Reels Index
This page indexes Emily’s most popular Instagram reels, each one breaking down a common pro-choice argument. Looking for a more in-depth explanation? Check out our ERI Index for blog posts, podcasts, and long form videos covering every major topic in the abortion debate.
Biology:
- “An acorn isn’t an oak tree.”
- “Fetuses aren’t human. They’re more like tumors.”
- “Every skin cell you shed is a human too.”
The Fetus is a Parasite:
Personhood:
- “What makes a fetus a person?”
- “You require all the brain parts to be there and functioning to be a person.”
- “Human rights come from sociology, not biology.”
- “It’s not a child.”
- “A fetus doesn’t have a soul until 24 weeks.”
- “Please explain why abortion is a human rights violation.”
- “Human rights don’t extend to people who don’t experience human consciousness.”
Difficult Circumstances:
- “Abortion is about reducing suffering.”
- “What about women doing dangerous abortions on themselves?”
- “What if a woman is raped?”
- “You’re forcing people to become parents.”
- “Are you going to raise the thousands of kids in foster care because abortion is illegal?”
Miscarriage:
- “Treatment for removing a dead fetus is an abortion too.”
- “If abortion is murder, then miscarriage is involuntary manslaughter.”
“My Body, My Choice”:
- “It’s not your body.”
- “Women should have 100% control over their own body.”
- “It’s not about ending the life. It’s about ending the pregnancy.”
Right to Refuse:
- “You can’t force kidney donation!”
- “Even if you caused the car crash, you still can’t be forced to donate blood.”
- “Does bodily autonomy also include conjoined twins?”
- “Where does a fetus obtain the right to use the mother’s body?”
- “A woman’s body is constantly saving a dying fetus.”
- “We don’t harvest organs from the dead against their will.”
- “Artificial wombs would solve the bodily autonomy issue!”
Self-Defense:
Consent:
- “I don’t consent to being hit by a car when I cross the road, despite that being a risk.”
- “Consent to sex is not consent to pregnancy.”
- “You can remove something that’s inside your body without permission.”
- “So you think consent to sex is consent to paying child support?”
- “Pregnancy is not a consequence of sex.”
Later Abortions:
- “Later abortions are just for medical reasons.”
- Approximately 80% of abortions at 21 weeks or later are not for maternal or fetal health issues.
Definition of “Abortion”:
