created by jay520 on 20/01/2020 at 19:57 UTC
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Comment by tteabag2591 at 21/01/2020 at 17:20 UTC
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Likewise, we should also conclude that abortions should be legal because the fetus, while it is a person with a right to life, does not have the right to use the mother’s body.
I don't get this part. I'm still thinking through the argument but that part definitely feels wrong to me. If a mother gets pregnant willingly, how is that not grounds for the right of the fetus to override her right to bodily autonomy?
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Comment by burner557799 at 22/01/2020 at 23:47 UTC
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Natural selection. If you abort, your offspring doesn't reproduce, and you have to spend precious time making another baby. Hence the fact that people who get born have a bias towards anti abortion over time because that trait get inherited.
Note that the ability to abort is relatively new and hasn't had time to be weeded out yet.