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  1. Find common ground.
    1. People on both sides of the abortion debate can agree that human beings should have choices, especially regarding their own bodies; and we can agree that a crisis pregnancy is just that–a crisis. The challenges can be intense.
    2. This step is crucial in building a connection with the person you are talking to, a way of letting the other person know that you are here to listen to their concerns.
  2. Use an analogy with a born human being.
    1. Some refer to this step as “trotting out the toddler,” i.e. taking the same difficult circumstance but inserting a born human being, such as a toddler.
    2. Analogies and stories are helpful in communicating the truth to people because they take unfamiliar concepts and place them in a familiar setting. By using an analogy involving a born human being, we can draw out from people a truth that they already believe: namely, that neither “choice” nor difficult circumstances justify killing an innocent human being.
  3. Ask a question.
    1. If our right to choice does not include the right to harm born humans, then why would the right to choice gives us the right to kill pre-born humans? Similarly, if a difficult circumstance such as poverty does not justify killing born humans, then why would that same circumstance justify killing pre-born humans?
    2. Read more about the importance of questions in the context of pro-life dialogue.

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Abortion Advocate (AA): There are many situations where a woman might need an abortion. What if a 14-year-old gets pregnant and cannot stay in school? Young teenagers aren’t ready to be mothers.

Pro-Life Advocate (PL): I agree with you that becoming pregnant in high school would be very challenging. Parenting at such a young age would be difficult. (Common ground). Let’s imagine, though, that a teenager becomes pregnant during high school but initially decides to keep the pregnancy. She carries her baby to term, but a few months down the road, she cannot handle the challenges of teenage parenting. Would it be OK for her to have someone kill her infant, since she is struggling? (Analogy)

AA: Of course not!

PL: I agree! So if it would not be OK to kill a born child because the mother is very young, why would it be OK to kill a pre-born child for the same reason?

AA: Well, that’s different. They’re not human beings yet.

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There is no debate about when a dog becomes a dog. Scientists agree that its life begins at fertilization. They know that any organism that reproduces sexually begins its life at this point. So it is with our own species: a unique, whole, living human being comes into existence at fertilization. Drs. Keith Moore and T. Persaud’s embryology textbook, used by medical students at the University of British Columbia, confirms this:

“Human development begins at fertilization when a sperm fuses with an oocyte to form a single cell, the zygote. [This] marks the beginning of each of us as a unique individual.” 1)

“From this moment, [the pre-born child] begins a lifelong process of self-directed growth and development, continuing to develop a more and more mature body. In other words, from fertilization, [the pre-born child] has everything necessary to continue to proceed through the full series of human developmental stages, changing only in her appearance, but not in her humanity. Like all other human beings, she simply needs nutrients, a supportive environment and time to mature.” 2)

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Clearly women who choose abortion do so for a variety of different reasons, thus it appears that the abortion debate is quite complicated. People ask questions like, “What about poverty?”

… or finishing one’s education?

… or advancing one’s career?

… or having no support from one’s partner or family?

… or being pressured to abort?

… or being kicked out of one’s home?

… or being too young?

1)
Moore, Persaud, Torchia, The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology, 10th edition. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier, 2016, p. 11.
2)
QA Project website