'Not just a clump of cells?' Why is Cosmo troubled by this, but not abortion? [photo]

Posted at 12:50 pm on March 24, 2015 by Sarah D.

What’s all this, then?

Disturbing Ultrasounds Show How Unborn Babies React When Their Mothers Smoke http://t.co/scfSMRPzMp pic.twitter.com/qDPJq9CUhb
— Cosmopolitan (@Cosmopolitan) March 24, 2015

Whoa, hold up:

@Cosmopolitan unborn babies, you say? Not just clumps of cells?
— james hotaling (@bklyncook) March 24, 2015

Oh it's an unborn baby now? RT @Cosmopolitan: Ultrasounds show how unborn babies react when their mothers smoke pic.twitter.com/5GzIGvEziC
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 24, 2015

Unborn baby? Not just a clump of cells? RT @Cosmopolitan: Unborn babies react when mothers smoke — REALLY disturbing pic.twitter.com/pVCzcK0tKo
— chels – queso queen (@chelsea_elisa) March 24, 2015

Unborn CHILD, eh? Duly noted. RT @Cosmopolitan: Ultrasounds show how unborn babies react when their mothers smoke pic.twitter.com/2UGdGZloTz
— Alo Konsen ن (@OhioCoastie) March 24, 2015

And these unborn babies can actually feel things?

Shorter @Cosmopolitan "It's almost like the unborn can feel pain" https://t.co/dadH4pxSdO
— Political Math (@politicalmath) March 24, 2015

Like they're people or something RT @politicalmath Shorter @Cosmopolitan "It's almost like the unborn can feel pain" https://t.co/BEsoiaK3xj
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) March 24, 2015

Gee, imagine that!

@Cosmopolitan So unborn children react physically to external stimuli? Wonder what that implies for abortion…
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) March 24, 2015

.@Cosmopolitan but if we tear this baby apart limb from limb, that still is cool with you, right?
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) March 24, 2015

An abortion (killing the baby) is still cool though, right? RT @lexxmacc @Cosmopolitan for all of you horrible mothers who smoke 🙂
— RB (@RBPundit) March 24, 2015

"@Cosmopolitan Ultrasounds show how unborn babies react when mothers smoke — this is disturbing pic.twitter.com/PqlST1ueaj"What about abortion?
— Cinderella ن (@Republican_Mrs) March 24, 2015

@Cosmopolitan How does an unborn baby react during an abortion? #prolife
— Emily Conklin (@emily_conklin11) March 24, 2015

@Cosmopolitan @AdamBaldwin They should show how the baby reacts when they are being murdered.
— Jodee (@jodeenicks) March 24, 2015

@Cosmopolitan Imagine how they feel when you abort them.
— Grant Dossetto (@GrantDossetto) March 24, 2015

Yes, but how do they react to abortion? I'll be impressed when Cosmo shows THOSE ultrasounds. @RBPundit @Cosmopolitan
— Book (@Book_56) March 24, 2015

.@Cosmopolitan How do they react to having their bodies ripped apart?
— L (@OrwellForks) March 24, 2015

@Cosmopolitan Now let's see one where the baby is ripped out by forceps. @GOPBlackChick
— bossmanham (@bossmanham) March 24, 2015

@Cosmopolitan @GOPBlackChick just imagine how it reacts trying to dodge a fucking murder weapon!@sallykohn
— Nicholas Marco (@TheNicky2099) March 24, 2015

No kidding.

Cognitive dissonance is incredible MT @Cosmopolitan: Ultrasounds show how unborn babies react when mothers smoke — this is REALLY disturbing
— Megan Ritter (@MeganRitter) March 24, 2015

It really is stunning.

@Cosmopolitan @MelissaTweets Logic lapse here. We aren't supposed to care whether you abort, but subjecting kid to SMOKING!That's inhuman!
— Yancy Evans (@gallandro1) March 24, 2015

@Cosmopolitan @verumserum Are you saying we should deny a woman's choice to smoke?
— Andrews Dad (@Andrew_Dad) March 24, 2015

So smoking is bad but dismemberment is totes chill. Is that basically right @cosmopolitan?
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) March 24, 2015

Shorter @Cosmopolitan: smoking with an "unborn baby" is bad. Dismembering and sucking one out of a tube, is female empowerment.
— chels – queso queen (@chelsea_elisa) March 24, 2015

"Smoking while pregnant is DISTURBING, YOU GUYS. (Vacuuming the baby out is totes cool, though.)" – @Cosmopolitan, basically.
— RB (@RBPundit) March 24, 2015

Smoking bad for a fetus, life ending vacuum suction good… Is that what I'm understanding here @Cosmopolitan @USATODAY?
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 24, 2015

@Cosmopolitan isn't smoking a woman's choice? Her right to choose & whatnot? Since when are lumps of unborn cells babies? #MakeUpYourMind
— Stacers (@StacyOnTheRight) March 24, 2015

Well, Cosmo?

Is Cosmo going pro-life? @Cosmopolitan https://t.co/CZ1bRsYceH
— RB (@RBPundit) March 24, 2015

That’d be wonderful … but we won’t hold our breath.

Now they're unborn babies, not clumps of cells, because it suits your nanny-state narrative? RT @Cosmopolitan https://t.co/a7Cr0q7fuj
— Leslie ن (@LADowd) March 24, 2015

Bingo.

.@Cosmopolitan @TuPadreDice So they are babies when you push this, not fetuses?
— Brian Fikes (@TheBrianFikes) March 24, 2015

According to @Cosmopolitan if you are pregnant and smoke, it is a baby, if you don't it is merely a fetus.
— Brian Fikes (@TheBrianFikes) March 24, 2015

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