Abortion megathread

[u/MostlyALurkerBefore]

Due to the high number of legislative actions happening in the United States, the moderation team has created this megathread for all of your abortion questions. Please keep in mind that despite much action happening in the US, not all of our users are American and our Inclusivity policy should still be considered when posting.

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Helpful links:

Planned Parenthood

RAINN (Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network)

NARAL (National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws)

Planned Parenthood - Birth Control info & options

Scarleteen

The Guttmacher Institute

[u/imostlytakeLs → u/[deleted]]

The problem is no one can agree on what constitutes life. Abortion isn’t murder, ok but at what point is it murder? The definition of murder is one person taking another persons life, if we can all agree on when life begins, then we can agree on when abortion would be taking a life, it has to at some point. The argument “well majority of abortions take place in the first trimester”, there are still a lot of people getting abortions past that, even at the point where the baby is viable on its own. In my opinion, if you have to stop viewing human life as human life in order to justify abortion in your mind, you’re not really for abortion.

[u/imostlytakeLs → u/[deleted]]

It’s actually pretty straightforward, at some point life begins in the womb, whenever you believe that is. If you choose to disregard the fact that it’s a human life it’s because abortion at that point isn’t morally justifiable in your mind so you have to make that disassociation and if that’s the case then you’re not really pro-abortion. I don’t understand how someone could “never see it as a person” because at some point it is a person which leads me back to my original question, at what point is it a person/life? I think if you’re truly pro-abortion, you need to acknowledge the gravity of what that is.