sure they arent, but hey, as long as you are responsible, who cares about collateral damage right?
Honestly, abortion isn't something im overly invested in ( as a man/incel) but i support the bans out of spite, because this wasn't a concern with the magic needle, and it wasnt a concern with gun control, its only a concern when liberals dont get what they want.
As far as my actual stance, i don't care much for the practice, as i think it generates a lack of discipline, but i think there are some people who may need it, and those people will suffer, but you should be ok with that because you are doing whatever you can to be responsible.
Okay, seriously, because it can't be said enough...
ABORTION IS NOT BIRTH CONTROL, IT IS A LAST RESORT REGARDING FAMILY PLANNING! THEY ABSOLUTELY SUCK TO GET BUT ARE SOMETIMES REQUIRED BECAUSE LIFE IS UNPREDICTABLE, AND EVEN BEING RESPONSIBLE CAN ENDANGER LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS! IF YOU CANNOT EXPERIENCE ONE, PLEASE STFU ABOUT HOW IT IS USED BY IRRESPONSIBLE PEOPLE LIKE A REPEAT METHOD FOR BIRTH CONTROL, YOU PIG HUMPING SMOOTHBRAINS!
Women are only fertile part of the month. If one can keep track of the moon or a modern calendar, it is 100% effective. Coitus interruptus is also 100% effective unless the man is an unexperienced 17-year-old. Put both together and a nuclear war with Russia is more likely.
You... really have never had sex, have you? That is so wrong it hurts.
First of all, women have a peak fertility during their cycle, but sperm can survive for several days inside a woman, and cycles can vary a fair bit. No scientist worth their salt would give the calendar projection model a 100% effective rating, and there have been cases of women getting pregnant even during their period! "Pulling out" also fails to get a 100% rating, but this one is far less complicated. Pre-ejaculate still contains sperm and can knock one's partner up, and is far more difficult to control and regulate. Also, and this is a little more subjective so bare with me, women have enough difficulty with the staying power of their partners so pulling out, while appreciated from a family planning perspective, would generally appreciate methods with more certainty and less excuses on performance. Somewhat anecdotal, I know, but hopefully it helps.
My philosophy is that if I don't know exactly when I can reasonably doubt the baby's lack of consciousness, then I'll err on the side of caution and set the cutoff point a bit lower just to be sure, as in my view it's a "lesser evil" to infringe on a woman's bodily autonomy a few weeks earlier than risk accidentally killing a conscious baby.
@10:12 this guy is saying 18-20 weeks
Then there's that analogy of the coma patient who is unconscious and will wake up in 9 months. But "potential consciousness" is problematic for me as it could be used to set the cutoff point to a very low value since even a clump of cells would have "potential consciousness".
Adoption tho
Thousands of folk don't get adopted in the USA, and plenty of folk wish they'd never been put up for adoption. This is absolutely ridiculous since we don't even have a system in place to ensure a good home with guarantees to food, shelter, and education for all children in families, let alone children without one. Also, "potential consciousness" is a cute point and all, but it doesn't change the fact that an undeveloped life is causing a HUGE impact on a fully realized life, and they may have any number of perfectly valid reasons they want or need to end that process. That is on them, not you or anybody else, to figure out, at any time.
This happened with Biden's attempt to mandate vaccines at a federal level. To me this felt risky even just letting him even have a shot at it. The guy's an authoritarian menace and I presume you would feel the same way about a whackjob conservative trying to pass the "heartbeat" law at a federal level. Giving all the power to a small group of people at the top is dangerous. imo it's already dangerous enough at a state level -- I'd like to see individual cities/councils have their own autonomy.
Congratulations, you're on the crazy train of antivax and government upheaval. Amazing. THIS will surely get you taken more seriously!
While we're here though...
Yes of course, eg. if I'm conducting an armed robbery then I could be arrested, or if I have Ebola I could be quarantined.
Or if you're a potential spreader risk for Covid-19, you could get vaccinated to reduce your ability to propagate the virus! Full circle, comrade.
The funny thing is, Biden has actually been annoyingly lax on a true vaccine mandate. If you think he is a whackjob, an actual progressive would be so much better at seeing this actually happen. For the good of genuine constructive discourse, conservative men need to up your game.