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I see abortion as just another culture war issue. I think people should be able to revoke their bodily resources at will, and that includes the unborn.

Are you a libertarian?

In some ways, but I do think freedom is more nuanced than doing whatever you want, even at other people's expense. In the case of abortion, I think the fetus is infringing on the mother's rights by consuming resources without their consent. It's also debatable whether fetuses are "alive".

I get the rights thing, but fetuses not being alive … could you expand on that?

They're a human.

Unborn baby is a misnomer:

There are photos here of the aborted pregnancy tissue (gestational sacs) aka "unborn baby" shown at up to 9 weeks with a ruler

by this GP who performs abortions:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/22/opinion/early-abortion.ht...

The GP notes that most abortions are performed in the first 9 weeks:

"It’s important to us to counter medical misinformation related to early pregnancy because about 80 percent of abortions in the United States occur at nine weeks or earlier."

This "abortion pill" is actually taken within day after intercourse. It simply prevents implantation of the ovum in the womb lining. So in fact there is not yet even a zygote, let alone a fetus, let alone a third trimester unborn baby

> This "abortion pill" is actually taken within day after intercourse. It simply prevents implantation of the ovum in the womb lining. So in fact there is not yet even a zygote, let alone a fetus, let alone a third trimester unborn baby

You’re thinking of “Plan B”.

What’s being discussed in the article is a drug that helps cause actual abortions.

It’s not taken a day after intercourse, and does not work by preventing implementation of ovum in the uterine lining.

Your comment is simply wrong.

Whether you know it or not, you are spreading misinformation.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-abortion-medi...

you are right, my mistake. I will edit my comment to include what an abortion looks like measured against a ruler at up to 9 weeks (most abortions are that early)

An abortion? Or a fetus? Very different things.

as the pictures show in that article, at 9 weeks, there is no fetus. What was aborted is kind of loose clump of matter about 1"

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