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No inconsistency
by degsme

There is no inconsistency in what you highlight:

  1. The fetal murder law was passed by conservative legislators explicitly as a back-door way of trying to make the case that fetuses are "legal persons" - except that they are not.
  2. If I kill a woman while driving drunk I'm charged with manslaughter. If I cause a miscarriage, I'm charged with assault of the woman and am guilty of a tort harming the woman. IOW you need to learn more about this particular set of laws

So you don't get to cite the brain-dead laws that anti-choice individuals like you have gotten passed via minority activism as evidence of any sort of inconsistency.

Furthermore it doesn't matter if a fetus is a human being from conception forwards, because THE Government is forbidden by the Constitution from compelling involuntary servitude by the host woman. IOW it cannot compell a woman to carry a fetus to term against her will.

But if you want to be honest about things, how about we also require that all women who get pregnant be compelled to watch a video of a bloody natural delivery?

And afterwards every pregnant woman is told the facts about pregnancy - that carrying to term:

  • is THREE TIMES MORE FATAL than abortions
  • often results in post-partnum depression
  • increases her chance of divorce
  • dramatically increases her chance of life-long incontinence
  • increases her chance of having major hip and pelvic damage
  • has a good chance of adversely affecting her ability to enjoy sex.

After all, if you are all about factual disclosure - these are facts about carrying to term.

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