gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhen Miscarriages Become Crimes - 412 women faced criminal charges for pregnancy outcomes. This is what fetal personhood looks like.www.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1373arrow-down16file-text
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minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 month agoIt’s not a Christian take, at least not if they actually read the Bible. A fetus is treated as property, miscarriages due to violence is fined.
minus-squareMajinBlayze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-21 month agoBold of you to expect the actual content of the Bible to matter to people who call themselves Christian
minus-squareCXORA@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoChildren are also treated as property though, so that does not really prove any distinction.
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoThe distinction is they can’t use the Bible as grounds for abortion arguments. If they want to use science to argue that a fetus is a person equal to any other person they may try.
It’s not a Christian take, at least not if they actually read the Bible. A fetus is treated as property, miscarriages due to violence is fined.
Bold of you to expect the actual content of the Bible to matter to people who call themselves Christian
Children are also treated as property though, so that does not really prove any distinction.
The distinction is they can’t use the Bible as grounds for abortion arguments. If they want to use science to argue that a fetus is a person equal to any other person they may try.