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syt2020 2 points ago +2 / -0

binary outcome (legal or illegal) to an analog process

Exactly this! Very reasonable. You should really know as soon as possible, or ahead of time really if you're going to be having a baby or not. A month or two tops. (edit: I just checked the current laws go up to about 20 weeks which is pre-viability but maybe a little long to me)

I don't think this is a conservative argument, it's a religious one. Which is fine, but I don't find this one very practical. Do you want more suffering? Unwanted babies that can't be afforded? Probably live a childhood of suffering and poverty, maybe crime, creating a burden on society. I'm sure there are success stories but they will be the exception not the norm.

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WildSauce 2 points ago +2 / -0

Really I think it is a human rights issue more than left/right or religious. A person's right to life outweighs another person's right to bodily autonomy, when those rights come in conflict as they do during a pregnancy. So after a baby is considered alive I don't see any way to allow abortion except for very rare cases.

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syt2020 1 point ago +1 / -0

Yeah I would say that point is pre-viability

now me personally I can guarantee I wouldn't have minded much lmao. life is rough, and i have a relatively easy one

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unicornpoop 1 point ago +1 / -0

Children are the only group that doesn't seem to have any legal protection in this country. I can abort my child, strike my child, fail to provide adequate nutrition, adequate housing, adequate education. All fine. And before you claim that this is illegal, please go visit inner city black kids in the south.