• bizarroland@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I go by the Jewish rule.

    In the Old Testament, God breathed life into Adam, and thus he became a living soul.

    So until the infant takes its first breath, it’s not an actual soul. It is a lump of tissue with potential.

    I hope that there are as few abortions as are absolutely necessary, but I will not begrudge a single person their choice to have an abortion regardless of the stage of the pregnancy at which it happens.

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      3 months ago

      it’s not an actual soul. It is a lump of tissue with potential.

      It’s part of the mother according to Jewish law.

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          3 months ago

          Yes but abortion procedures are not unique to Jewish doctors. Egypt, China, India, Rome; all of them practiced abortions both medically induced and surgical.

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      3 months ago

      Respiration still occurs through the umbilical. You shouldn’t use sky fairy tales for scientific bases.

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        3 months ago

        Internal (diffusion of gases from the bloodstream into the tissues of the body) respiration =/=external respiration (diffusion of atmospheric gases through the alveolus into the bloodstream)

        And respiration is only half of breathing, the other half being ventilation.

        Don’t use science to put someone down when you don’t even understand what you’re talking about

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        3 months ago

        We’re talking about abortion here.

        My stance is it’s not murder until the infant has actually been alive outside of the womb for more than a nanosecond.

        And by the way, fuck all the way off with your anti-religious bullshit. If you’re so triggered by the concept of a religious take on any topic whatsoever, you should just get the fuck off the internet because there’s dozens of us. You’re going to run into us.

        Or, at the very least, learn to add something to the conversation in the middle of your edgelord bitch rant.

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          3 months ago

          Logic is typically lost on the feeble-minded. I’m aware you are around us. Believe what you want, but it should play zero role in public policy.