Bill Burr on abortion
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The argument did not make sense though. By definition, something that only "will be a cake" is not a cake right now. Same for a baby. If it's in the later stages, sure, it's a baby and killing it is murder.
But should I really get upset about an abortion at 6 weeks?
Why is something that is going to be a baby not still count as a baby? Where exactly do we draw the line for humans? Because I promise if it's not, conception, I can word that into letting me murder a whole lot of people.
Told that to a friend who stopped talking to me after Trump got elected, when he said that it can't take care of itself, and its life depends on another person. I reminded him that's most kids until about 5 years old, people with severe disabilities and most elderly since they need tons of constant care. So could I kill them with no repercussions?
Why would it? Does an acorn count as an oak tree?
Viability is just the ability to live outside the womb. Why on earth would you give legal protection to a fertilized egg after conception, which has no self-awareness, no brain, no heart, nothing at all that makes humans what they are.
Because whether you want an apple tree, palm tree or a fir, that acorn will always grow into an oak tree. The only difference is if you kill it before it has that chance to grow. It doesn't matter how many people outside the acorn say that it's just a clump of cells, if you let it grow it becomes an oak tree.
Because if you don't as I said, there are millions of people who lack the ability to live on their own, so why should they be given legal protection if a fertilized egg doesn't?
But does that make it an actual oak tree, and we don't treat it as such.
You seem to be arguing against the pro-abortion position that the fertilized egg is not "human". I'm not making that argument. Obviously, it is a human organism. But it's nowhere near developed enough to merit legal protection of any kind.
Like I said: they are viable: they're not attached to someone else's body for sustenance, nor will they die if they are disconnected.