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In reply to the discussion: How can we actually stop abortion? [View all]NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)15. Their mantra is "all life is sacred"...unless they decide it isn't.
The mother whose life will be put in danger by giving birth? Her life isn't "sacred".
The person who committed a specific crime that has been deemed by a legislature to be worse than others? Their life isn't "sacred".
The person - soldier or not - who just happens to have been born in a country we've deemed to be our "enemy"? Their life isn't "sacred".
The animal whose meat is tasty when cooked? Its life isn't "sacred".
And on and on.
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Sorry. but this isn't true and it is reductio ad absurdum. It detracts from the real struggle.
cali
Feb 2013
#21
I know, I've been following Rachel Maddow's reports on Kansas and Mississippi
Rhiannon12866
Feb 2013
#7
I just can't imagine. There has to be something wrong with those who support returning to that
Rhiannon12866
Feb 2013
#12
So, you want to find ways to stop abortion - without doing anything that actually stops abortion?
baldguy
Feb 2013
#17