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by tfigueroa 913 days ago
The decision was already in the hands of the people.

We don’t - didn’t - need to elect people to implement our preference.

Stepping away from a politically-charged question is still a politicized decision.

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> our preference

no... that is your preference

There are people who believe that abortion is equivalent to murder.

Beyond the binary decision, there is more nuance to when pro-choice laws allow for abortion or not, and similar for pro-life.

- pro-choice often does not include late term abortion

- pro-life can make exceptions for rape and incest

These nuances can vary between states that fall under the same half of the binary part. All of them can change much more easily now