Abortion is murder but shouldn't be punished. How to square that circle? We punish killing except in self-defense, war (mostly), and accident (sometimes). Abortion is none of those. "Murder" is the word for unjustified killing that must, in the name of justice, be punished. 1/x
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I don't think it's murder, which makes it easy for me to say abortion should not be punished. As I argue in this article, it's not murder because a fetus is not the same as a person. But that doesn't mean it has zero moral value, like a few skin cells. 3/xhttps://arcdigital.media/the-legality-and-morality-of-abortion-5f771ebe27fd …
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That article's part of a philosophical debate about abortion in
@ArcDigi, which I think is one of the best things we've published. Here's the first entry, by@bernybelvedere https://arcdigital.media/abortion-is-wrong-even-if-the-fetus-is-not-a-person-bd7552841366 … 4/xShow this thread -
Kevin Williamson saying women who get abortions should be hanged is ridiculous. But he's right that murder should be punished. I don't know Williamson's intentions, but he highlighted a contradiction in pro-life arguments. If abortion shouldn't be punished, it's not murder. (END)
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Interesting dichotomy here. I will borrow your idea.
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Thanks. And by all means, please do.
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Pro-life people know that. I’m pro-life and my pro-life political activist friends just don’t publicize the conclusion of the logic because they know it wouldn’t sell well. I totally support punishing people who commit infanticide.
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Until week 9-12, there's no difference between frozen embryo & embryo in woman, & this is when civilized countries end w/pill
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Is dropping and accidentally losing a frozen embryo manslaughter
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Or worse, you're afraid of calling a spade a spade because it's socially unacceptable and someone might not like you. Moral cowardice.
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Murder is the unjustified killing of a person. Most disagreement regarding abortion rests in debate over when someone becomes a “person”. This explains the diversity of opinion even among pro choice activists - Some are ok with abortion w/n 6 weeks, but against it at 6 months.
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