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by George83728 1111 days ago
> It mostly boils down to what they personally feel comfortable with emotionally (and that’s fine, but not something you can apply in law for all people).

Every democratic country has laws which are motivated by the way people feel emotionally. Check out this map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_Europe#/media/File...

12 weeks in Germany, 24 weeks in the UK. Why is there such a difference? Because these laws are based on how people feel.
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basisword 1111 days ago
Well yes, obviously there are laws based (maybe) on majority opinion or average opinion. What I mean is that opinions will vary and you can’t satisfy everyone. There is no objective right or wrong cutoff hence why there is philosophical debate about it.
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iinnPP 1111 days ago
Canada's is legal up until the fetus leaves the womb. It's also possible to kill a fetus inside the womb and suffer no consequence for said killing.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/arianna-goberdhan-fetus-homi...

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specialist 1111 days ago
That Canadian law does not cover the edge case of first-degree murder for a fetus is a hole in the rules, not permission to kill.
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iinnPP 1111 days ago
I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Do you have more recent information that shows it is now illegal to forcefully terminate the functionality of a 40-week fetus while in the womb in Canada?

Calling it a hole in the rules is inaccurate. It's not a person. You can disagree if you want.

My post was informational and intentionally lacking opinion.

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specialist 1111 days ago
FFS.

The hole in the rules called out, from the OC you linked:

A handful of private member's bills introduced in Parliament over the last couple of decades have tried to remedy what seems to be an arbitrary distinction in law. The most recent was in 2016, when Saskatchewan MP Cathay Wagantall tabled Bill C-225, which would have made it a "separate offence to cause injury or death to a preborn child during the commission of an offence against the child's mother."

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iinnPP 1111 days ago
It's not a hole, it's working as intended. It is desired by groups in Canada who favor abortion rights[0]

I'm just replying to the other countries laws and including Canada. Which is related to the article really, more so than many countries.

You seem to think I am siding on a negative opinion, but I am not.

0: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/private-members-bill-violen...

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