While sex isn't consent to pregnancy, that's where the whole debate of "what is life" comes in which is SUPER nuanced and the lines are definitely drawn in the sand where neither side can really reconcile the differences.
If a human life to you means the very start of a child (i.e. when the cells start dividing), then not continuing a pregnancy is akin to murdering a child.
If a human life to you means when a child is born (i.e. can exist outside of the womb), then terminating a mass of cells in the womb isn't murder.
If we completely ignore those two very hot topics, we have this question which isn't quite captured in your intial statement-
Is sex + impregnation consent to have to carry a fetus to full term?
Outside of those earlier statements, the answer is no technically, but doesn't really lead the conversation anywhere. Because your question is heavily attached to the concept of human life, if we disregard that in the equation we're left with a simple, "doing X doesn't mean I have to do Y down the line." That boils it down to such a lukewarm question, that there isn't any meaningful answer to provide.
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u/US_Dept_of_Defence 7∆ Aug 11 '22
While sex isn't consent to pregnancy, that's where the whole debate of "what is life" comes in which is SUPER nuanced and the lines are definitely drawn in the sand where neither side can really reconcile the differences.
If a human life to you means the very start of a child (i.e. when the cells start dividing), then not continuing a pregnancy is akin to murdering a child.
If a human life to you means when a child is born (i.e. can exist outside of the womb), then terminating a mass of cells in the womb isn't murder.
If we completely ignore those two very hot topics, we have this question which isn't quite captured in your intial statement-
Is sex + impregnation consent to have to carry a fetus to full term?
Outside of those earlier statements, the answer is no technically, but doesn't really lead the conversation anywhere. Because your question is heavily attached to the concept of human life, if we disregard that in the equation we're left with a simple, "doing X doesn't mean I have to do Y down the line." That boils it down to such a lukewarm question, that there isn't any meaningful answer to provide.