Ppl overlook the power of empathy & projection on the part of ppl who have gestated foetuses of their own & thought of them as 'babies.'
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Replying to @HPluckrose
And we do this a lot. 'The baby is the size of a pea' at six weeks. 'I lost the baby' abt a first trimester miscarriage.
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It's very normal to feel protectiveness & even love for an embryo thought of as a baby & deep grief if it is lost.
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This matters because it shld influence how we try to get through to pro-lifers trying to obstruct reproductive freedom & change their minds.
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Similar to euthanasia, with abortion, atheists cannot support a sanctity of life argument. By dehumanising the subject >>
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>> we strive to be pragmatic & act in the individuals best interests without recognising the emotional harm & destructiveness
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At what point does life devalue with age or accrue value in the womb, to enable these decisions to be made without conscience?
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Conscience varies with values. Mine on abortion. http://helenpluckroseblogs.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/my-position-on-abortion.html … People decide whether their own lives have value or not.
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Is Pro-life/ choice divide based on physical development? By dehumanising embryos we lower the value of life easing consciences
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I'm limited pro-choice - but appalling ease that multiple (late) abortions can occur. Choice comes with responsibility.
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That's why its illegal after a certain date when brain starts to grow & form connections.
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