I was talking with a Life Report fan recently about one of her family members who claims to be pro-life, but doesn’t care very much about abortion. I suspect this is a relatively common thing and can be very confusing for pro-life people who believe that the unborn child is … Read More
4 Reasons Why Your “Pro-Life” Friend May Not Care About Abortion (1 of 4)
I was talking with a Life Report fan recently about one of her family members who claims to be pro-life, but doesn’t care very much about abortion. I suspect this is a relatively common thing and can be very confusing for pro-life people who believe that the unborn child is … Read More
Will Adoption Rates Spike if Abortion Becomes Illegal?
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes. Stephanie Wilkerson from the Evangelical Outpost blog posted a piece this morning titled “Practical Love in the Pro-Life Fight.” It’s worth reading although I know many of my readers will disagree with Stephanie’s second point. Stephanie’s thesis is that pro-life Christians need to commit to: be … Read More
Do Pro-Choice People Make Me Angry?
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. I have a great pro-choice friend who is both a careful thinker and very open-minded. I think we’ve exchanged about 100 emails to each other so far, and we’re far from finished. With her permission, I want to share with you a few questions she … Read More
Pro-Choice Person Converts After Thinking About the Gosnell Case
This is exactly what I’ve been hoping would happen: pro-choice people that think about abortion in a new way because of the Gosnell case, but not stopping there, but then asking a key question: “Is there a morally relevant difference between what Gosnell did and other abortions that are less … Read More
What We Can Learn from Hateful Street Preachers
Estimated reading time: 10 minutes. Update: 3/25/13: This article has gone viral. Thanks to Abby Johnson, Live Action News and LifeSiteNews for running it. The article has been shared all over Facebook with thousands of views, likes and comments. I hear it’s been discussed all over Fresno State University, even … Read More
Does NASA’s Definition of Life Conflict with the Pro-Life Position?
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes. I had a conversation with a pro-choice person this year that was unique enough that it bears repeating, in case you ever hear a similar argument. We set up some poll tables and Justice For All‘s new “Where Do You Draw the Line” exhibit at … Read More
Postscript to My “After-Birth Abortion” Article
Last March I wrote a piece about the now infamous “after-birth abortion” article by philosophers Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva. Instead of merely emoting about the evil of infanticide, I sought to understand the philosophers’ argument, and refute it with illustrations that expose its counter-intuitive implications. I primarily argued against Giubilini … Read More
Pro-Lifers Need to be Factually Accurate About Fetal Development
Estimated reading time: 9 minutes. If you’ve followed my work, you know that one of my main passions is helping pro-life people to use the best arguments and talking points for the pro-life position. I know there are some pro-choice advocates who are not open-minded enough to listen to what … Read More
Pro-Lifers Need to Defend Their Views Too
Estimated reading time: 8 minutes. Don’t you hate it when pro-choice advocates refuse to defend their views past one or two levels of argument? This has happened to me many times, and it’s aggravating because the topic of abortion is so serious. Lives are literally on the line, yet some … Read More