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What is it that’s being aborted?

Posted on April 19, 2016 by intelligentchristianfaith

Introduction Is it a fetus? Is it a baby? Is it a person, a child, or perhaps a human being? In the ethics debates over abortion, the status of the aborted individual is no small matter. If that entity is a rights-bearing … Continue reading →

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Conspicuous Absence of Humanity

Posted on November 16, 2014 by intelligentchristianfaith

Much of the abortion debate rages over sophisticated biological terms like gamete, sperm, egg, haploid, diploid, embryo, fetus, zygote, conceptus and so on. One should be careful however not to let the terms slip from distinctly human debates–to other animals. … Continue reading →

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