Abortion
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by monokrom:
"Bluejam - are you going to post a political cartoon of the PETA activist who thinks that raising minks for their fur is just HORRIBLE and BRUTAL but votes pro-choice in every election because she believes that it's every woman's right to have their babies cut into little pieces and sucked out of their wombs? "i clarified this before. abortions are not performed by reaching in and crudely cutting a 'baby' up into little pieces. this is such a bullshit thing to say. it states no fact about anything. this is a statement that pro-lifers make to take the emphasis away from scientific and moral argument and toward a 'murderous' emotional response.
the type of abortion where the fetus (not a 'baby') is ever mutilated is called partial birth abortion. this type of abortion is performed only in medical emergencies where the life of the mother is at stake. it is NEVER performed otherwise. it is a lie to even suggest that it is. the problem is, you are not lying, you are just ignorant about this fact, along with many many pro-lifers.
this statement is also flawed because you are calling a fetus a 'baby.' this makes it seem like these undeveloped organisms can think or feel. they simply cannot. and it has no bearing on the debate whether it has unique genetic material. of course it does. but so did the fly that i just killed.