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King Beauregard 👂's avatar

I would have said "subjunctive" but nobody would know what I was talking about, so I wasn't in a subjunctive mood. Still, if I were ...

I am at least sympathetic to the perspective that a fetus, as a developing human life, has at least some value and human-ness. But I am also keenly aware of the damage a child can do to a woman -- the sheer psychological and economic stress may well not be something a given woman isn't ready for -- to say nothing of how a child would suffer under those circumstances. If a woman isn't ready for a child, we spare everyone a hell of a lot of suffering by going through with an abortion.

And of course, the "pro-life" side does not see the human-ness in a child. If I'm being maximally charitable, I will say that most "pro-life" people just want a moral high horse since Lord knows they fail at every actual test of character. Slightly less charitably, they don't like that these harlots women are sinning and getting away with it, and what could be better than an 18-year sentence of their own making? Oh, and no help from a compassionate social safety net either. To them, a child's value is as a mere punishment device.

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