Why do some folks favor abortion and oppose capital punishment and others oppose abortion and favor capital punishment? ~

Don't both acts amount to playing God? I believe either pair of opinions is inconsistent.

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According to law and science, an embryo isn't a person, just like an acorn isn't an oak tree. So aborting an embryo is in no way killing anything. Wanna see a bit of the science?

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/baby-born-from-27-year-old-embryo-what-this-means-for-the-future

Abortions are only performed before the embryo or fetus can survive outside the womb. That was the standard for legal abortion in Roe v Wade and continues to be.

RedBaron · M

@ElwoodBlues So by that logic, you are OK with both abortion and capital punishment?

ElwoodBlues · M

@RedBaron I've explained how an embryo is different from a person, with the implication that aborting an embryo isn't killing a person. How do you think embryos connect to capital punishment??

RedBaron · M

@ElwoodBlues Both are tantamount to playing God.

ElwoodBlues · M

@RedBaron Freezing an embryo for 27 years is playing God. Transplanting livers and hearts is playing God. Curing cancer is playing God. Fitting artificial limbs is playing God. Giving a college education to a poor kid is playing God. We do a lot of playing God these days.

RedBaron · M

@ElwoodBlues If you say so.

Lucyy · 22-25, F

@ElwoodBlues I agree a million and ten percent. Best reply I've seen

AJ023 · M

@ElwoodBlues how is giving a college education to a poor person playing God some people don't have the funds and people out there help them which I think is a great asset to help somebody get the education you are so misguided in your thinking you need to just really look at what you are saying.

RedBaron · M

@AJ023 And you need to learn about punctuation, especially commas and periods.