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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 32 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Why do I suspect that they would be okay with 30,000 10 year olds being forced to give birth to their fathers child to prevent 1 abortion?

[–] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Now that is a proper strawman

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 11 points 5 days ago

It is if we assign that extreme view to the person, but if not, it's a great thought experiment to examine their viewpoint. If one incest baby born to a 10-year-old is okay to stop 30,000 abortions, but 30,000 incest babies to stop one abortion is unacceptable, then there's a threshold in the middle somewhere.

Where's the line? What's the ratio of incest babies-to-abortions at which it crosses over from acceptable to not?