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    1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey May 14
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      This is not an issue I wade into often, but criminalizing abortion even in the event of incest and rape is disgustinghttps://apnews.com/fbae135281e64818946f72cfdb199dcb …

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    2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey May 14
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      The state forcing a woman who has been raped to carry the child is unconscionable. Before, the rape was a tragedy, and the subsequent abortion was an additional tragedy. Now, the tragedy would just be compounded in a different and more invasive way by dint of coercive state power

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      Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey May 14
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      I don't often "wade into" this issue because I think it's morally fraught and complex. I'm also a non-theist and don't subscribe to the predominant Christian/Islamic view on abortion. However, using criminal law to force a rape victim to give birth is straightforwardly immoral

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        2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey May 14
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          I see people claiming that there is in fact an exception for rape and incest. Either every single media report is wrong, or you're wrong. AP: "Senators rejected an attempt to add an exception for rape and incest. The amendment was voted down 21-11"

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        3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey May 14
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          The bill is also not somehow "temporary" because it's clearly intended to force a Supreme Court case. The only way it can be challenged up to the Supreme Court is if the bill is enacted.

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        1. TheGirlWithTheSaintsTattoo‏ @ThatOtherGirl19 May 14
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          I agree with you, but also I don’t think that’s what’s happening. The article makes clear that this is temporary. Additionally, the bill includes language that protects the life of the mother if endangered. I think it’s far more nuanced than you suggest.

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        1. Kim il Baba‏ @ariellabooks May 14
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          I don’t think this is necessarily a religious issue per say it’s about at what point a baby is considered an independent human with independent right of protection by the state as it is the states first duty to protect its citizens.

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        2. Leonidas Xanflorp‏ @LXanflorp May 14
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          I’m pro-choice. I don’t understand how the pro-life point is in ANY way modified by rape or incest. If you believe a fetus is a living human being with rights, its origin is irrelevant. It’s like saying “I’m against murder...unless someone is taking a parking space you want.”

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        3. André Levy‏ @andre__levy May 14
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          In theory, it'd be modified by the fact that consent to have heterosexual intercourse extends to gestating the child, if one eventuates, as it's its natural consequence. In theory… In practice, every rape kit includes Plan B pills preventing pregnancy before it starts.

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        2. Kevin  🇺🇸‏ @krobinson_3232 May 14
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          why would how the life came to be be relevant on whether it deserves to live or not? Rape is terrible and it's a horrible thing for anyone to have to go through, but that doesn't make that child's life any less valuable

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        2. #Brexit Guilt Trip‏ @LibGuiltTrip May 14
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          Pro-abortion fanatics have provoked an equally repellant reaction from anti-abortion fanatics. Welcome to 2019.

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        3. intrepid_wanders‏ @intrepidwanders May 14
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          Indeed...That sensibility needle is just going to bang on the hard stops for 6 or more years...

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        1. SubliminalMSG‏ @Heartlandier May 14
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          Killing an innocent human fetus is immoral.

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        1. billie mac arthur‏ @billiemacarthur May 14
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          Children should not pay for the sins of their fathers

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        1. Vilorik Nilovich‏ @VilorikN May 15
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          Why isn’t it immoral in every case?

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        1. artsygirl‏ @ArtsGirly May 14
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          Well, it's either a life or it isn't at some point in this process and it's probably not day one or exit day nine months later. But, picking is rather complicated. :)

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        1. Etienne‏ @s7c7d7 May 15
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          A fetus become no more or less human if it was created as a result of rape. The purpose of the state is to protect those unable to defend themselves (the unborn baby) from anyone who would take its life.

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        1. John Kochendorfer‏ @GrandPoops60 May 15
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          do your homework Mike there are exemptions

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