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i'm pro-abortion but the results to many (not all!) of these questions make me think we don't *actually* view fetuses as just part of a woman's body.

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Aella

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Oct 29, 2022

Women And Fetuses POLL THREAD (some qs assume futuristic tech capacity) 1: Should it be legal for women to abort/end the life of their fetus before 3 months?

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5:54 AM · Nov 1, 2022

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Do people say they do?

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lots of 'my body, my choice'

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Many of my answers were based on concerns about the future impact on society and the person-to-be.

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It’s a complicated issue for sure, anyone saying otherwise is just being dishonest on either side IMO. I support light federal legislation (like rape exemptions + no super late term abortions) and think individual state laws after that would be best. Look up fetal homicide laws

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It has to do with the future. Terminating a pregnancy is one thing—purposefully removing limbs from a fetus that will become a handicapped discrete person is another thing altogether

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In don't think the polls necessarily say that. The view that the fetus is just part of the mother's body (which I'm not sure is a real view people hold) has to allow that that part of her body can *become* a person.

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I've never thought of "my body, my choice" as an endorsement of the idea of the fetus as part of a woman's body, but acknowledging that family planning is a woman's right because of how it affects their bodies.

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This lacks so much honesty... One thing is to decide: i do not want to continue my pregnancy. Another one is: Im gonna amputate an arm to this fetus for no reason and give birth to it. One is a reasonable health option, the other one is plain torture.