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Originally Posted by bitontheslide
i'm referring to the ridiculous argument that a abortion is fine on a premature baby because it wouldn't survive without medical attention ... the same applies to many living/born animals that don't receive specialised care
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Being pro-choice I still prefer the tapeworm comparison because it allows for getting rid ...
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Like... you find out you have a big ol' tapeworm, you're going to say "Ugh there's something living inside me" and you'll (obviously) want to kill it and get it out. You won't be morally opposed to "ending its life" because there is a damn good reason for doing so. BUT you also wouldn't say "Umm I'm not killing the tapeworm - it isn't alive because it wouldn't survive outside my body".
Unless people WOULD argue that a parasitic organism isn't alive
. I just think that would be a very difficult position to defend.