E.g. abortion rights, anti-LGBTQ, contempt for atheism, Christian nationalism, etc.

  • Throwaway@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    Let’s replace some words. I think that abortion is murder. So it becomes:

    “Banning murder doesn’t stop murder”

    Do you see the point I’m trying to make?

    • Eldritch@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Aborting a non viable pregnancy isn’t and never will be murder. In fact, stopping women with non-viable pregnancies from getting an abortion often can be murder itself. Therefore abortion != murder

    • money_loo@1337lemmy.com
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      9 months ago

      I see you lack basic understanding in science and human development, and it’s unfortunately infected your opinions, feelings, and thoughts on the matter to the point you’re too far gone down the rabbit hole to ever come back to reality.

      Good luck down there!

    • enki@lemm.ee
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      9 months ago

      You can equate the two, but they’re not functionally the same in reality. There is statistical evidence that banning abortion does not work and in fact has the opposite effect, so swapping the words makes no sense. A better comparison would be Prohibition in the US in the 1920s - banning alcohol didn’t stop the production or use of it, it just made it exceedingly dangerous, lots of people got sick, went blind, and died from homemade liquor that contained too much methanol.

      If you truly care about the life of the child at conception and after its birth, you’d choose the option where there is never an unwanted or accidental pregnancy. Most unwanted pregnancies result in children suffering abuse, entering the foster system, and eventually aging out without ever having a permanent or stable family. Many of these kids live a life where they’ve NEVER been loved.

      There are nearly 400,000 children in the foster system in the US right now and the number grows every day. There’s no one to adopt these babies. Forcing women to have children does not work. No child should ever be unwanted, every child deserves loving parents. This is the world that abortion bans create.

      Nobody is pro-abortion. Nobody likes or wants women to have abortions, especially the women getting the procedure…it is NOT pleasant. Pro-choice supporters would be thrilled if there’s never another abortion again, as long there were no unwanted pregnancies.

      The best, statistically proven method to prevent abortions is education and easy access to contraception. Full stop.

    • Ataraxia@sh.itjust.works
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      9 months ago

      More like banning any medical procedures during pregnancy will force people to get then somewhere else. Also killing someone who is using our body without your consent is self defense.