I hope that by reading this article you can furthur understand how to defend yourself in the pro-life/pro-choice arguement. Not so that you can appear witty and make the pro-choice individual look rediculous, but to change minds and help others understand the importance of this issue. By changing minds we can do our part in saving lives. (This and prayer) Abortion is a serious issue, countless lives are being lost. Children are dying. We must not be silent. We have been given a voice, and we must speak for those who have not.
When the topic comes up we are not to shake it off, we are to be bold and humbly help others to understand the truth about abortion. Here are a few simple arguements that are extremely helpful and completely neccisary.
I am going to use two names that represent two different worldviews. Lets say Sue is from the Pro-life point of view, and Jackie is from the pro-choice point of view.
Jackie begins the arguement: "The fetus is nothing but a blob of tissue. It is not a person."
Sue: "The law of biogenisis states that two living organisms produce after their own kind. Can two birds produce a fish? Can two cats produce a dog? No of coures not. Biologically humans can only produce humans, so the fetus is in fact a human."
Jackie: "Okay maybe its technically a human but its not a person."
Sue: "Whats the difference between a human and a person? Have you ever seen a person that isn't a human? What do they look like?"
Usually that arguement will end there.
Or there is the more detailed arguement which is called the "SLED". It is easy to bring up in a pro-life/pro-choice arguemnt and it gets right down to the point. The "SLED" method is quite simple and I highly recomend that you do your best to remember it.
Sue begins this arguement: "I am going to use something called the 'SLED' after going through four of these facts and argueing them, we can then decide if the fetus is a person or not. Agreed?"
Jackie: "Agreed."
Sue: "Alright, the sled stands for, four points; Size, Level of Developement, Enviroment, and Dependency. Lets begin with Size. Is Labron James more of a person than Salena Gomez just based on size?"
Jackie: "Well no of course not."
Sue: "Then we have established that size cannot determine whether someone is a person or not a person, correct?"
Jackie: "Correct."
Sue: "Alright then lets move on to Level of developement. Is a six year old girl "not a person" just because she is not as developed as a sixteen year old girl?"
Jackie: "Well no."
Sue: "Then Level of developement does not tell us that the fetus is not a person. Lets move on to Enviroment. Is a newborn baby a person?"
Jackie: "Well of course it is."
Sue: "Alright then, how does a simple transition from inside the womb to outside the womb determine if the fetus is a person or not? Can a simple geography fact determine if someone is a person or not?"
Jackie: "Well no, I suppose not."
Sue: "Alright then lets move on to dependency. Is a sick individual "not a person" just based on the fact that he or she depends on their medication?"
Jackie: "No."
Sue: "Then how does the fact that the fetus depends on its mother, make it 'not a person'?"
Jakie: "Well it doesn't"
Sue: "We have gone through all four of these things; Size, Level of developement, Enviroment, and Dependency and all four of these prove the unborn to be a person."
The pro-life/pro-choice arguement will inevitebly come down to one question: "what is it?" If you can make the listener understand what the fetus is (a person) then you will most likely win the arguement. The purpose of this arguement is not merely winning or loosing, it is a matter of right and wrong, changing minds, and saving lives.
I incourage you to click on this link below. I came across this video on youtube. It is a twelve year old girl who speaks out on the issue of abortion. She argues her point beautifully and by the time it is over it will have you saying "wow" and passing it on.
Abortion is murder, it must end. We may not be able to end it alone, but together we can. Individually we are tiny drops, but together we can form a flood. Do your part in stopping abortion by speaking out, changing minds, and by the incredible power of prayer. Look at this twelve year old girl for example, just think of how many minds she has changed just by speaking out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNynhu-noiw
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