One of the persistent irritations of the debate about ecological health and climate change is the routine pitting of the life of people against the life of the earth. Thus Sen. Bernie Sanders recently endorsed abortion as a licit strategy for combatting climate change, "especially in poor countries." Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has made a similar move saying that it is "legitimate" to ask if we should continue to have children at such a time. In this framing of the issue, the life of humanity is pitted against the life of the world.
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