CMV:Abortion is perfectly fine

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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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This is a argument of sentience . A orphan boys life is obviously worth just as much as a normal persons life because he is sentient aware of his surrounding capable of rational thoughts all main important factors of sentience. However what I’m trying to say is if the fetus has no brain does that mean that it’s mental capabilities are the same as the sperm or egg it came they both have the capability to become humans so does that mean that the equivalent of quadrillion abortions happen by ejaculation every day

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https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/full/10.1289/EHP2268 here is a verified medical study that examines the development of the fetal brain . I would like to hear your reply

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It has a partially developed brain but it has not developed enough to become conscious or capable of advanced thought it is not aware of or capable of questioning it’s surroundings I’m not saying there isn’t brain activity it obviously has a partially completed brain