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-====== [Classroom] Abortion Apologetics: Circumstances ======
-Elective abortion unjustly ends the life of an innocent human being.
-  - Intentionally killing an innocent human being is a serious moral wrong;
-  - Elective abortion is the intentional killing of an innocent human being;
-  - :. Elective abortion is a serious moral wrong
-Most people agree with the first premise, so the critical question regarding the second premise becomes: **what is the unborn?**
-If the unborn is not a human being, no justification for elective abortion is necessary. But if the unborn is a human being, no justification for elective abortion is //adequate//.
-===== Circumstances =====
-The circumstances surrounding abortion are often practically, psychologically, emotionally, socially, economically complex, but they are not morally complex. The issue is whether one may kill an innocent human being as a way of dealing with difficult life circumstances.
-[[http://abortionincanada.ca/facts/why-women-choose-abortion/|Why Women Choose Abortion]]
-People will usually bring up difficult life circumstances to justify abortion. There are three steps to bringing a conversation back to the fundamental question of What is the pre-born?
-  - Find common ground
-  - Use an analogy to trot out the toddler
-  - Would we ever kill a born child in that circumstance?
-Then, we can address the question of the status of the pre-born.