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Key Takeaways
Visibility changes moral judgment: When people see what later abortions actually involve, many recognize a level of violence that is incompatible with treating the fetus as morally insignificant.
Bodily autonomy has limits: Society routinely restricts bodily choices when they involve harming another human being, and pregnancy raises that same moral boundary.
Early-stage lines are arbitrary: Biological facts show that a distinct human individual exists from conception, making later moral cutoffs unstable and inconsistent.
Human worth should not be conditional: Treating babies as selectable products based on traits erodes the principle that all human lives deserve equal protection.
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