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Categories: Debates
October 29, 2024

Charlie Kirk confronts college students with challenging questions about abortion and when life begins. When students argue life starts at consciousness around 18-24 weeks, Kirk presses them on brain-dead patients and heartbeat detection. The conversation exposes contradictions in consciousness-based arguments for abortion, with students defending positions that range from unrestricted abortion access to brain-death comparisons. The debate covers Canada's extreme abortion laws, medical terminology confusion, and whether heartbeats matter when determining human life.

The Opening Question: Would You Date Someone Pro-Life?

The conversation begins with women answering whether they would date someone who is pro-life. The responses vary from "probably not" to "that's a requirement," immediately revealing the deep divide on this issue among young people. One women emphasizes "freedom" while another states women should have the right to choose "in certain situations."

When Does Life Begin? The Consciousness Argument

Charlie Kirk poses the fundamental question to pro-abortion women: when does life begin? One women confidently answers that life begins with consciousness, estimating this occurs around 18-24 weeks of pregnancy. Kirk immediately challenges this position by asking if the women would support banning abortions after 18 weeks. The women hesitates, admitting it becomes "a little tougher after that" and expresses more wariness about later-term procedures.

America and Canada's Extreme Abortion Laws

The discussion turns to late-term abortion laws, with Kirk asking which country has the most permissive policies. The women correctly identify both America and Canada as having extreme late-term abortion laws. One women reveals that in Canada, abortion is legal "anytime in the womb up to gestation," though noting it may be "dependent on area." This revelation highlights how far abortion policy has shifted in North America compared to most European nations.

The Medical Abortion Debate: Dead Versus Living Fetuses

A women introduces nuance by explaining that "abortion is also a medical term" and describes a situation where someone they knew had to undergo an abortion at six months because the fetus died inside them. This sparks a semantic debate about whether removing a dead fetus constitutes an abortion in the same sense as terminating a living pregnancy.

Kirk pushes back on the terminology, suggesting that removing a dead fetus should be considered a "surgical removal" rather than an abortion. The women insists it's still technically classified as an abortion medically. Kirk clarifies that pro-life advocates, including himself, have no issue with removing a deceased fetus, as this doesn't involve ending a life. The women mentions Texas law allows for removing dead fetuses, which Kirk confirms aligns with pro-life positions.

The debate over definitions becomes contentious as they disagree on whether abortion must involve a living fetus. Kirk argues that true abortion means "ceasing the life," while the women maintains that medically, abortion includes removal of dead fetuses. The women points out that historically, without surgical intervention, a dead fetus would rot inside the mother and typically kill her, which is why removal procedures exist.

The Brain Death Comparison Challenge

Kirk turns the consciousness argument back on the women with a powerful analogy: if life begins with consciousness, what about someone who loses consciousness after a car accident and is on life support? The women responds consistently with their position, saying if brain waves are no longer detected, they would support unplugging life support—even for patients who might recover full consciousness.

This prompts reactions from other women who find the position "crazy." One women defends the stance by pointing out that many people are kept physically alive by grieving family members for years despite having no brain function. However, another women objects to comparing a "physically developing fetus" to a "full grown human that's already alive."

Species, Consciousness, and What Makes Us Human

Kirk asks what species a fetus is, and the women acknowledge it's human but argue "they're still a fetus" and "not quite human yet." Kirk presses on what "fetus" means, and the women explain it's a "developing human" that becomes human when they develop mental consciousness.

When Kirk offers to use data showing consciousness as early as six weeks as a cutoff point, the women agrees—if consciousness can be proven at six weeks. However, they immediately backtrack, claiming consciousness doesn't exist at six weeks and questioning whether a heartbeat is even present that early.

Heartbeat Versus Brain Waves

Kirk points out that heartbeats can be detected around 6-10 weeks, depending on the baby's development. He asks if the women would support abortion restrictions once a baby can feel pain and has a heartbeat. The women dismisses heartbeats entirely, stating they "don't care about a heartbeat in any capacity."

The women doubles down on their position using the brain-death analogy again: if they were brain dead in a hospital bed with a heartbeat but no brain activity, they'd want the plug pulled. Kirk asks if human beings are more than just brain waves, and the women responds definitively: "It's all about your brain."

This exchange reveals the materialistic foundation of the pro-abortion position—that human value is determined solely by measurable brain activity rather than inherent dignity or potential.

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[00:00] would you date a guy who was pro life

[00:04] starting with you would I date one right

[00:06] now yeah okay no no yes probably not I

[00:12] don't think so no that's a requirement

[00:15] yes good freedom I mean

[00:19] I I think women should have the right to

[00:21] choose in certain

[00:25] situations okay mainly based on

[00:28] essay sure

[00:30] okay

[00:32] uh taking away Charlie yeah I mean who

[00:35] has strong opinions on the

[00:36] topic don't look at me Canadian Canadian

[00:41] talking all right for those of you that

[00:43] are pro abortion any one of you can

[00:44] chime in you can take a second when does

[00:47] Life begin when you have Consciousness

[00:50] okay when is that um it's it's debated

[00:53] but probably around 20 to 24 weeks maybe

[00:56] 18 to 24 weeks so then would you say we

[00:58] should allow no more abortions after 18

[01:00] weeks it's a little tougher after that I

[01:03] probably would agree that maybe you

[01:06] shouldn't if you do maybe you know I'll

[01:09] be more okay with it but at the same

[01:10] time I'd be a little weary about it okay

[01:13] anybody else have a thought on that I

[01:15] don't care don't care okay no opinion

[01:18] hold on because some abortions late term

[01:20] are kind of crazy you should have

[01:22] abortions super late term right which

[01:25] America has the craziest late term

[01:26] abortion law uh welcome to Canada Canada

[01:29] is also out of control too can Canada is

[01:31] any anytime in Canada wow any that's

[01:34] remarkable what does anytime mean

[01:36] anytime in the womb up to up to

[01:38] gestation up to yeah in Canada um I

[01:42] think it's dependent on area actually I

[01:43] think it's but but abortion is also a

[01:45] medical term so it's not necessarily

[01:47] that someone wants to get rid of it it's

[01:48] it's also a medical abortion so like you

[01:50] need to cuz uh I had someone in my life

[01:54] who six months in they were super happy

[01:56] about their pregnancy and they had to

[01:58] have an abortion because they're fetus

[02:00] died inside of them see yeah that's

[02:02] that's a surgical removal though that's

[02:04] still it's still considered an abortion

[02:05] is that right yeah it's still considered

[02:06] an abortion you're not really aborting a

[02:08] pregnancy so it's just a maybe not

[02:09] aborting a pregnancy but you're still

[02:11] aborting it's still an abortion I guess

[02:14] yeah I guess that's

[02:15] a yeah it's still the same term it's

[02:17] still the same term yeah it's just not

[02:20] technically an abort an abortion would

[02:21] be the well when you're thinking of

[02:23] abortion you're thinking of aborting a a

[02:25] live fetus that may be viable to live on

[02:27] but but an abortion can still be

[02:31] uh a fetus that is already dead that you

[02:33] have to abort because it will rot inside

[02:35] of you and kill you that's the sensitive

[02:37] areas still in the US no even even

[02:39] pro-life people myself are okay if the

[02:41] fetus is no longer living removing the

[02:43] fetus well that's what happened to this

[02:44] person that I knew they had to have an

[02:46] abortion at 6 months because they're

[02:48] yeah again that's we're I wouldn't say

[02:50] that's an abortion but I don't want to

[02:51] it technically is an abortion but like

[02:53] with Texas for example Texas law right

[02:55] you're allowed to remove a dead fetus

[02:58] yeah that's still an abortion at that

[02:59] point it's still an abortion you have to

[03:00] abort the fetus because I know but is it

[03:03] living no no it doesn't it doesn't have

[03:05] to be living for it to be an abortion

[03:07] we're just calming over terms that would

[03:08] be a surgery for but but we should call

[03:11] it what it is if it's an abortion it's

[03:12] an abortion okay that's an interesting

[03:14] debate what is abortion then uh removing

[03:16] a fetus dead or alive from your body

[03:18] okay dead or alive I would say alive we

[03:19] just disagree yeah meaning I would say

[03:21] that ceasing the life that's interesting

[03:23] you said dead because but even when it's

[03:25] dead you have to abort it you have to

[03:27] remove it you can remove abort abort

[03:30] well you can you can remove it without

[03:31] surgery though no not when it's 6 months

[03:34] old not 6 months but at a month but but

[03:37] so what about 6 months what would you

[03:38] call it then when you have to remove a

[03:39] six-month old fetus we're calming over

[03:41] terms I wouldn't disagree that it

[03:42] requires surgery but is it not an

[03:44] abortion no because you're not actually

[03:45] aborting the mission you have to abort

[03:47] the mission the fetus is dead remove it

[03:51] so so then 500 years ago how did that

[03:53] fetus leave the no the mother the it

[03:55] would the fenus would rot inside the

[03:57] mother and the mother would die not not

[03:59] all the time no the woman could also

[04:00] give birth to doesn't happen all the

[04:02] time but that doesn't that that rarely

[04:04] happens most that's why that's why they

[04:06] call upon it to be removed because nine

[04:08] times out of 10 the mother will die from

[04:10] the fetus I'm morally fine with that

[04:13] that's for sure do you think that if a

[04:15] baby can feel pain regardless of

[04:17] Consciousness hold on I'm talking about

[04:19] a dead fetus at six months no I'm not

[04:20] disagreeing with that you're dwelling on

[04:22] that micro issue Sor sorry hold on I'm

[04:24] listening okay but going way back to

[04:27] like when abortion should be illegal so

[04:30] you say life begins at Consciousness

[04:31] sorry when should abortion be illegal at

[04:33] what time I think all abortion should be

[04:35] illegal but but at what time you said

[04:37] when at beginning at conception okay no

[04:39] I'm trying to understand your position

[04:41] okay so okay hold back I'm listening

[04:44] sorry she going to shut up that's okay

[04:46] so so you say Consciousness is when life

[04:48] begins mhm okay so then if somebody is

[04:51] without Consciousness after a car

[04:53] accident and they're on life support yes

[04:56] they're no longer living unplug them

[04:58] take unplug them okay yeah you're

[05:00] consistent so even the ones that come

[05:02] back to full Consciousness when their

[05:03] brain waves are no longer detected to

[05:04] late baby

[05:06] unplug I'm fine with that I have no

[05:08] issue with that what do you mean how is

[05:11] that crazy that's kind

[05:13] of isn't it want some not but also I see

[05:17] her point because so many people are

[05:19] kept Alive by their family members who

[05:21] are grieving but I thought they're not

[05:22] alive no no but they're kept their

[05:26] bodies are kept physically alive by

[05:28] their families that are grieving and I'm

[05:30] talking about like for years and youres

[05:32] that I can afford it right and it's like

[05:34] and that's why I see her point a a a a a

[05:37] physically developing fetus is not the

[05:40] same as a full grown human human that's

[05:42] already alive for sure what species is

[05:43] the

[05:44] fetus they're human but they're still a

[05:46] fetus we that's why we differentiate a

[05:48] fetus from a human but what does fetus

[05:50] mean what does that fetus is a

[05:52] developing human they're not quite human

[05:54] yeto develop so what so they become a

[05:56] human right when brain waves when they

[05:58] when they when they develop mental

[06:00] Consciousness which could be as early as

[06:02] 6 week 12 weeks but I'll take exact date

[06:04] we don't know the exact if I told you if

[06:06] we have data that shows 6 weeks you'd be

[06:07] cool with cutting it off yeah if if we

[06:09] could see 6 weeks that you had mental

[06:12] Consciousness that you could you could

[06:14] experience life and four memories but at

[06:17] 6 weeks you can't you just can't you

[06:18] don't even do you even have a heartbeat

[06:20] at six weeks no well you do yeah around

[06:21] six or S is it is it not 10 weeks it

[06:23] depends I mean we we sort of know I mean

[06:26] every baby's trajectory is different

[06:27] it's between 6 to 10 weeks so yeah but

[06:30] if a baby can feel pain and have a

[06:32] heartbeat you're you're you're okay with

[06:34] that it no I don't care about a

[06:36] heartbeat at all I don't care about

[06:38] heartbeat in any capacity why because if

[06:40] I'm brain dead and I'm laying in a

[06:43] hospital bed and I have a heartbeat but

[06:44] my brain is dead you're going to pull

[06:45] the plug do do you think that a human

[06:47] being is more than brain waves no it's

[06:49] all about your brain

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