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Re:What I learned trying to classify abortion access across ... by alistairSH on Monday July 18, 2022 @04:47PM (#32143447)
The standard argument here is that an implanted egg left undisturbed will eventually grow into a human, whereas sperm/egg floating around wouldn't.

But that isn't remotely true. Somewhere around 25% of pregnancies end in spontaneous miscarriage.[1]

1 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK532992/

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Re:What I learned trying to classify abortion access across ... by gruez on Monday July 18, 2022 @05:05PM (#32143708)
but surely there must be a difference between babies dying due to factors out of your control, vs you terminating it? Back in the middle ages the infant mortality rate was apparently 20-30% in the first year[1], but I doubt that would be a valid justification to kill babies after they're born.

[1] https://www.economist.com/special-report/2019/01/03/in-the-m...

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Re:What I learned trying to classify abortion access across ... by alistairSH on Monday July 18, 2022 @05:54PM (#32144446)
Maybe. But I was responding to the assertion that embryos grow into humans by default. They don’t. A massive number are aborted spontaneously.

Banning all abortions leaves us in a position where women can be prosecuted for something that happened naturally. Or if not literally prosecuted, left without medical care to deal with a spontaneous miscarriage (as just happened in Texas).

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