What Does the Bible Say About Abortion? Not Much.

January 16, 2012 By 77 Comments

God has no problem killing men, women, and children, so what’s the big deal? There’s no prohibition against abortion in the Bible. And that “thou shalt not murder” thing? It’s not even in the Ten Commandments.

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What’s Wrong with the Pro-Life Position?

January 11, 2012 By 24 Comments

If pregnancy wasn’t that big a deal, we could just let the pro-life movement have their way. But it is a big deal. “Just put the baby up for adoption” doesn’t work, and the woman who takes an unplanned child to term is changed forever. She needs the chance to opt out.

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Five Emotional Pro-Choice Arguments

January 6, 2012 By 28 Comments

Pro-life advocates claim that a single cell and a newborn are both “babies.” Let’s test that claim with five pro-choice arguments that appeal to the emotional or intuitive side of the brain rather than the intellectual.

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A Defense of Abortion Rights: the Spectrum Argument

January 4, 2012 By 33 Comments

“Abortion means the death of a baby!” That’s true only if you say that a newborn baby is no different than the single cell that it came from. But this denies a spectrum of personhood that we all acknowledge.

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Weak Argument for Abstinence

August 29, 2011 By 3 Comments

Texas governor Rick Perry was recently interviewed by the Texas Tribune (3:00 video), and he was asked about the value of abstinence-only sex education.  The interviewer said that Texas has the third-highest teen pregnancy rate in the country. Perry’s response: “Abstinence works.” Let’s make a distinction between abstinence (that is, actually abstaining from sex) and [...]

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