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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
I do too. But the suggestion that this procedure is being performed during birth is flat-out misleading.
The whole thing is, if not a tempest in a teapot, certainly being fought for political and ideological reasons and not because it is where the most lives/fetuses are being lost.
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Clearly.
At the same time, if there is some sorta sliding scale of certainty where people can believe with (the most/almost the most) certainty that a fetus is considered/should be considered human when it is a.) outside the womb and alive; b.)partially outside the womb and alive; and/or c.) somewhere at or beyond viability, then they will focus on those because they are the easiest arguments for them to make.
Believe me, sad as it is, the whole reason this issue resonates so strongly is because of the "outside the womb" image that people can conjure.
But hey, I'm not refighting this civil war here. I'm just saying that your tempest in a teapot is my tempest in a teapot. But it helps a lot of people sleep a little better at night.
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