The manipulation of language has proven to be a boon for the left in advancing an agenda not widely accepted on its face by mainstream Americans, a process that allows them to refer to abortion, which is the killing of an unborn baby, as “health care.”
By determining that a baby is but a clump of cells, they justify killing the unborn child up to the moment of birth. As seen in response to a tweet from conservative Matt Walsh, some have gone so far as to refer to the unborn child as a “parasite” that’s “literally” eating the host from the inside out to justify snuffing out its life:
Spoken like a true idiot who has never experienced a parasite growing inside of him, literally eating him from the inside out; and which, if he survives the experience, will cost him thousands of pounds over the next quarter of a century or so.
— Julie ️ Montoya ️ (@JulieMontoya20) January 31, 2019
All of this brings us to a Journal of Medical Ethics paper pushed online by associate editor Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., titled: Is pregnancy a disease? A normative approach.
“In this paper, we identify some key features of what makes something a disease, and consider whether these apply to pregnancy,” the authors begin. “We argue that there are some compelling grounds for regarding pregnancy as a disease. Like a disease, pregnancy affects the health of the pregnant person, causing a range of symptoms from discomfort to death.”
“Like a disease, pregnancy can be treated medically,” the paper continued. “Like a disease, pregnancy is caused by a pathogen, an external organism invading the host’s body. Like a disease, the risk of getting pregnant can be reduced by using prophylactic measures.”
Earp was quick to delete his tweet in response to the backlash, stressing that he does not agree with “the direction the authors took the argument,” as seen in the exchange below:
I agree pregnancy is not a disease. Instead I see the article as showing significant problems with standard accounts of “disease”
— Brian D. Earp, Ph.D. (@briandavidearp) February 2, 2024
Yes I read the paper. I don’t agree with the direction the authors took the argument and would have gone the modus tollens route myself
— Brian D. Earp, Ph.D. (@briandavidearp) February 2, 2024
(For the record, “modus tollens” is a rule of implication that means a conclusion can be inferred from its premises but may not be logically equivalent to those premises — if A is true, B is true; but B is false; therefore A is false.)
Earp is based at the University of Oxford in England and he plugs his “next” book in his online bio, which is titled: Their Body, Their Choice: Sex, Gender, Genital Cutting, and the Child’s Right to Bodily Integrity.
As for the backlash, here’s a quick sampling of some of the responses from X:
No. Now you can delete this garbage.
— TheFOO (@PolitiBunny) February 1, 2024
Imaging thinking a normal human process is a disease.
— LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) February 1, 2024
Are you serious?
Like seriously, are you really trying to claim a natural biological process that is necessary for propagation of life… is a disease?
— (((Adam Ξ/ξ Bohn))) (@BadtotheBohn) February 1, 2024
Nope. Didn’t even have to read the journal entry. That was a really easy question to answer.
Next time reach out, I’ll save you the time and hassle.
— Steve Deason (@TLDWdeasoN) February 1, 2024
It’s probably being cast in this light in order to justify the medical case for abortions. I’m sure this angle will be used to propose legislation
— Dylan Belmont (@HootsFromAbong) February 1, 2024
This paper doesn’t even understand what pregnancy is I suppose. It is not a pathogen that is developing inside of the womb, it is a human being. This is also coincidentally how every other human comes to be so you must take that into account
— Kai (@Kaiser72401) February 1, 2024
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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