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NerdyPotato · M
The argument that abortion is murder is a complicated one. It's not about killing a fully functional human, but stopping the process of what could have resulted in one.
But so do condoms and the pill. Masturbation also kills sperm cells that could have fertilized an egg cell. Browsing SW instead of having unprotected sex also prevents the birth of a human.
Obviously I just took this to ridiculous levels, but if you walk through it in reverse order, at what point does it become a valid argument and why exactly there?
But so do condoms and the pill. Masturbation also kills sperm cells that could have fertilized an egg cell. Browsing SW instead of having unprotected sex also prevents the birth of a human.
Obviously I just took this to ridiculous levels, but if you walk through it in reverse order, at what point does it become a valid argument and why exactly there?
PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M
@NerdyPotato By the standard of some people on this topic a blowjob would be cannibalism.
@NerdyPotato I have seriously wondered if people say in their 50s are even fully functioning.
This really all happens to fall onto the topic of when consciousness begins. When does a person become a person? Is one cell a person? Is the billions of cells we call an adult a person? What is the tipping point? Or is there even one? If one cell is a person can the inverse also be true and an adult be considered personless? Cause many adults sure act like they aren't real. Or have a soul/conscience.
People also argue it begins with heart/brain development. But how can you feel if you have no memory to just tell you what you just or are currently experiencing. And memory develops well after birth.
This really all happens to fall onto the topic of when consciousness begins. When does a person become a person? Is one cell a person? Is the billions of cells we call an adult a person? What is the tipping point? Or is there even one? If one cell is a person can the inverse also be true and an adult be considered personless? Cause many adults sure act like they aren't real. Or have a soul/conscience.
People also argue it begins with heart/brain development. But how can you feel if you have no memory to just tell you what you just or are currently experiencing. And memory develops well after birth.