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To have a productive discussion about abortion, the table stakes might be: | To have a productive discussion about abortion, the table stakes might be: | ||
# | # Seek to minimize the number of abortions that happen each year. | ||
# | # Seek to minimize the number of unwanted births that happen each year. | ||
# | # Seek to maximize bodily autonomy of sapient beings. | ||
# Recognize and accept that the human condition includes occasional bouts of bad judgment. | # Recognize and accept that the human condition includes occasional bouts of bad judgment. | ||
# | # Seek to eliminate unsafe abortions. | ||
= Common Ground = | = Common Ground = | ||
Revision as of 16:44, 28 May 2022
Overview
How do we as a society come to terms on abortion? What would it take to get a coalition of the reasonable to find a path forward that we can agree on?
Note: This page was created largely to present a relatively non-controversial example of "Discussion Table Stakes."
Discussion Table Stakes
To have a productive discussion about abortion, the table stakes might be:
- Seek to minimize the number of abortions that happen each year.
- Seek to minimize the number of unwanted births that happen each year.
- Seek to maximize bodily autonomy of sapient beings.
- Recognize and accept that the human condition includes occasional bouts of bad judgment.
- Seek to eliminate unsafe abortions.
Common Ground
Some examples of things that anyone who accepts the table stakes above should be able to agree on:
- Rape should be minimized.
- Unwanted pregnancies should be prevented.