Some say,

"This government can't be called undemocratic because it was elected"

and

"the will of the people" is all that matters.

But imagine you are 1 of 10 people in a room, and 6 vote to throw you out the window.

How does "the will of the people" sound now? 🤔
Something may be "the will of the people", yet still be wrong, even horrific...

...because others things are more important, more fundamental than a popular vote.

Like human rights.
No one's fundamental human rights - like the right to life in this case - can be removed by an election.
A political system of popular elections without respect for fundamental human rights is not a democracy.

It's a tyranny of the majority.
Democracy is not simply voting once every few years; democracy depends on deep & lasting respect for human rights.
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