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Originally Posted by Megan  Imagine being a child who knows that your mother has selectively eliminated some of your potential siblings. She has the power to do that, and has done that. |
Ironically, that also sounds like in vitro fertilization, where multiple embryos are developed but only certain ones are given a chance to live.
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Originally Posted by Megan It seems to me that abortion chips away at our perception of the value of human life. |
Another way this seems to be done is via choice of words. In war it's common to come up with various terms for the enemy that enables people to see them as less than human, making the killing easier. By using the scientific term of fetus, embryo, or even zygote instead of child, person, or baby, it's easier to detach (easier maybe, but still not easy). Also one doesn't "kill" the fetus, but simply aborts it.