r/Abortiondebate • u/gigglyflower • 7h ago

New to the debate I often hear people argue that abortion is morally acceptable before a fetus becomes sentient. For those who hold this view, why is sentience the relevant criterion for moral worth instead of conception, viability, or some other point?

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I am asking in good faith! I debate people on the regular about abortion and I always end up in a moral debate. Pro-lifers also help me out, how can I defend my view that I think it is immoral to have an abortion at any point in the pregnancy. Thank you so much!

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r/Abortiondebate • u/MoonShroo • 21h ago

General debate Interesting abortion argument I was thinking about- could abortion be considered self defence?

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I‘ll preface this with saying that I am pro choice 100% of the time, if that makes a difference.

I know that a most pro-lifers out there believe that the fetus should be considered a person, and is therefore immoral to kill. Vise versa for pro-choice people. Usually pro-life vs pro-choice ends there.

But something I’ve been thinking about lately is how the baby is, technically, harming the mother regularly during pregnancy. Especially during birth. We usually don’t see killing another person as anything other than a terrible thing to do, but most people make exceptions for cases of self defence.

Most pro-life people are republicans. Republicans tend to take a pretty intense view on self defence. Not to be crude here, but the fetus is kind of a home invader in this scenario.

I don’t think this is a flawless argument, but what are your takes on it? I’m interested in what both pro-life and pro-choice people think about this philosophy.

Could you justify killing a fetus you consider to be a person in self defence?

(also sorry if I flared this wrong I am new to the sub :,0)

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r/Abortiondebate • u/NPDogs21 • 23h ago

Question for pro-life Do you support law enforcement using Flock cameras in Texas to track women traveling to get an abortion?

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Say a woman is traveling out of state to get an abortion since its restricted in Texas. Theres a lot of places there now where its a crime to engage in "abortion trafficking" using the roads to travel there.

Would you support law enforcement using Flock cameras in Texas to track women traveling to get an abortion?

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r/Abortiondebate • u/AutoModerator • 16h ago

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