Thread by @mcjulie

A million times this

https://twitter.com/LeahNTorres/status/1391190610040827906

If you've been watching me rant on here, you know that I believe the "a zygote is the same as a baby" argument is not elevating the zygote, it's dehumanizing the baby.

Which, incidentally, is why "a crab is the same as a person" arguments piss me off, sorry vegans.

I think that's an important part of the connection between the anti-abortion movement, white supremacy, and patriarchy -- this idea that personhood doesn't belong to actual persons, but is rather conveyed by the state.

As an existentialist, I don't believe in a lot of inherent things, but I do believe personhood is inherent and belongs to the person who has it. Not only do I believe in this MORALLY, but also, I believe it is the obvious objective truth.

Zygote worshipers will try to confuse the issue by talking about "life" as if "life" and "personhood" are the same thing, but bacteria is alive, an ant is alive, cancer is alive, to be alive is not to be a person.

It's also why I believe "corporate personhood" is an extremely wrong & destructive concept and I do not accept as valid any legal ruling from SCOTUS based on the idea of "corporate personhood"

But also... notice that the Catholic religious fanatics on SCOTUS, the SAME ONES who vote for zygote personhood, vote for corporate personhood.

You see the game they're playing?

It's not about "life" and it's not about "babies." It's about maintaining high-level state control over who GETS to be a person, and under what circumstances.

This is part of why it is so significant that the jury found that Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd, because only a person can legally be murdered.

The jury found that George Floyd was a person.