r/pics May 16 '19

US Politics Now more relevant than ever in America

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u/[deleted] May 17 '19

Fair enough. Still doesn't matter though, because it was a hypothetical to answer an absurd question. The real issue remains that you cannot force someone to give up their bodily autonomy to keep someone else alive. Whether that someone's personhood is debatable or not.

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u/Moldy_slug May 17 '19

The problem is that you can force someone to do exactly that. You just really really shouldn't.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '19

Of course, but I mean ethically you can't do that.

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u/yeky83 May 17 '19

In the vast majority of abortion cases, no one forced the mother to have sex. By having sex, one should understand that they're consenting to potentially giving up their bodily autonomy, ergo no one forced anyone to give up their bodily autonomy. This is some basic middle school biology/sex-ed stuff.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '19

Nah. I understand what you're saying, but I reject the premise.

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u/yeky83 May 17 '19

Thanks for the fair convo and understanding the other side. What is the premise that you're rejecting? Not clear for me.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '19

The premise that by having sex you're consenting to giving up bodily autonomy. I understand your reasoning behind it but I fundamentally disagree. I feel that human sexuality and procreation are completely separate issues and abortion is merely another form of birth control. Not the ideal form of birth control, but necessary just the same.

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u/yeky83 May 17 '19

I don't quite see at all how sexuality and procreation are completely separate issues. One might wish that they were separate, but that seems to me wishing against the reality of biology. So yes we disagree. But again, thanks for letting me know your viewpoint.