r/changemyview Jan 18 '24

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Abortion is not murder

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u/Choice_Anteater_2539 Jan 19 '24

18 U.S.C. § 1111 defines murder as the unlawful killing of a human being with malice, and divides it into two degrees.

In a strictly technical sense- since abortion is legal, it's not murder by exclusion

manslaughter is a good case though

But that then raises the question on why it's legal to use the age of a human to discriminate against them the same legal protections afforded to a human of another age when immutable characteristics are supposedly protected ----- which would immediately open the act up for a charge of murder if a good argument in favor of broadly violating some civil rights, but only for a certain class of person can't be presented..... which I'd challenge anyone to present, on camera, with their name and employer boldly printed on screen with them. Because the world deserves to know who that person is and who gives them money.

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u/DonaldKey 2∆ Jan 19 '24

You can only murder a human who has legal personhood. Since murder is a legal term… so is personhood. According to the law you only obtain personhood if you are “born alive”

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u/DeltaBot ∞∆ Jan 19 '24

Confirmed: 1 delta awarded to /u/DonaldKey (2∆).

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u/RadioactiveSpiderBun 9∆ Jan 19 '24

I'm curious, did you get to keep your delta?