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NullTuples

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49. They've successfully moved the goalposts; life DOES begin at conception. But it is not a person yet.
Sun Sep 25, 2022, 10:45 AM
Sep 2022

By shifting verbal shorthand they've set it up so they can "prove" life begins at conception. They've been playing 3-card Monty with their rhetoric.

The problem for them has always been that until quite near birth, there is nobody home inside the human brain. We now know that's because until that stage of fetal brain development, there simply is not the capacity for organized signals. It's more like a room full of spools of cable rather than a computer network. And in humans and other animals with complex brains, the individual exists in the brain. Our consciousness exists in the brain. But not until it has made a sufficient number of connections between neurons - and this is key - and then pruned them so that organized signaling is possible.

Christian extremists used to depend on their belief in a "soul" to determine when a fetus became a person. Problem is, that's a matter of personal opinion, not fact. It was a weak arguing point outside of their subculture. Now though, they've shifted the language so that people talk about when "life" begins. A single cell bacteria is life. A mushroom is life. As is a human fetus. None of them are a person though.

Glad she's ok ismnotwasm Sep 2022 #1
Oh my, how awful for your daughter FakeNoose Sep 2022 #2
Kick Diamond_Dog Sep 2022 #3
Thank Gawd - daughter's OK packman Sep 2022 #4
Hey Neighbor, I am in VA also. Heather MC Sep 2022 #5
K&R for visibility Blue Owl Sep 2022 #6
It amazes me that Abortion foes haven't thought the implications of their absolutism through. maxsolomon Sep 2022 #7
Abortion foes haven't thought because they do not think housecat Sep 2022 #8
for people who don't think they sure talk a lot maxsolomon Sep 2022 #12
It's the basic sadism of mainstream conservative politicians that's the problem here. jaxexpat Sep 2022 #24
It's not just that the forced birthers don't think. ShazzieB Sep 2022 #40
Their hatred for women overrides everything else. niyad Sep 2022 #43
but that's not a self-aware hatred. maxsolomon Sep 2022 #54
Report from fertility doctor, other MDs angry fearful for their patients CharleyDog Sep 2022 #9
I don't hate them. Snackshack Sep 2022 #10
Religion convinces otherwise good people to be evil Farmer-Rick Sep 2022 #30
Mr. Weinberg... Snackshack Sep 2022 #34
Ahhh, I did not know he had passed away Farmer-Rick Sep 2022 #39
Abortion politics is all about money Dorn Sep 2022 #11
Can you get this out to some established journalists? TeamProg Sep 2022 #13
She should save some eggs b4 her next try. IbogaProject Sep 2022 #14
I am so glad your daughter got appropriate treatment, & so sorry for the grief Hekate Sep 2022 #15
I believe that anyone who voted to keep someone from a life saving procedure, TNNurse Sep 2022 #16
Your daughter experienced what 1 in 50 pregnancies mnhtnbb Sep 2022 #17
What Republicans want wils3038 Sep 2022 #18
I'm so glad she's not. barbtries Sep 2022 #19
I don't say 'pro-life' anymore. I refer to them as anti-abortion fanatics. PatrickforB Sep 2022 #20
Woman-hating, theocratic, christofascist gestational slavers. I originally niyad Sep 2022 #44
I find 'forced birthers' to be the most accurate and effective label Celerity Sep 2022 #46
Good point. Forced birthers. Yep. n/t PatrickforB Sep 2022 #47
I call them murderers Genki Hikari Sep 2022 #53
Makes me wonder if Christofascists calculate when to set the time limits based on this NullTuples Sep 2022 #21
The 15-week cutoff is also cruel because some tests for fetal health and formation of vital Lonestarblue Sep 2022 #23
That's what I'm trying to say; thank you. None of their cutoff dates are by accident NullTuples Sep 2022 #31
And that crap about a heartbeat bill is such a lie Farmer-Rick Sep 2022 #33
McCarthy and a bunch of his old, white Republican male colleagues PatrickforB Sep 2022 #48
They've successfully moved the goalposts; life DOES begin at conception. But it is not a person yet. NullTuples Sep 2022 #49
I'm glad your daughter is ok, and I'm sorry for your loss. yardwork Sep 2022 #22
Yeah, might but almost certainly not. The progression toward diagnosis would have Hortensis Sep 2022 #25
😢 Demovictory9 Sep 2022 #26
K & R Stuart G Sep 2022 #27
A friend just told me Sunday Sepember 25 is National Daughters Day soldierant Sep 2022 #28
i'm so sorry your daughter went through this orleans Sep 2022 #29
Pregnancy (and human bodies) Mad_Machine76 Sep 2022 #32
Yeah, because it's bad law Farmer-Rick Sep 2022 #35
IMHO Mad_Machine76 Sep 2022 #36
Yeah, and doing it during a Democratic presidency Farmer-Rick Sep 2022 #37
Democratic Senator Bob Casey is pro-life; he is NOT anti-choice. brooklynite Sep 2022 #38
What does that mean? Elessar Zappa Sep 2022 #55
Correct, and more to the point won't impose his opinion on them legislatively. brooklynite Sep 2022 #56
Battle cry of this election: Roe your vote, up and down the ballot! Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2022 #41
I hate them, too. hamsterjill Sep 2022 #42
So very glad that your daughter was able to get the care she needed. vibes niyad Sep 2022 #45
So sorry Rebl2 Sep 2022 #50
Being pro forced pregnancy and childbirth isn't being the same as pro life dlk Sep 2022 #51
+1 Rebl2 Sep 2022 #52
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