AITAH for breaking up with my (20m) bf (21m) because he is against abortions?
The original poster (OP) and her boyfriend were watching a television segment regarding Dr. Caitlin Bernard, the physician who provided care for a 10-year-old r**e victim seeking an abortion.
During this discussion, the boyfriend expressed a firm belief that abortion should be entirely illegal, even in extreme circumstances such as the case presented. When the OP questioned whether he considered an embryo the same as a child, he confirmed this view.
As the OP is a STEM major and her boyfriend is pre-med, this stance caused significant distress and disgust for her, leading her to immediately end the relationship.
Now, mutual friends suggest the OP overreacted and should have simply agreed to disagree, leaving the OP to question her reaction.
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The original poster ended a relationship immediately after discovering her boyfriend held an absolute anti-abortion stance, including viewing an embryo as equal to a child, a view she found irreconcilable with her own values, particularly given their academic backgrounds.
The central conflict lies between the OP's belief that certain fundamental moral issues are non-negotiable and the expectation from mutual friends that she should have tolerated this deep difference in opinion for the sake of the relationship.
The question for debate is whether such a profound disagreement on the fundamental moral status of a fetus, especially when one partner is pursuing a medical career, const*tutes a valid reason for an immediate breakup, or if the responsible action would have been to attempt to coexist with the opposing viewpoint, as suggested by their social circle.
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YTA.