Superb piece, highlighting the simple fact that legislating abortions doesn't actually prevent them, it merely makes them unsafe If you are truly "pro-life", you should want doctors to provide abortions safely!https://twitter.com/DrJenGunter/status/1051664186550280192 …
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*legislating AGAINST abortions
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Replying to @MaccaPolitical
From a pragmatic view, not an important question. From a biomedical perspective, basically impossible to answer. From an ethical standpoint, the needs of the mother come first
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Pragmatically speaking you do though get a vote. Should we run with what bio-medically makes majority feel a bit squeamish? Ethically Mum coming first could soon see infanticide.
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Pragmatically speaking, the main impact of legislation restricting abortion is that it drives abortions underground. There is no evidence that it actually reduces the rate of abortiosn
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In terms of biomedicals, there is no hard line you can draw between "foetus" and "baby". We make arbitrary distinctions because we are uncomfortable with shades of grey
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In terms of ethics, it's a wildly complex discussion that Twitter is definitely not the place for, but essentially other people do not have a right to your organs
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