Abortion–Life, Right, Choice?–Secular Arguments Against Abortion

Table of Contents

1. Abortion–Life? Choice? Right?–Title Slide
2. Abortion–Life? Choice? Right?–Main Arguments
3. Abortion– Life? Choice? Right?–Why Should We Try to Persuade?
4. Arguments Against Abortion
5. Scientific Arguments Against Abortion
6. When Does Human Life Begin? What do Medical Embryology Textbooks Say?
7. When Does Human Life Begin? What do Medical Embryology Textbooks Say?
8. When Does Human Life Begin? What do Medical Embryology Textbooks Say?
9. When Does Human Life Begin? What do Medical Doctors Say?
10. When Does Human Life Begin? What do Medical Doctors Say?
11. Human Embryology 101–Significant Developmental Landmarks
12. Abortion Statistics by Weeks of Gestation
13. Fetus–Just a "Blob of Tissue"?
14. Fetus–Just a "Blob of Tissue"?
15. Fetus–Just a "Blob of Tissue"?
16. Scientific Conclusions About Abortion
17. Legal Arguments on Abortion
18. The Right to Life and Abortion
19. Supreme Court Decisions on Abortion
20. Legal Definition of Murder in the State of California
21. Legal Definition of Murder in the State of California–Exceptions
22. Legal Personhood Issues Involving Abortion
23. Moral Arguments Involving Abortion
24. Abortion: "Benefits" to Women–Summary of Arguments
25. Abortion Must Remain Legal to Prevent Abortion-Related Deaths
26. Abortion Must Remain Legal to Prevent Abortion-Related Deaths
27. Abortion–The "Hard" Cases
28. Abortion Alleviates Economic and Social Problems
29. Abortion–Every Child Should be Wanted
30. Abortion–Every Child Should be Wanted (Wanted children are less likely to be abused)
31. Abortion–Women Have a "Right" to Control Their Own Body
32. Abortion–Population Control –Rebuttal
33. Abortion–Fetus is Not a Person (Susan Sherwin)
34. Abortion–Fetus is Not a Person–Rebuttal
35. Abortion–Fetus is Not a Person–Rebuttal
36. Abortion–Definition of Personhood–Problems
37. Abortion–Definition of Personhood–Problems
38. Abortion–Implications of Functionally-Defined Personhood
39. Abortion–When Does a Human Being Become a Person?
40. Abortion–At Conception, It Is Only a "Single Cell"
41. Abortion Claim–Prior to 20 Weeks, a Fetus Is Not a Person
42. Abortion Claim–Prior to 20 Weeks, a Fetus Is Not a Person–Rebuttal
43. Abortion Claim–Prior to 20 Weeks, a Fetus Is Not a Person–Rebuttal
44. Abortion Claim–Prior to 24 Weeks, a Fetus Is Not Viable Outside the Womb–Rebuttal
45. Personhood Starts at the Point of Self-consciousness–Rebuttal
46. Morality and Abortion–"Safe, Legal, and Rare"
47. Do You Personally Believe That Abortion Is Wrong?
48. I Am Personally Against Abortion, But...
49. Abortion Vs. Slavery