Emily Albrecht responds to the pro-choice slogan “My Body, My Choice.” Is a woman’s body really her sovereign zone? Can she do anything she wants with anything inside her body? Watch all the videos in ERI’s Quick Response series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsN8Ay8poS-It-dWSmblq1ZufOH-MVj1L Related Links: 2019 NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll: Jen Westmoreland
Quick Response #3: The Fetus Is a Parasite
Emily Albrecht responds to the pro-choice claim that the fetus is a parasite. What does being a parasite mean, and do the unborn qualify? Watch all the videos in ERI’s Quick Response series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsN8Ay8poS-It-dWSmblq1ZufOH-MVj1L Related Links: Health Benefits from Pregnancy: Pro-Life Apologetics: The Equal Rights Argument: https://youtu.be/louYc-9cvE0 Quick Response … Read More
Quick Response #2: The Embryo Isn’t a Person
Emily Albrecht responds to the pro-choice claim that the embryo isn’t a philosophical person with rights like you and I. How should we think about equal rights and who deserves them? Watch all the videos in ERI’s Quick Response series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsN8Ay8poS-It-dWSmblq1ZufOH-MVj1L Jen Westmoreland
Quick Response #1: The Embryo Isn’t Human
Emily Albrecht responds to the pro-choice claim that the embryo isn’t a biological human. What does the science say? Watch all the videos in ERI’s Quick Response series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsN8Ay8poS-It-dWSmblq1ZufOH-MVj1L Related Links: Pro-Life Apologetics: The Equal Rights Argument: https://youtu.be/louYc-9cvE0 Jen Westmoreland
Fine-Tuning the Responsibility Objection: A Reply to David Boonin
Estimated reading time: 15 minutes Boonin’s Bodily Rights Argument In his recent book, Beyond Roe: Why Abortion Should be Legal—Even if the Fetus is a Person, philosopher David Boonin develops a pro-choice argument that appeals to the legal case McFall v. Shimp. Here is Boonin’s description of this case: Robert McFall … Read More
Arguments about Pro-Life “Hypocrisy” Prove Nothing about Abortion
Estimated reading time: 12 minutes Charges of “pro-life hypocrisy” abound on the internet. Unfortunately, they also exist in professional philosophy journals in the form of “inconsistency arguments.” These take the following form: P1: Were pro-life people consistent, they would X. P2: Pro-life people … Read More
Responding to an Unorthodox Worldview that Justifies Abortion
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Editor’s Note 12/15/20: We’ve expanded the conclusion to clarify how we use thought experiments in conversation. Editor’s Note 12/11/20: We’ve changed the original adjective about the worldview we discuss here from “weird” to “unorthodox”, which has a less negative connotation. Here’s the bad news up front: sometimes … Read More
Abortion Is Birth Control
I think the most interesting question you can ask someone who identifies as pro-choice is whether they think abortion should have any restrictions at all. The phrase “pro-choice” means something different to almost everyone, and nothing reveals that quite as quickly as asking about when it’s okay to restrict abortion. … Read More
What’s Magical About Abortion Pills?
An abortion advocacy group, Reproaction, has a national campaign called “Abortion Pills are Magic.” As you browse their website, you find they label their stance on abortion as “progressive.” They unapologetically push for easier access to abortion and an absolute right to abortion. They represent the extreme of the pro-choice … Read More
Refuting “Abortion as Self-Defense”
Editor’s Note (1/26/21): A pro-life philosophy professor, who wishes to remain anonymous at this time, has provided an addendum to our argument against abortion as self-defense which presents the pro-choice argument in a logically valid form (stating the premises and the resulting conclusion). This should help clarify both a) what … Read More