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Wanna know if a pro-choice argument is effective at persuasion? Simply apply the Anti-Abortion Translator: replace "abortion" with "shooting babies in the head". If your pro choice argument suddenly sounds idiotic with the translator applied, then it's not gonna be persuasive.

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San Francisco Chronicle

@sfchronicle

Dec 12, 2021

In an interview with The Chronicle, VP Kamala Harris warned of grave consequences if the Supreme Court overturns Roe vs. Wade: “I don’t mean to sound alarmist, I mean this: Women will die." Read more: bit.ly/3EOQ0Sx

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*confused screeching because the quoted tweet does not contain the word abortion*

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lol I couldn't fit more nuance into that tweet

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Just to clarify, is "if we outlaw shooting babies in the head, women will die" a ridiculous argument or not?

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yes, because I think part of the context is that far fewer women die than babies get shot in the head; idk what % of diy abortions end with women dying, but i doubt it's huge; most of the pressure would likely reroute into women not getting abortions in the first place

9:27 PM · Dec 13, 2021

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and it's also that women will die mostly because of their own choice - e.g., attempting to shoot their baby in the head and then it backfires and shoots themselves instead.

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