To democrats and republicans:

But either way it’s a slippery slope... you can’t say that’s the moment life begins...
and I’m not really a pro-lifer either..

I believe the government shouldn’t be telling us what to do. But the arguments Some dems make for it is sickening and frightening when juxtaposed with things like fighting for the lives of death row inmates @BlueVeins

@GardenSage I've never really bought into the whole slippery slope fallacy thing because it ignores the fact that people make decisions meaningfully rather than just drifting infinitely along societal trends, but I'm glad you agree that government intervention isn't the answer.

Anyway, what's wrong with not wanting the government to off death row inmates? Executing people is both wildly expensive and dangerous to innocent people. There's no real contradiction between wanting abortions decriminalized and wanting the death penalty gone; both favor less government power over people's personal lives and fewer civilian deaths.

@GardenSage It's not a slippery slope, it's a necessary line in the sand. Something without a capacity to support a mind might be "life", but it's not a person - and on the extreme ends of the situation, the deliberation is pretty easy. But the transition is fuzzy, and in general we draw that line conservatively, with third trimester abortions not only being vanishingly rare, but usually only performed in emergencies.

@cherokeepatti Waits to hear the answer.

Point out the gross hypocrisy in my opinion and I’ll gladly own being dumb as well.... @cherokeepatti