A Catholic defense of the conception definition.

Abortion is just taking the fetus off life-support

Abortion is legal, so it's not murder.

Abortion procedures as a prolife argument - Part 1

Abortion procedures as a prolife argument - Part 2

Abortion procedures as a prolife argument - Part 3

Appeal to Authority Argument

Are abortion bans like forced blood donation?

Are abortion bans like mandatory kidney donations? Part 1

Are abortion bans like mandatory kidney donations? Part 2

Are abortion bans like mandatory kidney donations? Part 3

Are abortion bans like mandatory kidney donations? Part 4

Are embryos full persons?

Are fetuses not alive till they're viable?

Are fetuses old enough to have rights?

Are pro-lifers just forced birthers?

Are pro-lifers pushing their religion on other people? Part 1

Are pro-lifers pushing their religion on other people? Part 2

Are pro-lifers pushing their religion on other people? Part 3

Are sperm and zygotes the same thing?

Are there any limitations to consent?

Are there any limits to bodily autonomy?

Are toddlers and fetal humans morally equivalent?

Before viability, is the fetus alive?

Bible and Abortion: a Catholic Response

Bible and Abortion: a Protestant Christian Response

Blood Donation Argument

Can abortion be murder even if it's legal?

Can consent be revoked at any time?

Can you be required to lend your body to someone else?

Child-Support Argument

Consent Objection

Do I have to walk in her shoes to see if abortion is wrong?

Do fetal humans qualify for an equal right to life?

Do human rights come from sociology instead of biology?

Do human rights require more than humanity?

Do pro-life laws deny equal rights?

Do pro-lifers respect cadavers more than living women?

Do pro-lifers treat women as forced incubators?

Do we know when life begins?

Does 'my body, my choice' mean the fetus IS her body?

Does Exodus 21, in the Bible, endorse abortion?

Does Genesis 2, in the Bible, say life begin at first breath?

Does Genesis 2, in the Bible, teach that God imparts a soul/life, at first breath?

Does Numbers 5, in the Bible, endorse abortion?

Does a born child demand of her body the same as an unborn child?

Does abortion give women equal rights?

Does abortion make women evil murderers?

Does personhood only begin when the fetus is born and independent?

Does pro-choice mean pro-abortion?

Does the fetal human have a right to mother's body?

Does the fetus acquire a soul at 24 weeks?

Does the right to life begin at consciousness? Part 1

Does the right to life begin at consciousness? Part 2

Does the right to life begin at consciousness? Part 3

Does the right to life begin at consciousness? Part 4

Does the woman's body constantly save a dying fetus?

Don't Like Abortion? Don't Get One

Early-stage fetuses can't be harmed?

Emotional Appeal

Forced Birth Objection

How important is the right to have sex?

How is abortion different from a life-saving organ donation?

How is the violinist story different from abortion?

How is viability environment-specific?

How should churches respond to out-of-wedlock pregnant women?

If you don't want an abortion, don't get one - a response

Incubator Objection

Is a fully functioning brain required for a right to life?

Is a seed a tree?

Is abortion a human rights violation?

Is abortion comparable to treatments for STDs?

Is abortion ethical if some religions allow it?

Is abortion just about bodily autonomy?

Is abortion just becoming non-pregnant?

Is abortion just ending a pregnancy?

Is abortion just restoring the woman body to her original state?

Is abortion just withdrawing care or is it 'killing'?

Is abortion just withdrawing care?

Is abortion like refusing a forced heart-transplant?

Is all abortion self-defense?

Is an embryo a person?

Is banning abortion like mandating kidney donation?

Is conception a religious definition of life?

Is consent an ongoing action? Part 1

Is consent an ongoing action? Part 2

Is consent to sex consent to pregnancy?

Is crossing the road consent to a traffic accident?

Is fetal death 'real' death?

Is pregnancy a 'consequence' of sex?

Is pregnancy a disease? Part 1

Is pregnancy a disease? Part 2

Is pregnancy like organ donation?

Is pro-life policy speciesism?

Is that just your opinion?

Is the anti-abortion position 'religious extremism'?

Is the embryo a rights-bearing person? Part 1

Is the embryo a rights-bearing person? Part 2

Is the embryo even human? Is it even alive?

Is the fetal human a rights-bearing individual only after viability?

Is the fetus a moral agent?

Is the fetus a person?

Is there a moral difference between active killing and 'letting them die'?

Is there a moral difference between active killing and passive death?

Libertarian Argument

My Body, My Choice

No one knows when life begins' - Objection

Road-Crossing Analogy

Should fetal humans have the same rights as you and me?

Should religious beliefs influence abortion law?

Should women have 100% control over their bodies?

Shouldn't we just let people live their lives?

Sterilization Objection

The Burning Lab Argument - Part 1

The Burning Lab Argument - Part 2

The Cake Batter Argument

The Equal rights Objection

The Gun-Rights Objection

The Refugee Analogy

The Sapling Argument

The Vending Machine Analogy

The fetus doesn't object or know any better, so is abortion okay?

Violinist/Organ-Donor Argument

What about abortion to save the mother's life?

What about the brain-dead woman, kept alive to save her baby?

What does 'my body, my choice' even mean?

What does John The Baptist, in Luke 1, say about abortion?

What does the Bible say about abortion?

What exactly is bodily autonomy?

What happens during pregnancy?

What if she can't survive childbirth?

What if the child will die anyway?

What if the forced organ donation is from a car accident?

What is 'abortion'?

What is abortion really about?

What is consent?

What is the Acorn Argument? Part 1

What is the Acorn Argument? Part 2

What is the blood donation argument, and how can we respond to it?

What is the people-seeds argument?

What is the violinist argument?

What makes killing wrong?

When does human life begin? Part 1

When does human life begin? Part 2