, we have a newly forming creature growing within the body of a more mature creature of its kind. When that relationship is desired by the mother, it is wonderful and fulfilling. When that relationship is not desired, it is horrendous, nightmarish. Then, of course, there are the situations when the pregnancy is actually dangerous to the health of the mother, or to the health and well-being of her other children, or. ... https://windsongmyths.wordpress.com/2019/05/18/creating-hell-for-fun-and-profit/
not a criteria for murder at all do we murder attacking microbes or cure ourselves? it's not even homicide, unless they are developed enough to live outside the womb, but the ending of a process
an unborn fetus is not a functioning person -- it is totally dependent on the host body to survive (could be considered a parasite when not wanted) -- what is applicable to them does not translate to applicable for people generally
SCOTUS and many judges here and there (but many here and there have always had issues) yet, there are still a great many judges who do their jobs well, and even help prevent injustices it's never all or nothing, is it? We need to applaud the good and do the work to get rid of the bad and mediocre, as always
yes, people are unfairly jailed far too often (and even once is too often) -- doesn't mean we can't protest and even protest these injustices, without, you know, falling out a window or getting poisoned tea for disloyalty to the great leader
no, I looked, it isn't and I have protested over the years so very many times without imprisonment, and look, I'm not dead. People do go to jail for protests, but usually for a very short time, unless there are other circumstances at work. Protests often expect and want this to increase publicity. Yes, horrific things happen here, as everywhere, but we still have much better options than the Chinese, Russians, North Koreans, and other authoritarian brutal regimes.
@ryanhoulihan the thing is, while America is operating as a democracy there are many ways citizens (and others) can make policies and practices change. In an authoritarian ruled country, not so much -- protesters get imprisoned or killed.
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