It’s kinda crazy because there happens to be a HUGE overlap between the sorts of people who say things like “I don’t know why my taxes have to pay for your kid, if you can’t afford kids don’t have them!” And the sorts of people who say:
“Ban abortion!”
Like…. If you don’t want them to have kids you have to pay for… you should probably make methods available to reduce the number of kids you have to pay for… that’s sort of obvious.
Like what are you going to do, fine people who “can’t afford” kids? Who would that help, and if they had money to pay fines.. wouldn’t they use it on their kids?
You can’t unfertilize an egg. It’s easy to say abstain or use birth control but shit happens, people make mistakes or choices that don’t go as planned etc. and you can’t un Mountain Dew what been mountain done.
So…. I dunnoh.
The precedent exists for pragmatic termination - happens in prisons all the time. And you can say this state or that or you don’t approve of the death penalty- very high minded of you- but police still carry guns don’t they’ve many people still own guns. So you will kill or be ok with someone else killing to protect you, or even just your property.
So few people can really claim such lofty virtue as being “pro life.” The argument is that a fetus hasn’t done anything wrong- but ending a life because someone did wrong is not “pro life,” it’s “pro order.” You believe that as retribution or to set an example that we can take lives. Of course a fetus not being a “human life” should end that debate but somehow it doesn’t for many. Largely because there is little to nonsensical basis to the argument and it’s just flailing arms and emotions and primate reflex.
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“Ban abortion!”
Like…. If you don’t want them to have kids you have to pay for… you should probably make methods available to reduce the number of kids you have to pay for… that’s sort of obvious.
Like what are you going to do, fine people who “can’t afford” kids? Who would that help, and if they had money to pay fines.. wouldn’t they use it on their kids?
You can’t unfertilize an egg. It’s easy to say abstain or use birth control but shit happens, people make mistakes or choices that don’t go as planned etc. and you can’t un Mountain Dew what been mountain done.
So…. I dunnoh.
So few people can really claim such lofty virtue as being “pro life.” The argument is that a fetus hasn’t done anything wrong- but ending a life because someone did wrong is not “pro life,” it’s “pro order.” You believe that as retribution or to set an example that we can take lives. Of course a fetus not being a “human life” should end that debate but somehow it doesn’t for many. Largely because there is little to nonsensical basis to the argument and it’s just flailing arms and emotions and primate reflex.