Abortion

 

You both like Abortion.

Stranger: Hey

You: hey

You: pro choice or pro life?

Stranger: pro life

You: gotcha

You: at what point in a pregnancy do you...how do I say this...

You: are you against emergency contraception like Plan B or the morning after pill?

Stranger: no

You: Ok, so where do you draw the line in a pregnancy?

Stranger: I don’t think it’s ever ok unless the moms life is endangered

You: What do you mean? You're not against emergency contraception

Stranger: I believe life starts when the fertilized egg implants in the uterus, not conception

You: Gotcha

Stranger: yeah

You: Why at implantation?

Stranger: because at that point it meets the characteristics of life, one of which is “can grow and develop” and an embryo can’t start developing until it’s implanted

You: At implantation it meets the characteristics of life, one of which is “can grow and develop” and an embryo can’t start developing until it’s implanted. Hm. OK. To meet the characteristics according to you? Because couldn't it be defined that a fertilized egg "can grow and develop"? Or at the other end, couldn't a...

Stranger: no because it’s unable to grow and develop until it has been implanted

You: ...fetus before 6 months, usually not "grow and develop" without a womb.

Stranger: correct but it’s still growing and developing within.

You: Seems a bit arbitrary to define implantation as the point it meets your characteristics of life.

You: kinda my point, but

Stranger: I meant not really

You: I gotta get back to work as my lunch is almost done