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Addressing Abortion Columbo-Style
Here's an example of using questions to show the immorality of abortion.
Should a Woman Be Punished for Getting an Abortion When Abortion Is Illegal?
A transcript from the Stand to Reason broadcast April 6, 2016 Listen to the podcast...
Cosmic Junk?
Greg's response to a letter which asserted there is no qualitative difference between animals and humans.
The Pope's Moral Courage
The public reaction to John Paul's recent encyclical on critical moral issues reveals the new rules of political discourse.
The Nazi Doctors
We are in the process of redefining what it is that has inherent worth in our culture from human beings just simply because they are humans that have worth, to states of existence having worth.
No Deposit; No Return
No one asked the important question: Is it wrong? Why not? Valentine's evening "20/20" on ABC did a short piece on the now well-known Dr. Death, Dr. Jack Kervorkian. He's been making headlines because he assists patients in committing suicide and he's invented a machine to help him out. He does the preliminary work, inserting the hypodermic needles and so forth, and then the patient pushes a button that allows a deadly drug to flow through the hypodermic and into the veins. Of course, this rapidly kills the patient.
The Vanishing Pro-Life Apologist
There's a growing taboo infecting crisis pregnancy centers around the country. Pro-lifers are getting tight-lipped on abortion. Here's why even CPC's are shying away from speaking frankly about the moral crime of the century. The last few years have witnessed a stunning development in the pro-life movement. More and more crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) refuse to discuss abortion. A new wave of pro-life leaders insist that victory will not be gained in the court of public opinion if the debate centers principally on the morality of abortion.
The "Murder" of a Fetus
If the California state statutes use the term "murder' to describe the killing of a fetus, then why can't pro-lifers use the same language? Certain kinds of objections come up every time violence is perpetrated against an abortion provider. Though pro-lifers are, almost to a person, against the bombing of abortion clinics, most use the term "murder" to describe what goes on there. The use of this terminology makes some observers wonder how pro-lifers can be against abortion violence when it allegedly stops murder.
Sanctity of Life Sunday
Most issues raised in the abortion debate are red herrings that drag us off the track of the pertinent questions.
Rethinking Rescues
There was a time for bold tactics like those of Operation Rescue. But now, those tactics are actually working against the cause.