The belief it's murder is a religious belief, and a person's religious rights end where another person's rights begin. Even if a person is religious and thinks abortion is immoral, they should still know that it shouldn't be illegal.
- This will always boil down to the moral issue. If people truly feel abortion = murder, then of course they're going to want the law to be consistent. Murder is bad.
It doesn't mean both sides are being rational. One side is clearly acting irrationally.
- That then leads to a big domino effect on both sides. If abortion = murder, then the implications of sex change completely. I think it's all contingent on that. People leaning left generally feel this is oppressive; people leaning right feel this is as simple as "murder bad - plz ban"
We can at least agree that, absent silly religious beliefs, something without a brain is not a person.
- We all have to concede that we don't know when personhood truly begins - it's still heavily debated among scientists. It's worth talking about, but none of us have the resources to convince the other side. It's still a philosophical point unless Science can get closer to something we can agree on.
You're hearing about it because the right-wing politicians are taking away abortion access. There's no other reason we are hearing about it.
- This issue is a giant, juicy apple for politicians. It being divisive is what gives it so much power. There's a reason you're hearing about abortion every election cycle. I just hope more and more people can see it for what it is, politically.
We know that Roe was literally legal precedent for other rulings (gay marriage, sodomy laws, etc.). And for the issues that didn't use Roe as precedent, they at least took views of the 14th Amendment that were used with Roe that seem to no longer apply. It isn't a slippery slope to discuss these things. Learn how legal precedent works.
- Many users on here are talking about this being a slippery slope, where this sets a precedence for more left or right leaning policies on each side of the debate. While you're 100% correct, that holds potentially true for every law, left or right. I feel that makes it a moot point. I see commentators mention this talking point on the left and right a lot. It's the same logic used by anti-maskers.