Analysis Suggests 2021 Texas Abortion Ban Resulted in Increase in Infant Deaths in State in Year After Law Went into Effect | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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[–]xoenix 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

If you think abortion is murder, then this argument is absurd on the face of it.

Scratch that, it's ridiculous in every sense. I don't understand why people would even argue this. Should've posted this in s/TumblrInAction.

[–]Optimus85 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm assuming the study doesn't count abortions as infant deaths. That entire premise is flawed.

[–]ActuallyNot[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

An infant is live born and younger than 365 days of age. Between 8 weeks after conception until birth is a fetus.

Fetus deaths aren't infant deaths.

That entire premise is flawed.

What's the premise?

[–]ActuallyNot[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If you think abortion is murder, then this argument is absurd on the face of it.

The argument that infant deaths attributable to congenital anomalies has increased?

If someone has a fatal condition, it's not murder to put them through the suffering of a short and meaningless life, while increasing the grief, suffering and cost to the parents.

Or some other argument?