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Re:Chat control: EU Commission presents mass surveillance pl... by mcv on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @07:10AM (#31338256)
How about opposition to the death penalty and support for good health care? That would be a lot more pro-life, and are things Jesus actually addressed: heal the sick, and "let he who is without sin throw the first stone".

I'm Christian, but I see no biblical argument against abortion. I'm not a fan of abortion, mind you; I think any abortion is a tragedy on some level, and unwanted pregnancies are better prevented than aborted, but sometimes medical complications simply make abortion necessary. And I'd rather leave the hard decisions in the hands of the people affected by them than having legislators force those decisions on them.

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Re:Chat control: EU Commission presents mass surveillance pl... by UnpossibleJim on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @12:46PM (#31342489)
>>unwanted pregnancies are better prevented than aborted<<

I think you would be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn't agree with this statement. The narrative that abortion is used as a form of contraception is largely a false one, but accidents do happen. Most of the women who get abortions already have a child, surprisingly. [1] EDIT -> well, I was surprised, I guess I should say

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/14/upshot/who-ge...

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Re:Chat control: EU Commission presents mass surveillance pl... by mcv on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @07:36PM (#31347397)
> I think you would be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn't agree with this statement.

You'd think, and yet there are pro-lifers who oppose abortion and yet also want to make contraception less accessible.

Not everybody has a rational or even logically consistent position in this.

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