The news out of New York yesterday is sad news. New York decriminalized "late term" abortions (after 24 weeks). The news was met with cheers from the Senate floor as the bill passed after a long battle. It was first introduced in 2006. While some celebrate, many others lament. The response from my sphere has been disbelief and disgust. How is it that some people are ok with this? If you are in this camp, I'd encourage you to read these two pieces linked below. These are not written from a "pro-life" perspective.
Christopher Hitchens debunks the theory the unborn are simply a clump of cells but stops short of affirming they have a right to life. Miranda Sawyer walks through her own journey rethinking abortion. Notice that the key to remaining pro-choice is distinguishing between "human and person." The question is no longer, "Is the fetus human?" The question is "Does that small human in the womb have any rights?" Including first, of course, the right to life? “I do, as a humanist, believe that the concept ‘unborn child’ is a real one and I think the concept is underlined by all the recent findings of embryology about the early viability of a well conceived human baby, one that isn’t going to be critically deformed (or even some that are) will be able to survive outside the womb earlier and earlier, and earlier and I see that date only being pushed back. I feel the responsibility to consider the occupant of the womb as a candidate member of society in the future, and thus to say that it cannot be only the responsibility of the woman to decide upon it, that it’s a social question and an ethical and a moral one. And I say this as someone who has no supernatural belief.” (Debate with Frank Turek)
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