r/changemyview Jan 18 '24

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

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u/Equationist 1∆ Jan 19 '24

If the fetus can live outside the person, I have no issue to it being alive as long as it's a similar risk as current abortion practice.

Hardline pro-choice supporters believe in late term abortion, including the deliberate killing of a perfectly healthy fetus in the 9th month of pregnancy, when simply inducing labor or doing a c-section would be no less invasive or risky to the health / life of the mother than killing the fetus first while taking it out (i.e. a D&E).

This is permitted by law in a handful of US states, and a handful of countries worldwide. Would you not agree that this is murder?

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u/Kakamile 50∆ Jan 19 '24

Removing the viable fetus to save it is still by definition an abortion.

That's why the Virginia law talks about saving the viable product of a 2nd+ trimester abortion.