Category Archives: Ethics of Abortion

Are Human Fetuses Parasites? (revised 5.6.19)

Posted on June 24, 2014 by intelligentchristianfaith

  Occasionally abortion-choice advocates refer to fetal humans as parasites. We know what they are getting at. The child-in-utero is dependent on the mother, drains her energy, eats her food, etc. But, is “parasite” the right idea here? Are fetal … Continue reading →

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Is Planned Parenthood An Abortion Clinic?

Posted on May 29, 2013 by intelligentchristianfaith

Obviously, planned parenthood is an abortion provider, and they happen to be the single leading abortion provider in the U.S. But is that what they are “about”? Is that their overriding focus? Or should they be understood primarily as a … Continue reading →

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Human Rights or Person Rights, by: John D. Ferrer

Posted on May 16, 2013 by intelligentchristianfaith

“Human rights” are a major innovation of the modern world. Many trace the inception of this weighty concept to the Magna Carta of the English 13th century. Major statements and variations on human rights have occurred in the French and … Continue reading →

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Abortion in Cases of Rape

Posted on May 7, 2013 by intelligentchristianfaith

In the battle over Abortion, one of the most common kinds of artillery is also the most eviscerating. The issue is over rape-pregnancies. This ammunition is powerful in arguments on abortion since it multiplies two emotionally charged settings together: abortion … Continue reading →

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15 Anti-Abortion Arguments

Posted on May 7, 2013 by intelligentchristianfaith

Picture by: Unknown (accessed 6 May 2013 at: http://www.byrdnick.com/archives/3263#comment-175) Arguments Against Abortion (c) John D. Ferrer, 6 May 2013 The Overall Argument Premise 1) Legality, where possible, should line up with morality. Premise 2) Abortion-on-demand is immoral yet can banned. Conclusion) Therefore … Continue reading →

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Abortion News

Posted on May 7, 2013 by intelligentchristianfaith

Boycotts Looming For Eden Foods over “Hobby-Lobby-esque” Contraception Coverage (18 July 2014) Congress Blocks Bill to Restore Contraceptive Coverage in Wake of Hobby Lobby Case (16 July 2014) Abortion Clinic Protections Proposed in Massachusetts (14 July 2014) High School Sophomore … Continue reading →

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Judith Jarvis Thomson’s “A Defense of Abortion”

Posted on May 6, 2013 by intelligentchristianfaith

This famous monumental defense of abortion by Judith Jarvis Thomson predates the Roe v. Wade decision by almost two years. In this article submitted to Philosophy & Public Affairs (Vol. 1, no. 1 [Fall 1971]), Thomson argues by various analogies that … Continue reading →

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What Is an Abortion? (John D. Ferrer, 6 May 2013)

Posted on May 5, 2013 by intelligentchristianfaith

Abortion is a fact of life, happening naturally across the whole animal kingdom–humans included. Among people these natural abortions are called miscarriages. But that is not the sense debated much in America. The issue at hand is non-natural abortion, also … Continue reading →

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