Abortion cannot be justified as merely withholding support, it is much more than that. It is intentionally killing an innocent human being.

Which pro-abortion thinkers are right? Is it those who say we are biologically human but don’t exist as a self until brain function is present or those who assert that we are identical to our embryonic selfs but don’t have the same right to life then as we do now.

Human beings maintain identity through time and change. That means you the adult are identical to the embryo you once were. Hence if you are valuable today, you were valuable at the two cell stage.

Secular worldviews cannot account for human equality or value, because they’re based on traits that come and go and none of us share equally. Only the pro-life worldview can establish a true basis for human value.

Commentary on a recent interaction between pro-life and abortion advocates with good and bad application of the principles of argument.

Arguing well in a fighting world, or making your case for life on hostile turf.

Scott summarizes the pro-life syllogism and responds to some of the common responses to pro-life arguments.