Comments by "Daily Wire Third Stringer" (@DailyWireThirdStringer) on "Oklahoma House passes bill that would make abortions a felony" video.
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@keithhoss4990 1) Masks work. There are literally thousands of studies that you could look at.
Point 2) Murder is defined as the unlawful killing of an innocent person. Abortion is not murder for two reasons: a) It is not unlawful (in a majority of U.S. states at least, and according to the Supreme Court vis-a-vis Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey), and b) outside of possessing human DNA, there is no sense in which an embryo/fetus can reasonably be said to be a "person." A "person" is any entity that can see itself as existing over time (past, present, and future) and which has preferences and seeks to satisfy them. So defined, a fetus at any stage is not a person, as it meets none of these requirements. That's not to say that a fetus has no moral worth whatsoever, as its nervous system is developed sufficiently to feel pain starting around 18 weeks, but before that there is no clear reason why its preferences (if it has any) outweighs that of the mother who desires bodily autonomy and financial security. (Not to mention that the vast, vast majority of abortions occur BEFORE that time, around 98-99% of them in fact.) And before you say that the fetus has the potential to become a human being with preferences, let me remind you that women have miscarriages (also known as "spontaneous abortions") all the time and rarely, if ever, do we treat that loss as equivalent to the tragic death of a 6-year-old, a 35-year-old, or even a 77-year-old human. It is also irrelevant. Just because it could become X does not mean that it automatically possess all the rights of X. Prince Charles could become King, but he is not yet the reigning monarch, is he?
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