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This is the worst argument I’ve seen so far. Also it’s scary that people actually think like this.

(CocaPepsiPepper)
Except that's not what happening because that's not at all how anything works. Presenting the same old arguments as a story doesn't make it better.

A woman paying to have a doctor kill their child is not equivalent to a man being forced to remove a body part to save a stranger's life. And if this is supposed to be commentary on legally restricting abortion in maternal death cases, I'm unaware of any state that restricts abortion in such a case to begin with.

(XandogxD)
The kidney is designed to make MY body function, the uterus is designed to make SOMEONE ELSES body.

Clear difference.

The uterus will never make a baby if you never plant the seed. If you don’t want a baby in your body, THEN DONT PUT IT IN THERE.

Easy.

(ilovemypiano)
Abortion supporters generally view pregnancy as something that happens to them passively with the mother having no responsibility in it whatsoever. It doesn't occur to them that having sex is a choice and that sex brings certain risks with it. Comparing a forced extraction of a kidney to a mother carrying the child she herself created is utter insanity.

(sepulchrebythec)
This argument is so stupid. Pregnancy is the natural result of an act that is, the vast majority of the time, voluntary. People who have sex are aware of the risks. It’s not at all comparable to some dystopian organ harvesting society.

(RedoubtFailure)
The violinist argument. Again. And again. And again.

How's this:

A woman's uterus is the place where the baby goes naturally. That's what being a mother means. That's what being a baby means. That's what should happen if all goes well.

Cutting up people's healthy bodies and removing their organs is not something normal, natural, or what should happen if all goes well.

So why pretend they are parallel?

Additionally, we use our bodies to take care of one another. That includes our toddlers and our senior citizens. In fact, you can't avoid it. That's how doing things gets done. There is no universe where there aren't expectations made about your body. You're expected to feed your kids. You're expected to clothe them. Protect them. These are bodily acts--because, duh, how aren't they?

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