#but like 'politicians are evil' is existentially pretty easy to reckon with
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‘but what about the people that will suffer and die because of abortion bans?’
like... they know, dude. they already know.
#'obviously medical emergencies are tragic and should be exceptions' they're not though?? they're not an exception under abortion bans#'yeah :( it's really sad :( but what can you do :('#anyway I'm dead inside!#'stop arguing about whether or not a fetus is a person the legal point is bodily autonomy'#I know this and I understand this#but it turns out that the philosophical question of whether my life has more or less value than a potentiality matters very much to me#what is there to even talk about. what do you even say. they're just flipping the switch on the trolley tracks#on a legislative level it's about controlling and punishing women with trans people and kids as collateral damage that doesn't bother them#but like 'politicians are evil' is existentially pretty easy to reckon with#on a pro-life Regular Person level it's about my entire human existence being worth less than any two unwanted pregnancies#if I die of an ectopic pregnancy because I couldn't get an abortion#I have friends who love me who would say it wasn't right or fair but that it doesn't change anything re: legality of abortion access#how do I reconcile that. how do I reconcile that.#god. ask to tag I guess#I'm so tired. I'm so tired.#roe v wade was ruled 20 years before I was born and I live in a state where it's never (afaik) been strongly challenged#I really wasn't prepared for this to be... you know.... yet another rock in my own personal anxiety bucket#'there are women who will kill themselves' THEY KNOW! 'there are child rape victims' THEY FUCKING KNOW. THEY KNOW. IT DOESN'T TIP THE SCALES#'well only 3% of abortions are performed to save the mother's life so' oh. oh. this conversation is over forever huh
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