OK - I'm going to give this a shot - in a new thread with a clean start. My request, if you are going to join this discussion, is that it be kept civil and respectful. That means no name calling, no insults, and no taunting emojis. I'd also like to request that people leave the hyperbolic language that both sides tend to use about this topic "at the door." No "Big Abortion," no "abortion mills," no accusations of misogyny or religious fanaticism.
I have a fairly simple premise: the existing "war" between the two sides of the abortion debate is unresolvable, so it is pointless to continue engaging in it. A different paradigm needs to be considered. That is based on the following:
1) The current debate/war is rooted in a disagreement on when life begins.
2) There has been essentially zero progress to aligning the opposing views on when life begins for the last 50 years.
3) There is no basis for believing those views will be aligned in the next 50 years
If those three statements are true, then continuing a battle in which the goal is to align those views so as to end abortions is doomed to fail.
Ergo - if we cannot end abortions by aligning views on when life begins, we need to figure out another way to end abortions.
Let's start there.
I have a fairly simple premise: the existing "war" between the two sides of the abortion debate is unresolvable, so it is pointless to continue engaging in it. A different paradigm needs to be considered. That is based on the following:
1) The current debate/war is rooted in a disagreement on when life begins.
2) There has been essentially zero progress to aligning the opposing views on when life begins for the last 50 years.
3) There is no basis for believing those views will be aligned in the next 50 years
If those three statements are true, then continuing a battle in which the goal is to align those views so as to end abortions is doomed to fail.
Ergo - if we cannot end abortions by aligning views on when life begins, we need to figure out another way to end abortions.
Let's start there.
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