15 areas of common ground in the abortion debate
The following are areas that I think should be easy common ground for pro-life and pro-choice people. What would you add?
The following are areas that I think should be easy common ground for pro-life and pro-choice people. What would you add?
We asked our followers on social media: “If you used to be pro-choice and you’re now pro-life, what changed your mind?” Here are a few of our favorite responses. Linda K.: An ultrasound with my third pregnancy, two days before I had a miscarriage at eight weeks. I heard her heartbeat and grieved that loss, […]
We asked our Facebook followers: “For those of you who used to be pro-choice, what made you change your mind?” The post blew up, with hundreds of thoughtful comments. Here are just a few of our favorites. Jamie S.: Actually listening to pro-life people instead of just dismissing them, and researching the science of the […]
We posed this scenario to our Facebook followers: Scene: You’re at work. Coworker A starts casually repeating pro-choice talking points to Coworker B, clearly in earshot of you and several other coworkers. Coworker B agrees politely, though doesn’t seem particularly invested in the conversation. They commiserate on their general dislike of pro-lifers and their perceptions […]
We asked our social media followers: “Are you close to pro-choice people? Do you talk about abortion with them? If so, how does it go?” We were flooded with responses. Here’s a sampling. Colleen A.: A few. We don’t tend to get into a lot of direct discussion about it. But where I’ve had most success […]
We recently asked our followers on social media: “If an organization opposed abortion after 21 weeks but supported earlier abortions, would you be willing to work with them publicly to outlaw the later abortions? Why or why not?” (The question was purely hypothetical; to the best of our knowledge, no such organization exists.) A lively, […]
Original FB post here. At the time I started organizing these answers, there were about 200 comments. Many people became pro-life because of their own pregnancy experiences: Sasja: I was pro choice, and even against the gestation of embryos that showed signs of hereditary diseases or birth defects … And then I fell in love […]
Last week we asked our Facebook followers to give their advice for online debating. Dozens of people responded. Here is a sampling of the answers: Ask questions: Kelly F: Ask questions. Whether you get an answer or not, the thought is bouncing around in their minds. Mary H: Ask questions of the other party so they have […]
If we want to change hearts and minds regarding abortion, it’s helpful to know what’s converted people in the past. Recently we asked our Facebook followers, “Did you or someone you’re close to go from being pro-choice to pro-life? If so, what changed your mind?” We got some amazing answers, and there were definitely some consistent […]
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