Every guy who’s fertilised an egg and then it didn’t become a person?
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In his passionate plea to politicians, he explains: ‘If you’re going to hold that as a standard, that is to say, if you’re going to say when an egg is fertilized, it therefore has the same rights as an individual, then whom are you going to sue? But Nye sums it best: “When it comes to women’s rights with respect to their reproduction”.
In this latest video, Nye describes the “life at conception” argument as scientifically incomplete, and that anti-abortion laws would be a waste of effort over impossible semantics. His calmness and appeal for people’s rational thoughts is enough for the video to slowly start going viral, as the battle for reproductive right continues. Perhaps sending a jab Congress’ way as they try to introduce more restrictions on abortion and remove funding from Planned Parenthood.
Scientists have long contested the idea underlying abortion bans and similar laws, namely that life begins the very moment an egg is fertilized.
Remaining calm and measured throughout, Nye seems genuinely exhausted by the fact the discussion is taking place at all.
Ever The Science Guy, Nye seems to relish stepping into hot debates and dropping matter-of-fact scientific information.
In a new video from Big Think, he argues for women’s reproductive rights, asserting that arguments against giving women control over their reproductive health care decisions are founded on bad science. “I mean, she has rights over this, especially if she doesn’t like the guy that got her pregnant”.
The inventor creates: “When you are looking at to effectively women’s consideration with value to really replica, I do think you need to turn the job over in to women”. “We have so many more important things to be dealing with, we have so many other problems”, Nye said.
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“It’s just a reflection of a deep scientific lack of understanding and you literally or apparently literally don’t know what you’re talking about”, Nye says in the video.
