Dan’s framing: “Christianity has always maintained some kind of opposition to abortion, it has never been directly based on the Bible. It has always been socially contingent and it has only become the highly salient central identity marker of conservative … Continue reading Breath, Birth, and Abortion
——Against the Claim That Personhood Begins at First Breath I recently engaged in a dialogue with someone over when a human being becomes a person. He holds that the Bible teaches a person comes into existence at first breath, and … Continue reading From the Womb: Luke 1 and Prenatal Personhood
Introduction Anne Flake, like many in the pro-choice camp, frames the abortion debate as a matter of freedom, specifically the freedom of bodily autonomy. But let’s be clear about what this really entails. Bodily autonomy, as it’s often defined, is … Continue reading Bodily Autonomy and the Rights of the Unborn
I often say that I’m a libertarian. This is because I find their explanations of markets to be the only adequate understandings that eliminate the need for theft. I often modify it to state that I’m a ‘Christian’ libertarian. If … Continue reading Examining the Libertarian and Randian Defense of Abortion: A Christian Perspective
After I asked an atheist abortionist his theory of mind and view on ethics (still no answer on those things) I was challenged on Twitter to respond to a series of threads on abortion. I’ll go through some of them: … Continue reading A Botched Argument for Abortion: Bodily Autonomy
This will be a continuation of my response to the Twitter comedians on the Bible and abortion: https://spirited-tech.com/2022/07/02/john-wings-defense-of-abortion/ John Fugelsang: Jesus was Jewish – a radical reform Jew, which is sort of what got Him killed. But his religion of … Continue reading Fugelsang’s False Christ
I had an exchange with John Wing over abortion in the Bible. Here is how it went: Hint: If you oppose abortion rights, which Jesus never mentioned,because you are so deeply Christian; but support the death penalty, which Jesus directly … Continue reading John Wing’s Defense of Abortion
Abortion has been in the news recently because the Supreme Court has finally had a rational idea about the issue. This has led to a numerous amount of commentary on the topic. This has included unintelligent commentary about the Biblical … Continue reading Abortion in the Bible
There was a recent article written by Jill Lepore on the issue of abortion in the constitution. Firstly, she recognizes that Roe v Wade wasn’t on its own merits well-argued. She states: I don’t happen to think Roe was well … Continue reading Of Course the Constitution Has Nothing to Say About Women?
I often say that I’m a libertarian. This is because I find their explanations of markets to be the only adequate understandings that eliminate the need for theft. I often modify it to state that I’m a ‘Christian’ libertarian. If … Continue reading Rand’s Children
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