I am a conservative Republican who can’t stomach either the current POTUS or Trump. I joined in the Common Sense days and was drawn to Bari when I saw that a left, progressive journalist like her was canceled by the NYT. I have not regretted subscribing because of her willingness to go for the facts, the truth, without worrying about any…
I am a conservative Republican who can’t stomach either the current POTUS or Trump. I joined in the Common Sense days and was drawn to Bari when I saw that a left, progressive journalist like her was canceled by the NYT. I have not regretted subscribing because of her willingness to go for the facts, the truth, without worrying about any predetermined narrative. There is one hot-button issue that I wish Bari and company would pursue with an open debate about facts, science, philosophy and theology—abortion. Bari has made it quite clear that she and her partner are pro-abortion, but the lens of abortion usually presented here is strictly political, I.e., what abortion restrictions, or lack thereof, and what political groups, or the average American, willing to accept in our current political landscape and modern culture. What I would like to see/hear instead is an honest, civil discussion of the emerging science of what exactly is an “aborted 12-week” fetus? Is it a person, a genetically unique human being, a glob of biological matter w/o any dignity of its own! Hard issues I know, but let’s have a science-based debate before politics,
You know, I never thought of it like that. But you are correct. Almost no one actually talks about it from a biological standpoint. It is always about the politics and the rights of the mother. Never from the standpoint of what exactly the thing/being/person being aborted is.
To me that is the stunning thing - that the fetus is not a concern at all for a lot of people. They do not even reach the question of competing concerns, they just dismiss the fetus outright.
I am a conservative Republican who can’t stomach either the current POTUS or Trump. I joined in the Common Sense days and was drawn to Bari when I saw that a left, progressive journalist like her was canceled by the NYT. I have not regretted subscribing because of her willingness to go for the facts, the truth, without worrying about any predetermined narrative. There is one hot-button issue that I wish Bari and company would pursue with an open debate about facts, science, philosophy and theology—abortion. Bari has made it quite clear that she and her partner are pro-abortion, but the lens of abortion usually presented here is strictly political, I.e., what abortion restrictions, or lack thereof, and what political groups, or the average American, willing to accept in our current political landscape and modern culture. What I would like to see/hear instead is an honest, civil discussion of the emerging science of what exactly is an “aborted 12-week” fetus? Is it a person, a genetically unique human being, a glob of biological matter w/o any dignity of its own! Hard issues I know, but let’s have a science-based debate before politics,
You know, I never thought of it like that. But you are correct. Almost no one actually talks about it from a biological standpoint. It is always about the politics and the rights of the mother. Never from the standpoint of what exactly the thing/being/person being aborted is.
Rehumanize International does this. Rehumanizeintl.org. Interview Aimee Murphy and the idea of “Consistent Life Ethic”.
To me that is the stunning thing - that the fetus is not a concern at all for a lot of people. They do not even reach the question of competing concerns, they just dismiss the fetus outright.
Hear, hear.