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mac, you're ignoring that while the opinion that blacks were less than human is based on bigotry and stupidity, the opinion that fetuses are less than human is based on physiological development, viability etc.
For the purposes of the abortion debate, there is nothing similar between the two, or more precisely between slaves and fetuses. You must keep in mind that slaves existed before the Constitution and the issue of their personhood was non-existent till much later. Even after the independence and adoption of the constitution the issue came up later and the three fifths of a person became a legal "game" by which it allowed slaves to be counted and even that was only needed because of political benefits it brought. No one really cared how many slaves existed beyond how much wealth they represented to the owner.While there certainly are aspects which separate the two issues, you can not simply ignore the similarities.
The need to overcome originates with the realization that subjugation is not a good thing.all that need be overcome to start the path to ending it is the realization of humanity in both cases.
For the purposes of the abortion debate, there is nothing similar between the two, or more precisely between slaves and fetuses. You must keep in mind that slaves existed before the Constitution and the issue of their personhood was non-existent till much later. Even after the independence and adoption of the constitution the issue came up later and the three fifths of a person became a legal "game" by which it allowed slaves to be counted and even that was only needed because of political benefits it brought. No one really cared how many slaves existed beyond how much wealth they represented to the owner.
Further look backwards in time, shows that slaves were not denied what they were, but rather often were the vanquished, the offenders or simply could do nothing to prevent their enslavement.
The need to overcome originates with the realization that subjugation is not a good thing.
Didn't we have a gazillion pages already on this topic?
While there certainly are aspects which separate the two issues, you can not simply ignore the similarities. First and foremost being the concept of humanity and how it applies similarly to both. Slaves were subjugated primarily due to the view that they were less than human in comparison to whites, and farther back, to nobles or other affluent classes. As with slavery, all that need be overcome to start the path to ending it is the realization of humanity in both cases. In the case of slavery, though universally illegal, it still occurs, though it's fought wherever it appears. Not so, yet, with abortion, because extending humanity to a human fetus has yet to be universally applied.
In any fight for equality, there are proponents and opponents, as with eliminating slavery AND abortion. Not to mention child labor, women's suffrage, workers rights, so on and so forth.
While there certainly are aspects which separate the two issues, you can not simply ignore the similarities. First and foremost being the concept of humanity and how it applies similarly to both. Slaves were subjugated primarily due to the view that they were less than human in comparison to whites, and farther back, to nobles or other affluent classes. As with slavery, all that need be overcome to start the path to ending it is the realization of humanity in both cases. In the case of slavery, though universally illegal, it still occurs, though it's fought wherever it appears. Not so, yet, with abortion, because extending humanity to a human fetus has yet to be universally applied.
In any fight for equality, there are proponents and opponents, as with eliminating slavery AND abortion. Not to mention child labor, women's suffrage, workers rights, so on and so forth.
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