What I learned trying to classify abortion access across the rich world

Re:What I learned trying to classify abortion access across ... by tsimionescu on Monday July 18, 2022 @04:36PM (#32143312)

There absolutely is such a thing as natural human rights. Some are known since ancient times, some have been discovered more recently, and some are probably not well known or understood yet. But there are certain rights that humans and other beings musg have for any society to function well in an objective sense.

Most religions trample on most of the rights that we now understand to be fundamental, so theocraies are something to be despised and feared.

To be very clear: religious belief and practice, as long as it is not imposed on non-believers, is not a problem. The imposition of your religious beliefs on others - theocracy - is the problem.

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Re:What I learned trying to classify abortion access across ... by fleddr on Monday July 18, 2022 @05:21PM (#32143941)

Technically, the poster is still correct: there's no such thing as "natural" human rights. Rights do not exist in material reality, they're entirely cultural and thus made up.

Not even the international declaration of human rights is signed by all countries. Rights are not given, they are political and need to be declared and defended, constantly.

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