DMBFFF
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One argument—likely the biggest argument—for banning abortion is that fetuses (feti?) have rights, particularly a right to life.
In my view, many pre-born humans are no more sentient than many animals, and many might be less so.
I doubt a 9 month-old human fetus is more sentient than an ape.
I doubt an early human fetus is more sentient than, say, a toad or frog.
I doubt an early human embryo is more sentient than, say, a grasshopper.
It (too) has little limbs, an identifiable body, a heart (or hearts), a primitive brain (or brain-of-sorts), and primitive circulatory, nervous, and digestive systems. It too responds to light and (likely) recoils from pinpricks. Moreover it can eat its own food, fend for itself, and sexually reproduce.
I doubt an early human zygote is more sentient than, say, a hydra or jellyfish.
I doubt a fertilized human egg is more sentient than, say, an amoeba.
But while in, say, the US, pro-lifers/anti-abortionists/anti-choicers go on about 10s of millions of abortions of human pre-born since Roe versus Wade, and how they are used for things like stem cell research, likely billions of semi-sentient animals are slaughtered—often after being raised in terrible conditions, eviscerated, butchered, cooked, and eaten by an omnivourous species that can survive—perhaps survive well—entirely on a plant-based diet.
I find it odd—likely hypocritical—that states most interested in banning abortion are likely the least interested in animal welfare.
(similar likely applies in Canada, though I suppose it's 1/10th the number, given 1/10th our population. One could even argue that by Trump's opposing Canada’s < 300% tariff on milk—me too—he's supporting that extra abuse of semi-sentient beings, and raised (and confined and eventually slaughtered) in America—but I digress.)
In my view, many pre-born humans are no more sentient than many animals, and many might be less so.
I doubt a 9 month-old human fetus is more sentient than an ape.
I doubt an early human fetus is more sentient than, say, a toad or frog.
I doubt an early human embryo is more sentient than, say, a grasshopper.
It (too) has little limbs, an identifiable body, a heart (or hearts), a primitive brain (or brain-of-sorts), and primitive circulatory, nervous, and digestive systems. It too responds to light and (likely) recoils from pinpricks. Moreover it can eat its own food, fend for itself, and sexually reproduce.
I doubt an early human zygote is more sentient than, say, a hydra or jellyfish.
I doubt a fertilized human egg is more sentient than, say, an amoeba.
But while in, say, the US, pro-lifers/anti-abortionists/anti-choicers go on about 10s of millions of abortions of human pre-born since Roe versus Wade, and how they are used for things like stem cell research, likely billions of semi-sentient animals are slaughtered—often after being raised in terrible conditions, eviscerated, butchered, cooked, and eaten by an omnivourous species that can survive—perhaps survive well—entirely on a plant-based diet.
I find it odd—likely hypocritical—that states most interested in banning abortion are likely the least interested in animal welfare.
(similar likely applies in Canada, though I suppose it's 1/10th the number, given 1/10th our population. One could even argue that by Trump's opposing Canada’s < 300% tariff on milk—me too—he's supporting that extra abuse of semi-sentient beings, and raised (and confined and eventually slaughtered) in America—but I digress.)
