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Clinton Wilcox

About Clinton Wilcox

Clinton Wilcox discusses philosophy as it relates to the abortion debate. He has contributed dozens of guest articles to Secular Pro-Life since 2012, as well as publishing articles in philosophical journals such as Bioethics.

Entries by Clinton Wilcox

A Response to the Spectrum Argument

January 21, 2014 /35 Comments/in Personhood /by Clinton Wilcox

On Patheos, pro-choice blogger Bob Seidensticker has formulated an argument for abortion that he calls the “Spectrum Argument” for abortion. First, I’d just like to take a moment to say that it’s refreshing to find a pro-choice blogger who actually attempts to make a logical argument for his position, rather than the rhetoric, demonizing of […]

The Argument from Identity

January 9, 2014 /321 Comments/in Personhood /by Clinton Wilcox

I have previously explained two good arguments for the pro-life position, the Substance View and the Future of Value arguments. I would like to share with you a third. It’s an argument that Alexander Pruss has termed an identity-based argument. Stephen Napier defends a similar argument which he has termed the Unity argument, but my exposition of this argument […]

Being Pro-Life Means Respecting Human Dignity

December 16, 2013 /20 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Clinton Wilcox

We all know that the reason we consider ourselves pro-life is because we believe in respecting the life of the unborn. The right to life is the most fundamental of all human rights, so that is the right that holds the most weight in the moral equation. But did you know that the pro-life position […]

Objections to Biological Humanity from Fertilization

December 4, 2013 /145 Comments/in Biology /by Clinton Wilcox

I would now like to address several arguments which are commonly raised against the life and humanity of the unborn. See my previous article for arguments that support biological humanity from fertilization. 1) Human life doesn’t begin at fertilization, it began millions of of years ago. “We are concerned…with what embryo science has to say, ultimately, […]

What is the Unborn? A Case for Biological Humanity from Fertilization

December 2, 2013 /42 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Clinton Wilcox

Aside from the sourced quotations and arguments in this article, it has been heavily influenced by . I have written before on h0w we know the unborn are persons from fertilization. But now I’d like to address how we know the unborn are biological members of our species from fertilization. This is a basic, undeniable fact of […]

Why Are Sex-Selective Abortions Morally Problematic?

November 20, 2013 /25 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Clinton Wilcox

Currently, abortion is generally legal in the United States through all nine months of pregnancy (except in about 11 states) for generally any reason. Our government recently decided to vote on whether or not to ban sex-selection abortions, but ultimately decided not to ban them. At first blush, this seems pretty ridiculous to me. However, […]

10 Reasons to Have an Abortion?

November 7, 2013 /22 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Clinton Wilcox

So I’ve been made aware of an article on a website called Mommyish, 10 Reasons to Have an Abortion — Illustrated by Adorable Cats, and written by Eve Vawter. Let’s be honest here. Most of her reasons are without substance, so the cat pictures are there to make her argument more emotionally compelling so that […]

Return of the Scourge, Part II

November 5, 2013 /4 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Clinton Wilcox

In the previous part of this series, I addressed empirical objections that Ord anticipated. Now I will respond to his anticipated philosophical objections. See here and here for the first two parts in this series. Philosophical Objections: The first objection he responds to is a claim I made in an earlier part, that many of the conceptions that occur are not really […]

Return of the Scourge, Part I

October 29, 2013 /0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Clinton Wilcox

As my conclusion, I will now respond to certain objections that Ord anticipated. I was hoping to get this done in one part, but due to the length, it will contain two parts. See here and here for my previous parts. Empirical Objections: The first empirical objection Ord responds to is the fact that critics of his argument […]

The Scourge Strikes Back

October 22, 2013 /10 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Clinton Wilcox

In my previous article, I responded to Toby Ord’s thought experiment that was meant to parallel miscarriages. In this article, I’ll respond to his arguments regarding what he sees as absurdities that result from the pro-life position. The Claim: Ord, for the sake of brevity, refers to “The Claim,” which is the claim by pro-life […]

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