child or hundreds of babies.
Who do you save? Be honest.
foo@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Billions of them. Each tablet is a genocide. Ban antibiotics now!
(But, actually don’t.)
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Def restrict them, feeding them by the fuckton to cattle because you’re too lazy to figure out a way to keep that many of them in sanitary conditions is how you get civilization-ending superbugs.
foo@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Yes, the widespread misuse and abuse of antibiotics is a huge problem. Don’t tell the antivax RFK fans about it though, you’ll give them new ideas.
Wouldn’t it be nice if more folk were just reasonable about things? Life would be so much easier and more fun.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 16 hours ago
he prefers raw milk, that has been sitting at room temp for a while.
jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Are they anti vax but pro antibiotic?