Entering into a discussion with pro-abortion advocates always
presents a challenge. It’s easy, however, to be taken in by what
might be considered two of their stronger arguments: that a woman
has a right to do what she wants with her body, and a concern that
you are trying to force your religious views on the rest of society.
You can significantly weaken their arguments by limiting your
discussion to acceptable medical knowledge and some logical reasoning.
While it’s true that a woman does have rights over her body,
medical science has shown that at conception the being that is
formed is something other than a part of her body. It has a
unique DNA, different from either the mother’s or the father’s.
And, that new DNA is human DNA to begin with. It doesn’t start out
neutral and then suddenly become human. Your pro-abortion friend
needs to acknowledge this.
Also, the fact that the new being is small doesn’t mean it can
therefore be removed from the chain of normal human development:
zygote to embryo to fetus to baby to child to teen to adult to end of
life. Since this process of human growth and aging is more
seamless than our limited arbitrary designations indicate, no one has
a right to prevent a zygote from becoming an embryo, or a fetus a
baby, any more than they have a right to prevent a child from
becoming a teen, or a teen an adult. All of these are legitimate
stages of human development where different sizes and physical/mental
abilities are evident. Challenge the pro-abortionist who has
incorrectly concluded otherwise.
Using some basic logic and the evidence of medical science regarding
the beginning, uniqueness, and development of each human life, you
can go a long way to reduce the pro-abortion argument to the gruesome
fact that what they really want is a legal right to end a human life
merely for the sake of convenience. It is this blatant disregard for
the value of human life that the Catholic Church has always taught
against and condemned. Make this your stance too, while preparing to
defend it if need be using a completely secular approach.
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