Thread by @MajoSanteli

The only reason why the discussion on abortion is even a *thing* is because it springs from a dehumanizing narrative.

A human is less of a human when you call it a “clump of cells”. Murder is less murder when you kill “just cells”. 1/

We fail to see that if we followed that logic, all of us as adults could be classified as “fully developed clumps of cells”, thus murder would always be acceptable. 2/

Such narratives seek to belittle your humanity & connection to God, because a belittled & disconnected human is precisely the opposite of a thriving human.

Don’t buy it.
Connect & THRIVE.

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Also, check out these beautiful facts about a “clump of cells” in the womb:

At the moment of conception, it develops its own unique set of DNA

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It can act autonomously from the mother’s body (it can survive in an experimental dish in an incubator because it *knows* what to do to live—yes, it wants to live)

“Clumps” don’t to this! 5/

It develops a heart that starts beating 18 days after conception & starts developing a brain after 3 weeks

It has recognizable facial features at 4 weeks, develops its own unique set of fingerprints at 10 weeks & has fingernails at 11 weeks

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And the most thought-provoking of all facts: at some precise point (conception?) it has the ‘ensoulment’—when an actual soul enters the matter.

This really should be mesmerizing enough to make any discussion on abortion simply absurd & unnecessary. 7/