I just saw some person morally grandstand about murder in response to a joke about abortion in a comment section somewhere

It feels so uncanny when it’s not suburban Evangelical Karens doing it on Facebook but random people presumably under 30

  • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]@hexbear.net
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    6 months ago

    It’s not a standalone argument. It says that if you believe that life begins at conception, then you believe the vast majority of people who have birthed children are guilty of manslaughter. And I think that illustration is a good way to open up how preposterous it is to equate a handful of cells to a breathing, dreaming, social human being.

    • CthulhusIntern [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      6 months ago

      Or that if life begins by conception, then by far, the biggest killer of people is miscarriage, or eggs failing to implant in the uterus. There’s not a single disease or regime on Earth that comes close to killing as many people as miscarriage. But there’s no marches to research a cure for miscarriage. No candlelight vigils for them.