Abortion Rights Debate

The cluster centers on heated discussions about abortion rights, pro-life vs. pro-choice positions, related legislation like Alabama's laws, and debates over its appropriateness on Hacker News.

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temp8964 Apr 2, 2022 View on HN

Why do you need those reasons? It doesn't like pro-abortion, it's anti-abortion by limiting its use cases. If you are pro-abortion, you would happily suggest any pregnant women to abort their babies.

bob_doggo May 13, 2019 View on HN

why is this anti-abortion bullshit on hacker news, shouldn't the standard here be quite a bit higher?

Beaver117 Apr 8, 2023 View on HN

No it seems like an abortion issue to me. You don't see the same advocates for drug use, prostitution, or assisted suicide

verall Feb 4, 2021 View on HN

It is fun to cherry-pick the most favorable facts for your argument from a source.This[0] Time article is the [9] from your wikipedia copypasta. It discusses details of 6 pieces of conservative abortion legislation. The Alabama law you link is the only one with a provision to "prevent serious health risk to the mother". The rest all use the much higher bar of "serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function". All ban abortions startin

lazyasciiart Nov 23, 2020 View on HN

It's referring to abortion arguments.

nashashmi Jul 17, 2025 View on HN

Not sure what you seem to refer to. If it is abortion, then that is restricted in the same spirit as murder is prohibited.

martincmartin Feb 22, 2024 View on HN

Might be about reproductive rights and abortion.

bhauer Oct 30, 2013 View on HN

I don't have a strong opinion on abortion.But two replies to refurb's comment and both ignore the matter at hand in order to change the conversation in a new direction.The matter at hand here is whether or not it would be considered breaking the law to abort a fetus, not how that process is financed or whether the population understands that intercourse can lead to pregnancy.And in that matter—legality of abortion—refurb was pointed out that the US is not necessarily less &quo

fzeroracer Jun 25, 2022 View on HN

It's not 'obviously absurd' because a significant amount of the pro-life people pushing the anti-abortion rhetoric believe no abortion should be allowed and that all fetuses have rights, period. Like the fact that this debate still exists even after this constitutional amendment supposedly crosses both aisles does not fix the problem at all.

Already__Taken Oct 25, 2017 View on HN

I don't see how this thinking is any different than banning abortions. It's not your problem so shush.