As a conservative Christian, this is a topic that used to embarrass me. Five years ago I never would have even considered writing an article on this topic, but ever since becoming a pro-life advocate, it was a topic that I’ve had to become comfortable with. Mostly because this is an argument that just doesn’t […]
First, it makes no sense to tell people who believe human rights are being violated to mind their own business. (See also: “Don’t like abortion? Don’t have one.”) Second, views on abortion show no correlation to gender. Even if we could forever silence men on the topic, the abortion debate would remain intractable. Third, it’s […]
So it’s pretty ridiculous how many times I’ve heard this: If you want to understand a pro-lifer’s perspective, take any argument about abortion and substitute “fetus” with “3-year-old.” Try this with me: “If you don’t like killing 3-year-olds, then don’t kill any. But don’t try to impose your beliefs on me!” See what happens […]
I am against the death penalty. Inspired largely by the work of the Innocence Project, I believe our system is too fallible to justly implement the death penalty. I’m certainly not alone in my stance; there are many people against both abortion and capital punishment. That being said, I can understand how a person could work to end […]
Leadership board member Michelle Z. shared this image, noting that it’s been circulating on Tumblr. These analogies only work if you avoid those pesky “difficult concepts” from science: concepts like fertilization, species classification, and biological development. Let’s start with the egg. They’re right: it isn’t a chicken, because it hasn’t been fertilized. Hens lay eggs […]
In my experience one of the most frequently debated subjects within the abortion debate is the accuracy of the “pro-life” and “pro-choice” labels. Instead of arguing about issues that really matter–the definition of personhood, the effects of restricting abortion–people bicker about the technicality of labels. I’d like to get this out of the way. Some […]
[This is the second post in a series on the pro-life movement and misogyny. Additional posts can be found here: Logical Reasoning and Misogyny Control and Misogyny] An analogy: A fatal disease is spreading among a population. An ointment is being developed that will likely cure the disease, but every few ounces of the ointment […]
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