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> If I'm giving someone a blood transfusion because their kidneys are failing and they'll die within minutes/hours if I stop, is it murder to disconnect us?

No, similar to how it's not murder to disconnect somebody in a coma from life support or other extraordinary medical means. If the person dies, it's from their loss of blood, not from you refusing/failing to give them your blood.

I admit I didn't watch more than 60 seconds here and there of the video; it's almost 40 minutes long and it's late here.

> This seems to contradict your idea that a fetus is already living in the first place

Hm, I should have added "any longer" to clarify: "Abortion definitely takes away any possibility of living any longer from another person".

> just like organ donation

Organ donation is extraordinary; pregnancy is the most ordinary thing in the world.



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