• That sidesteps my point, which was that “rights” are granted by governments

    False. Our rights exist whether or not governments choose to respect them.

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      So tell us again how abortion is not a right.

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      If you’re talking about natural rights, that philosophy works great if you’re alone on an island. Once there’s at least one other person, the philosophy gets drowned in a bathtub because you held something slightly valuable someone else wanted.