Comments by "Scott Charney" (@scottcharney1091) on "MSNBC"
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@aaronwilson8403 I do know said history. Abortion was only criminalized in the late-19th century, due to the efforts of people like Anthony Comstock, it also had a lot to do with the male medical establishment curtailing the powers of midwives.
Yes indeed, Sanger was a eugenicist. Family-planning advocates of that era often were. Thankfully, her embrace of eugenics didn't involve things like mandated euthanasia, and (this is important) she was no bigot, contrary to a pernicious lie. Edwin Black, author of War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race, makes this clear. As you might expect, he's a very harsh critic of hers, but he stresses that she was not bigoted, and the various things used to support the claim that she was are either out of context or complete fabrications.
Educate myself? On the contrary, educate yourself.
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@danijoy7665 Less human? No, obviously, human embryos, fetuses, babies, etc. are all human, to the same degree. There are no degrees of species. It's a matter of personhood, not species (nor life, for that matter). As for when the baby stage begins, that's at delivery. As for the ethical question of how late is too late for abortion, I can't put an exact time on it, but I know that it's long after virtually all (or entirely all) abortions happen.
As for the DNA, I don't know why people bring that up all the time. Embryos and fetuses are in a quasi-parasitic relationship with the host organism, the pregnant woman. See what I wrote earlier about biological autonomy. Someone can presumably be found to take care of a newborn, but pregnancy is different. The decision goes to the woman and the relevant medical personnel.
Nobody minds not being born. It's impossible to know or care or mind. As for your final paragraph, having an abortion is one option for what you call "consequences." Nobody says that that's the only choice, and I'm not sure what gives you that idea.
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