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Originally Posted by analog
No, it is not "like" infanticide. A zygote is in no way "like" an infant. Infanticide is the murder of an infant. Now, tell me that a zygote is "like" an infant. I dare you. Because that's what you're trying to say to cover for using the word in the first place.
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implied that abortifacient drugs and abortions are
more like infanticide than they are like porn because they harm a human being (yeah, I know, you disagree) as infanticide does, they're not an inherently harmless taboo as porn is. That's the point of the comparison, nothing more.
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I made one error in my writing, which didn't even change the tone or meaning of what I was saying.
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It certainly did change the meaning. Do you really not see how one could find a significant difference between preventing fertilization and destroying a fertilized egg?
It's not the mistake that bothered me, it's the fact that you proceeded to be snide about my subsequent mistake - which was, by the way, taking you at your word.
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How did you come into this conversation looking to get information to form your opinion, and all you've done is bicker with the people trying to inform you? I wonder how many people have to say, "you don't appear to understand" before a person accepts that they don't understand something.
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"You don't appear to understand" is worlds more useful when directed at someone who doesn't understand. I 'bicker' because they happen to be incorrect about my lack of understanding. What else would I do?
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Originally Posted by willravel
Well, I asked my doctor, and he said it can prevent implantation. Also, I visited the Plan B website, and it confirmed my doctors information.
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Fantastic. Conflicting answers. We're right back to stage one, where it's not at all clear that Plan B has nothing to do with abortion.
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Just so we're clear, a woman isn't technically pregnant until the fertilized egg attaches itself into the endometrial lining of a woman's uterus.
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Just so we're clear, I couldn't care less about the start of pregnancy when the start of pregnancy is defined as implantation. I do not see anything morally significant about that point. "She isn't pregnant yet" doesn't explain anything, it's just a way of restating "the egg isn't implanted yet". Why does that point matter?