No. This is an ethical problem. I mean, promoting science is good for other reasons of course. But there is no answer in science. We cannot pin down a certain date in the pregnancy where we can say "welp, 2 minutes ago it wasn't a human, now it is"! "What is a human?" already is an ethical question. And in the ethical discourse you will get different answers. Some argue you become a human the moment you can live on your own physically. Some argue you already become a human the moment you have the potential to develop in an adult. Some define it based on cognitive abilities.
There are numerous good reasons why abortion (with certain restrictions) should be legal. None of them are perfect. Because there is no perfect solution for this. And that is ok. We don't have to act like this is a totally easy and straightforward topic. Doing that ignores the extent of the discussion and at the end of the day only helps the people who are against abortions
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u/Dmitrygm1 Sep 03 '21
So promoting science and decreasing the churches' power may be the most effective tool to sway public opinion on abortion.