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I personally detest the modern scientific thought-frame that its just "a clump of cells". That terminology seems Orwellian to me, and is a slippery slope to quickly dehumanize the subject.

I'm in favor of a choice to abort in special circumstances such as rape or mental defects, but then again that simply opens the door to more loosely defined slopes. Its like...where do we draw the line? Its either 100% yes or 100% no.

I personally detest the modern scientific thought-frame that its just "a clump of cells". That terminology seems Orwellian to me, and is a slippery slope to quickly dehumanize the subject. I'm in favor of a choice to abort in special circumstances such as rape or mental defects, but then again that simply opens the door to more loosely defined slopes. Its like...where do we draw the line? Its either 100% yes or 100% no.

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[–] E-werd 2 points (+3|-1)

The phrase "a clump of cells" is designed to be a dehumanizing term. It's like how all racial slurs came into existence, if you remove their names they cease to be people and you no longer have an attachment.

I don't have much of an opinion I suppose, but my default is no. If you do nothing but continue to survive that embryo will become a human. That means something to me.