Take it to the extreme; most eggs fertilized in sex don’t result in pregnancy, they aren’t able to bind to the uteral lining and die. Anyone who has unprotected sex is very likely to cause the death of one or more “people.” Having children is now murder.
Or, since things like self-awareness, memories, consciousness etc. don’t matter in terms of personhood, if you talk someone out of becoming pregnant in the first place you’re murdering that potential child.
The problem with trying to go to the extreme to reveal how absurd and irrational anti-choice beliefs are is that most of the time the religious nutjobs would just agree with you. They’d love if women were required by law to try and get pregnant every cycle.
Take it to the extreme; most eggs fertilized in sex don’t result in pregnancy, they aren’t able to bind to the uteral lining and die. Anyone who has unprotected sex is very likely to cause the death of one or more “people.” Having children is now murder.
Or, since things like self-awareness, memories, consciousness etc. don’t matter in terms of personhood, if you talk someone out of becoming pregnant in the first place you’re murdering that potential child.
The problem with trying to go to the extreme to reveal how absurd and irrational anti-choice beliefs are is that most of the time the religious nutjobs would just agree with you. They’d love if women were required by law to try and get pregnant every cycle.