A Fetus Is Not A Child

[LittleBlue]

97. Stop sounding so guilty. This debate is so damned cringeworthy

Everyone knows that all children were once fetuses, so they use the word interchangeably. Don't be so defensive about it, unless we want to appear as guilt-ridden as we sound.

Why be defensive? We're unquestionably in the right. Yes, abortion sucks. If only we could live in a world of rainbows and unicorns where every fetus gets to be born and their mother loved them and they have a great life blah blah blah. We don't.

Our alternative to abortion is women strapped down like lab animals and forced to give birth Josef Mengele style. Or alternatively, women and girls trying to perform abortion with coat hangers and end up dying while killing the fetus/baby/whateverthefuck anyway.

Safe, legal abortion is by far preferable. We don't need to pretend it's really awesome to get an abortion. We don't need to pretend that fetuses won't usually become children if left untouched by outside forces. Why are we struggling with these irrelevant issues when we have the best argument? Next time your right-wing (or left-wing) friends say that a fetus is a baby, tell them women aren't incubators. And they shouldn't be so terrified of going to get a safe abortion that they end up killing themselves along with fetuses that are doomed anyway. Abortion will happen, our decisions as voters will only influence whether it's safe or unsafe. I choose safe. Because that's what this debate is about no matter what words you use. If they don't like it, ask them for their alternative. Make them admit in public that they want girls to die, or that they want girls strapped down and forced to give birth. You'll win the argument that way.

So is it a child or a fetus? And when can we call it a child? My response is, no one should give a f***. It's irrelevant. I don't agree with the assertion that they gain ground by calling a fetus a child. Everyone over the age of 12 knows what a fetus/child is regardless of what you want to call it. They gain ground when we won't own our argument. Every minute you spend dedicated to debating word choice is a minute we're not reminding them of the alternative of women dying or strapped down like a lab experiment! The right-wing loves that debate because it makes us look ridiculous and helps to distract from the reality. Whatever you want to call fetuses or babies, women will die without safe abortion. To me, it's that simple.