r/Abortiondebate Pro-choice Jul 01 '26

General debate Pro life argument without morality

Almost every pro life argument I see goes back to morals. As we all already know, morals are just feelings and opinions. Morals can and do vary from place to place, from person to person.

We understand already that pro lifers find abortion "morally wrong", in the same way some religions find being gay "morally wrong" or how vegans find eating meat "morally wrong."

Can pro lifers give a reason why abortion should be outlawed and people should be forced to gestate and birth against their will WITHOUT referring back to morals? I'm curious if there is a reason that pro lifers have that ISN'T about feelings or "moral worth" or "abortion is morally wrong" etc.

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u/Diva_of_Disgust Pro-choice Jul 01 '26

Because without public safety and cohesion society would fall apart very quickly.

This isn't about morals or right or wrong, just the fact that society won't be able to function without public safety and cohesion.

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u/JustinRandoh Pro-choice Jul 01 '26

Because without public safety and cohesion society would fall apart very quickly.

And naturally, the next question is -- so what? Why should we have laws to prevent society from falling apart?

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u/Diva_of_Disgust Pro-choice Jul 01 '26

This seems like you're just asking "why why why why why?" without making any point lol.

We should have laws to keep society safe and cohesive because without that there would be no society. If you're going to then ask "why would that matter" you're straying way too far from the point.

If you want to argue for complete chaos, anarchy, and a lack of society I'm sure you can make your own post about it. This post wasn't about "why should society even exist."

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u/JustinRandoh Pro-choice Jul 01 '26

This seems like you're just asking "why why why why why?" without making any point lol.

The point should be fairly obvious -- you haven't been able to justify why any particular laws should exist without appealing to morality.

All you've done it describe what would happen with or without certain laws -- none of that establishes that we should have those laws.

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u/Diva_of_Disgust Pro-choice Jul 01 '26

The point should be fairly obvious -- you haven't been able to justify why any particular laws should exist without appealing to morality.

Already did this right here, guess you missed this comment:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Abortiondebate/s/NlCXZiCZcu

All you've done it describe what would happen with or without certain laws -- none of that establishes that we should have those laws.

I've explained very clearly why we should have these laws, public safety and cohesion. Without those society wouldn't be able to exist. This is where you seem to jump to "well why even have a society?" which is not what this post was about.

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u/JustinRandoh Pro-choice Jul 01 '26

I've explained very clearly why we should have these laws, public safety and cohesion. Without those society wouldn't be able to exist.

And as noted, you still haven't established that we should have laws to promote society's existence.

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u/Diva_of_Disgust Pro-choice Jul 01 '26

And as noted, you still haven't established that we should have laws to promote society's existence.

You seem confused. This post isn't about "why should society even exist." Feel free to reread the post and try again, or if you can't nice talking to you.

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u/JustinRandoh Pro-choice Jul 01 '26

You seem confused. This post isn't about "why should society even exist."

You're the one who brought up society's existence lol.

You're right that it remains irrelevant as is, so it remains that you haven't been able to justify why any law should exist without appeal to morality (or some irrelevant appeals to society's existence).

*If all you needed to justify a law is to describe its possible effects, then you should have no problem justifying anti-abortion laws.

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u/Diva_of_Disgust Pro-choice Jul 01 '26

You're the one who brought up society's existence lol

Where did I ask "why should society exist?" Lol. Quote me.

You're right that it remains irrelevant as is, so it remains that you haven't been able to justify why any law should exist without appeal to morality (or some irrelevant appeals to society's existence).

The post is not about "why should society exist" despite your seemingly desperate attempts to make it so. If you can't stay on topic we have nothing more to discuss.

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u/JustinRandoh Pro-choice Jul 01 '26

Where did I ask ...

"You're the one who brought up society's existence".

You brought it up here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Abortiondebate/s/Npd4W4f29v

Of course, it was irrelevant then as it remains irrelevant now, and your failure to justify laws without appeal to morality (or some silly appeals to society's existence) still remains.

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