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.
Seems pretty arbitrary. It can’t live outside of the womb as a baby without assistance, so why is that such a significant milestone?
Because you know what it will become in X weeks assuming that you don’t kill it. I mean, why do we give extra legal protection to children? They are more protected than adults even though they are far less emotionally and mentally developed. Yet we know they will become adults with full legal rights at some point.
Maybe that’s because they are more vulnerable, and less capable of defending themselves? Now how does a fertilized egg compare to a child? Seems even more helpless, and perhaps that makes it even more worthy of legal protection.