Elsewhere, I’ve posted that I believe abortion is sad. And I do. But the question of whether or not abortion should be legal is an entirely different question than whether or not abortion is sad.
Which shows, if you haven’t seen it before, the nastiness of politics: people are forced to cut away beliefs that might give their enemies a foothold. Several of my liberal friends think that abortion jokes are funny, but dead kitten jokes are beyond the pale. It could be because they’re so misanthropic that they think infant cats are more valuable than infant humans, but I think it’s much more likely that it’s because they’ve trained themselves that abortions are non-valuable. It’s a lot easier to Other something that suffers from your policy preferences than it is to defend a stance based on careful consideration of the numbers.
Legalizing abortion has several positive effects. It has several negative effects. It’s not clear to me whether it’s better to legalize it or not, but it seems likely that legalization is better than criminalization.
Elsewhere, I’ve posted that I believe abortion is sad. And I do. But the question of whether or not abortion should be legal is an entirely different question than whether or not abortion is sad.
Which shows, if you haven’t seen it before, the nastiness of politics: people are forced to cut away beliefs that might give their enemies a foothold. Several of my liberal friends think that abortion jokes are funny, but dead kitten jokes are beyond the pale. It could be because they’re so misanthropic that they think infant cats are more valuable than infant humans, but I think it’s much more likely that it’s because they’ve trained themselves that abortions are non-valuable. It’s a lot easier to Other something that suffers from your policy preferences than it is to defend a stance based on careful consideration of the numbers.
Legalizing abortion has several positive effects. It has several negative effects. It’s not clear to me whether it’s better to legalize it or not, but it seems likely that legalization is better than criminalization.