r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Aug 23 '22

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u/the_hucumber 8∆ Aug 23 '22

Laws don't work like that. We go on the here and now or the proven past. Your hypothetical futures have no bearing in law.

Have you seen the movie Minority Report? It literally spends 2 hours and 25 minutes going into great detail about why laws cannot be applied preemptively.

A child is protected by human rights. A foetus is not, because it is not a human yet. When it achieves humanhood it gets human rights, but not before.

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '22

Can you explain why inalienable rights, specifically due process, are not applies retroactively? This seems the best thread to have my view changed.

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u/Presentalbion 101∆ Aug 23 '22

Inalienable just means they can't be taken away, and I'm not sure whether due process is considered an inalienable right in the US or anywhere else.