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-====== [Classroom] Introduction to Abortion Apologetics ====== 
  
-Elective abortion unjustly ends the life of an innocent human being. 
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-  - 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 
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-Most people agree with the first premise, so the critical question regarding the second premise becomes: **what is the unborn?** 
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-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//. 
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-===== 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. 
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-[[http://abortionincanada.ca/facts/why-women-choose-abortion/|Why Women Choose Abortion]] 
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-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? 
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-Then, we can address the question of the status of the pre-born. 
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-===== Index ===== 
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-===== External Resources ===== 
-  * [[http://www.ncln.ca/content/pdf/Right%20to%20Know.pdf|Right to Know]] 
-  * [[http://prolifetraining.com/FiveMinute1.asp|Scott Klusendorf: How To Defend Your Pro-Life Views in 5 Minutes or Less]] 
-  * [[http://www.unmaskingchoice.ca/classroom|CCBR Pro-Life Classroom]]