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[deleted] t1_j9poupz wrote

Reply to comment by earhere in Approaching Nine Months Since Tennessee’s Abortion Ban, DCS Remains in Disarray by SnarkOff

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Hopeful_Hamster21 t1_j9sjpvm wrote

On the one hand, I completely agree with your points. On the other hand, I can't help but think that for all of human history, before modern medicine, the suffering that you describe was the default and only option for humans. Biology can be cruel and unfair. Evolution is a sloppy engineer.

I view the right to choose, provided by modern medicine, to be a gift that we (as humans) have empowered ourselves with. No woman (or anybody involved) takes abortions all willy-nilly - - they're very serious and often emotionally painful experiences. But allowing them is the right thing.

I just can't help but think that the notion of "forcing" people into childbirth is strictly a modern notion that only exists because of the medical advancements that we've made that allow for a safe abortion.

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Hopeful_Hamster21 t1_j9txccu wrote

I agree with everything that you said. If you got the impression that I was somehow rationalizing forcing people into childbirth, I most definitely was not. If that's how it came across, that was a miscommunication on my part.

My only point was that the entire topic is something that is not only unique to humans as a species, but is also unique to humans of the modern age.

I also agree - comprehensive sex education is also very important and something we should provide to every young person.

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Hopeful_Hamster21 t1_j9ughbe wrote

Oh, for sure! Yeah, reddit can be mad sometimes, lol. But I didn't take your comment harsh at all. :-). I found it an informative and valuable comment, but not hash. I did, however, notice that my original comment had some down votes, so I wanted to add some clarification and additional context for all the other Redditors reading this thread. I was unsure if you did or did not think I was advocating forcing people into childbirth - but I realized that there was a risk that other readers might. My reply was both to you and to the general public at large. Thank you for the conversation. Cheers!

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