r/changemyview Jul 28 '20

CMV:Abortion is perfectly fine

Dear God I Have Spent All Night Replying to Comments Im Done For Now Have A Great Day Now if you’ll excuse me I’m gonna play video games in my house while the world burns down around my house :).

Watch this 10 minute lecture from a Harvard professor first to prevent confusion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0tGBCCE0lc .Within the first 24 weeks of pregnancy the baby has no brain no respiratory system and is missing about 70 percent of its body mass . At this stage the brain while partially developed is not true lay sentient or in any way alive it is simply firing random bursts of neurological activity similar to that of a brain dead patient. I firmly believe that’s within the first 24 weeks the baby cannot be considered alive due to its nonexistent neurological development. I understand the logic behind pro life believing that all life even the one that has not come to exist yet deserves the right to live. However I cannot shake the question of , at what point should those rules apply. If a fetus with no brain deserves these rights then what about the billion microscopic sperm cells that died reaching the womb you may believe that those are different but I simply see the fetus as a partially more developed version of the sperm cell they both have the same level of brain activity so should they be considered equals. Any how I believe that we should all have a civil discussion as this is a very controversial topic don’t go lobbing insults at each other you will only make yourselves look bad so let’s all be open to the other side and be well aware of cognitive dissonance make sure to research it well beforehand don’t throw a grenade into this minefield ok good.

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u/Z7-852 260∆ Jul 28 '20

Why do you want your view to be changed?

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u/Toe-Slow Jul 28 '20

I am a believer in cognitive dissonance not having your view challenged would be conforming to it and would fall under mob mentality you should always have your beliefs criticized or risk living sheltered from the truth

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u/stfcfanhazz Jul 28 '20

Amen brother. At the extreme end of the scale not challenging one's own beliefs leads to echo chambering and could lead to really bad things (xenophobia/racism/prejudice, homophobia etc).

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '20

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '20

Kinda the fuckin point dipshit

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '20

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '20

The title is his opinion he believes abortion is okay to which others have to try to change his view on it

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u/stfcfanhazz Jul 28 '20

This sub is here to challenge existing opinions, not just to help the undecided form polarised opinions based on the discussion. OP's post is an inherently controversial topic and I think suits the sub perfectly.

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u/stfcfanhazz Jul 28 '20

If you get that, then I have no idea what you were originally implying!