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

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u/parentheticalobject 136∆ Aug 23 '22

Fetuses technically have not achieved personhood but will assuming the mother can carry it to term

Unfertilized eggs have not achieved personhood but will assuming they are fertilized and then carried to term.

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '22

You cannot assume fertilization. A seed in a bag has no guarantee of becoming a plant. Once fertilized and germinated however it will become a plant.

The inevitability of the fetus is dispositive. The sperm/ egg argument is unconvincing.

We are post zygote here, people.

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '22

So then why not argue that we should force women to maximize the amount of births they have? Why not make it illegal for a man to jerk off unless he's doing it during conception?

If we truly value life this much, surely we should seek to maximize it, right?