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Question/Title	Sub-Category
Are US abortion laws more extreme than Europe's?	Abortion Law and Policy
Are late-term abortions ever elective, or are they all therapeutic?	Abortion Facts
Are pro-choice laws more fair and respectful to women than pro-life laws?	Abortion Law and Policy
Are pro-lifers, regardless of intent, controlling women?	Women’s Rights & Empowerment
Are you pro-lifers going to raise all the kids in foster care?	Adoption and Foster Care
Aren't there more important issues than abortion?	Politics and Child Support
But, don't abortions almost never happen after 20 weeks?	Abortion Facts
Can we just be anti-abortion but pro-freedom?	Politics and Child Support
Do abortion and infanticide both deserve the same punishment?	Abortion Law and Policy
Do abortion bans cause more infant deaths?	Practical Outcomes
Do abortion bans even reduce abortions?	Practical Outcomes
Do abortion bans increase unsafe abortions?	Abortion Law and Policy
Do abortion bans just stop safe abortions?	Practical Outcomes
Do abortion bans make women wait till near death before they can abort?	Healthcare
Do abortion restrictions make abortion more dangerous?	Healthcare
Do heartbeat bills prevent women from getting life-saving abortions?	Abortion Law and Policy
Do mental health concerns justify abortion?	Healthcare
Do pregnancy risks justify abortion?	Healthcare
Do pro-choice countries have fewer abortions?	Population Control
Do pro-life laws control women's bodies?	Abortion Law and Policy
Do pro-life laws punish women just for using their bodies?	Abortion Law and Policy
Do pro-lifers hate women? Part 1	Women’s Rights & Empowerment
Do pro-lifers hate women? Part 2	Women’s Rights & Empowerment
Do pro-lifers have to save every child in the system first?	Adoption and Foster Care
Do pro-lifers have to support criminal punishment for abortive mothers?	Abortion Law and Policy
Do pro-lifers need to support easier access to contraception?	Politics and Child Support
Do pro-lifers only care about the fetus?	Healthcare
Do pro-lifers support incentivized birthing policies (like Romania's Decree 770)?	Practical Outcomes
Do women only abort late-term for medical reasons?	Healthcare
Dobbs v. Jackson Explained	Abortion Law and Policy
Does 'forced-birth' policy mean more unwanted children?	Poverty Abuse and Neglect
Does abortion help guarantee enough homes for all the orphans?	Adoption and Foster Care
Does abortion make women into murderers?	Violence
Does abortion prevent/reduce poverty for women?	Poverty Abuse and Neglect
Does abortion reduce suffering?	Poverty Abuse and Neglect
Does abortion restrictions make abortion more dangerous?	Population Control
Does miscarriage count as an abortion?	Miscarriage
Does overpopulation justify abortion?	Population Control
Does pregnancy have health benefits?	Healthcare
Does pro-life advocacy oppress women?	Women’s Rights & Empowerment
Does sex carry parental responsibilities?	Motherhood
Does the child have a right to mother's labor?	Motherhood
Does the fetus have a right to life at mother's expense?	Motherhood
Does the government have a right to regulate women's uteruses?	Abortion Law and Policy
How could any woman be against abortion?	Women’s Rights & Empowerment
How does foster care differ from adoption?	Adoption and Foster Care
How many rape pregnancies result in abortion?	Rape
How should we talk about abortion in cases of rape?	Rape
If 'abortion is murder,' is it still wrong for saving the mother's life?	High Risk Pregnancies
If abortion is legal, then it's not murder, right?	Abortion Law and Policy
If the mother can't survive childbirth is abortion okay then?	High Risk Pregnancies
Is 'felt' risk enough reason to abortion?	High Risk Pregnancies
Is abortion healthcare?	Healthcare
Is abortion justified if the child would have had a hard life?	Poverty Abuse and Neglect
Is abortion merciful?	Poverty Abuse and Neglect
Is abortion okay if it's for the common good?	Population Control
Is abortion violent?	Violence
Is ectopic pregnancy illegal in pro-life laws?	High Risk Pregnancies
Is it self-defense if the mother's life is in danger?	High Risk Pregnancies
Is miscarriage involuntary manslaughter?	Miscarriage
Is pregnancy the mother's fault?	Motherhood
Is pro-choice 'pro-violence?' Part 1	Violence
Is pro-choice 'pro-violence?' Part 2	Violence
Isn't it illegal to legislate religion?	Abortion Law and Policy
Most embryos don't implant, so... what then?	Miscarriage
Must pro-lifers support comprehensive sex education?	Politics and Child Support
Personally pro-life, politically pro-choice? Part 1	Politics and Child Support
Personally pro-life, politically pro-choice? Part 2	Politics and Child Support
Roe v. Wade: The Battle Over Abortion	Abortion Law and Policy
Should pregnant moms be able to claim the baby on her tax return?	Politics and Child Support
What about abortion in cases of rape or sexual assault? Part 1	Rape
What about abortion in cases of rape or sexual assault? Part 2	Rape
What about abortion to save mother's life?	Healthcare
What about and Do-It-Yourself (DIY) abortions?	Healthcare
What about child-support before birth?	Politics and Child Support
What about life-threatening fetal anomalies?	Fetal Abnormalities
What about miscarriage?	Miscarriage
What about regulations on late-term abortion?	Abortion Law and Policy
What about serious fetal abnormalities?	Fetal Abnormalities
What about when pro-choicers say, 'I don't see you lining up to help'?	Politics and Child Support
What happens when women are denied abortion?	Practical Outcomes
What if the fetal human is going to die anyway?	High Risk Pregnancies
What is ectopic pregnancy? Does it justify abortion?	High Risk Pregnancies
What is the child-support argument?	Politics and Child Support
What really happened with Roe v. Wade?	Abortion Law and Policy
What really happens when women are denied abortion-access?	Abortion Facts
What's the moral difference between a child conceived in rape or not?	Rape
Who will adopt them all?	Adoption and Foster Care
Why be pro-life if people will still try to get abortions?	Practical Outcomes
Why did Dobbs overturn Roe?	Abortion Law and Policy
Why do pro-lifers oppose measures to reduce abortions?	Politics and Child Support
Why don't pro-lifers focus on saving every kid before focusing on fetal humans?	Politics and Child Support
Will abortion keep happening regardless of the laws?	Abortion Law and Policy
Would criminalizing abortion even reduce abortions?	Abortion Law and Policy

Title	Sub-Category
Abortionist: 'I knew it was a Human Being'	Human being or human cells?
Gianna Jessen	Other Arguments?
Katelynn	Abortion Pill
Kayla	Abortion Pill
Krystle	Abortion Pill
Melissa Ohden	Other Arguments?
Monica	Abortion Pill
Sara	Abortion Pill
Sierra	Abortion Pill
Tami	Abortion Pill
What do they not tell you about pill abortion?	Abortion Pill
Why be pro-life? - Testimonials	Testimonials

Question/Title	Sub-Category
A Catholic defense of the conception definition.	Conception
Abortion is just taking the fetus off life-support	What is Abortion?
Abortion is legal, so it's not murder.	Other Arguments?
Abortion procedures as a prolife argument - Part 1	Other Arguments?
Abortion procedures as a prolife argument - Part 2	Other Arguments?
Abortion procedures as a prolife argument - Part 3	Other Arguments?
Appeal to Authority Argument	Other Arguments?
Are abortion bans like forced blood donation?	Blood Donation
Are abortion bans like mandatory kidney donations? Part 1	Violinist and Organ Donation Argument
Are abortion bans like mandatory kidney donations? Part 2	Violinist and Organ Donation Argument
Are abortion bans like mandatory kidney donations? Part 3	Violinist and Organ Donation Argument
Are abortion bans like mandatory kidney donations? Part 4	Violinist and Organ Donation Argument
Are embryos full persons?	Embryonic Stage
Are fetuses not alive till they're viable?	Viability
Are fetuses old enough to have rights?	Birth/Independence
Are pro-lifers just forced birthers?	Dehumanization
Are pro-lifers pushing their religion on other people? Part 1	Faith and Religion
Are pro-lifers pushing their religion on other people? Part 2	Faith and Religion
Are pro-lifers pushing their religion on other people? Part 3	Faith and Religion
Are sperm and zygotes the same thing?	Conception
Are there any limitations to consent?	Consent
Are there any limits to bodily autonomy?	My Body My Choice
Are toddlers and fetal humans morally equivalent?	Equal Rights
Before viability, is the fetus alive?	Viability
Bible and Abortion: a Catholic Response	Faith and Religion
Bible and Abortion: a Protestant Christian Response	Faith and Religion
Blood Donation Argument	Other Arguments?
Can abortion be murder even if it's legal?	What is killing? What is murder?
Can consent be revoked at any time?	Consent
Can you be required to lend your body to someone else?	Violinist and Organ Donation Argument
Child-Support Argument	Other Arguments?
Consent Objection	Other Arguments?
Do I have to walk in her shoes to see if abortion is wrong?	Moral Relativism
Do fetal humans qualify for an equal right to life?	Equal Rights
Do human rights come from sociology instead of biology?	Social Standing
Do human rights require more than humanity?	What is a human?
Do pro-life laws deny equal rights?	Equal Rights
Do pro-lifers respect cadavers more than living women?	Dehumanization
Do pro-lifers treat women as forced incubators?	Dehumanization
Do we know when life begins?	Conception
Does 'my body, my choice' mean the fetus IS her body?	My Body My Choice
Does Exodus 21, in the Bible, endorse abortion?	Faith and Religion
Does Genesis 2, in the Bible, say life begin at first breath?	Faith and Religion
Does Genesis 2, in the Bible, teach that God imparts a soul/life, at first breath?	Soul
Does Numbers 5, in the Bible, endorse abortion?	Faith and Religion
Does a born child demand of her body the same as an unborn child?	My Body My Choice
Does abortion give women equal rights?	Equal Rights
Does abortion make women evil murderers?	What is killing? What is murder?
Does personhood only begin when the fetus is born and independent?	Birth/Independence
Does pro-choice mean pro-abortion?	What is Abortion?
Does the fetal human have a right to mother's body?	My Body My Choice
Does the fetus acquire a soul at 24 weeks?	Soul
Does the right to life begin at consciousness? Part 1	Brain Function/Consciousness
Does the right to life begin at consciousness? Part 2	Brain Function/Consciousness
Does the right to life begin at consciousness? Part 3	Brain Function/Consciousness
Does the right to life begin at consciousness? Part 4	Brain Function/Consciousness
Does the woman's body constantly save a dying fetus?	What is Pregnancy?
Don't Like Abortion? Don't Get One	Other Arguments?
Early-stage fetuses can't be harmed?	Other Arguments?
Emotional Appeal	Other Arguments?
Forced Birth Objection	Other Arguments?
How important is the right to have sex?	Equal Rights
How is abortion different from a life-saving organ donation?	My Body My Choice
How is the violinist story different from abortion?	Violinist and Organ Donation Argument
How is viability environment-specific?	Viability
How should churches respond to out-of-wedlock pregnant women?	Faith and Religion
If you don't want an abortion, don't get one - a response	Moral Relativism
Incubator Objection	Other Arguments?
Is a fully functioning brain required for a right to life?	Brain Function/Consciousness
Is a seed a tree?	The Acorn Argument
Is abortion a human rights violation?	Equal Rights
Is abortion comparable to treatments for STDs?	What is Abortion?
Is abortion ethical if some religions allow it?	Faith and Religion
Is abortion just about bodily autonomy?	My Body My Choice
Is abortion just becoming non-pregnant?	What is Abortion?
Is abortion just ending a pregnancy?	What is Abortion?
Is abortion just restoring the woman body to her original state?	What is Abortion?
Is abortion just withdrawing care or is it 'killing'?	What is killing? What is murder?
Is abortion just withdrawing care?	What is Abortion?
Is abortion like refusing a forced heart-transplant?	My Body My Choice
Is all abortion self-defense?	Self Defense
Is an embryo a person?	Fetal Stage
Is banning abortion like mandating kidney donation?	Violinist and Organ Donation Argument
Is conception a religious definition of life?	Conception
Is consent an ongoing action? Part 1	Consent
Is consent an ongoing action? Part 2	Consent
Is consent to sex consent to pregnancy?	Consent
Is crossing the road consent to a traffic accident?	Consent
Is fetal death 'real' death?	What is killing? What is murder?
Is pregnancy a 'consequence' of sex?	What is Pregnancy?
Is pregnancy a disease? Part 1	What is Pregnancy?
Is pregnancy a disease? Part 2	What is Pregnancy?
Is pregnancy like organ donation?	My Body My Choice
Is pro-life policy speciesism?	What is a human?
Is that just your opinion?	Moral Relativism
Is the anti-abortion position 'religious extremism'?	Faith and Religion
Is the embryo a rights-bearing person? Part 1	Embryonic Stage
Is the embryo a rights-bearing person? Part 2	Embryonic Stage
Is the embryo even human? Is it even alive?	What is a human?
Is the fetal human a rights-bearing individual only after viability?	Viability
Is the fetus a moral agent?	Equal Rights
Is the fetus a person?	Fetal Stage
Is there a moral difference between active killing and 'letting them die'?	Is killing wrong?
Is there a moral difference between active killing and passive death?	What is killing? What is murder?
Libertarian Argument	Other Arguments?
My Body, My Choice	Other Arguments?
No one knows when life begins' - Objection	Other Arguments?
Road-Crossing Analogy	Other Arguments?
Should fetal humans have the same rights as you and me?	Equal Rights
Should religious beliefs influence abortion law?	Faith and Religion
Should women have 100% control over their bodies?	My Body My Choice
Shouldn't we just let people live their lives?	My Body My Choice
Sterilization Objection	Other Arguments?
The Burning Lab Argument - Part 1	Other Arguments?
The Burning Lab Argument - Part 2	Other Arguments?
The Cake Batter Argument	Other Arguments?
The Equal rights Objection	Other Arguments?
The Gun-Rights Objection	Other Arguments?
The Refugee Analogy	Other Arguments?
The Sapling Argument	Other Arguments?
The Vending Machine Analogy	Other Arguments?
The fetus doesn't object or know any better, so is abortion okay?	Brain Function/Consciousness
Violinist/Organ-Donor Argument	Other Arguments?
What about abortion to save the mother's life?	Self Defense
What about the brain-dead woman, kept alive to save her baby?	Dehumanization
What does 'my body, my choice' even mean?	My Body My Choice
What does John The Baptist, in Luke 1, say about abortion?	Faith and Religion
What does the Bible say about abortion?	Faith and Religion
What exactly is bodily autonomy?	My Body My Choice
What happens during pregnancy?	What is Pregnancy?
What if she can't survive childbirth?	Self Defense
What if the child will die anyway?	Self Defense
What if the forced organ donation is from a car accident?	My Body My Choice
What is 'abortion'?	What is Abortion?
What is abortion really about?	What is Abortion?
What is consent?	Consent
What is the Acorn Argument? Part 1	The Acorn Argument
What is the Acorn Argument? Part 2	The Acorn Argument
What is the blood donation argument, and how can we respond to it?	Blood Donation
What is the people-seeds argument?	The Acorn Argument
What is the violinist argument?	Violinist and Organ Donation Argument
What makes killing wrong?	Is killing wrong?
When does human life begin? Part 1	Conception
When does human life begin? Part 2	Conception

Question/Title	Sub-Category
"Life Begins at Conception" a Catholic Defense	Conception?
Are sperm or eggs 'humans'?	Organs egg and sperm
Aren't skin cells living and human too?	Human being or human cells?
Before consciousness, is the fetal human like a brain dead patient?	Brain Activity?
Before viability is the fetal human alive?	Viability
Before viability, is the fetus even alive?	Viability
But fingernails are human cells too?	Human being or human cells?
Can pro-lifers support IVF?	In Vitro Fertilization
Do conjoined twins have full bodily autonomy?	Twinning
Does miscarriage treatment count as an abortion?	Miscarriage
Does personhood only begin when the fetus is independent?	Birth/Independence?
Does the fetal human acquire a soul at 24 weeks?	Soul?
Does the fetal human qualify as 'alive'?	Embryonic Stage? Fetal Stage?
How are fetuses different from cancer?	Is it a tumor?
How does IVF relate to the abortion debate?	In Vitro Fertilization
How does the abortion pill work?	Abortion Pill
How often do contraceptives fail? Part 1	Contraception
How often do contraceptives fail? Part 2	Contraception
If life ceases at brain death, then does life begin when brain activity does?	Brain Activity?
Is a fetus sub-human tissue, like a cancerous tumor?	Is it a tumor?
Is abortion ever medically necessary?	Pregnancy Problems
Is masturbation murder? Part 1	Organs egg and sperm
Is masturbation murder? Part 2	Organs egg and sperm
Is masturbation murder? Part 3	Organs egg and sperm
Is shedding skin cells or clipping nails equivalent to abortion?	Human being or human cells?
Is the abortion pill safe?	Abortion Pill
Is the fetal human just a clump of cells? Part 1	Embryonic Stage? Fetal Stage?
Is the fetal human just a clump of cells? Part 2	Embryonic Stage? Fetal Stage?
Is the fetus a parasite? Part 1: Overview	Is it a parasite?
Is the fetus a parasite? Part 2: The RhoGAM shot	Is it a parasite?
Is the fetus a parasite? Short Version	Is it a parasite?
Is the fetus an individual before viability?	Viability
Isn't a tumor alive too?	Is it a tumor?
Most embryos don't implant, so...	Miscarriage
What about ectopic pregnancy?	Pregnancy Problems
What about the high rate of failed implantations?	Pregnancy Problems
What difference does birth make?	Birth/Independence?
What does a uterus prove?	Artificial Wombs
What if the unborn aren't human and you're torturing women?	Human being or human cells?
What is the Catholic position on IVF?	In Vitro Fertilization
What is the twins objection?	Twinning
When does a fetal human become equally human with us?	Viability
When does the fetal human acquire a soul?	Soul?
Why aren't pro-lifers donating to artificial womb technology?	Artificial Wombs
Would artificial uteruses solve the abortion debate?	Artificial Wombs
Would free contraception make abortion obsolete?	Contraception