If The Terminator Was A Gynecologist.

Here is a thought experiment which works as an illustration for an actual syllogistic argument I have used in defense of natalism and in opposition to contraception.

In the 1984 film, The Terminator, the plot makes clear that in order to WIN the war of judgement day, the leader of the human resistance, John Connor, has to be eliminated via “A retroactive abortion” (Silverman). By sending a Terminator back in time to kill Sarah Connor before John Connor was even conceived, Skynet was “killing” John Connor before he was even formed or born.

SO…..Would Skynet have accomplished the same goal of the Terminator went back to 1984 as Sarah Connor’s Gynecologist and implanted an IUD? I don’t see why not.

That is, to eliminate a person that otherwise would exist given certain circumstances is a type of murder, and contraception fulfills that definition. To kill John Connor before he was even conceived, did not require a terminator….just a gynecologist.