adamquinn:

sds:

“Suppose, in the encounter between doctor and child [in an abortion], the child won half of the time, and killed the doctor in self-defense—something he would have every right to do. Very few doctors would perform abortions. They perform them now only because of their absolute power over a small, fragile, helpless victim.”

—Stephen D. Schwarz, The Moral Question of Abortion (Chicago: Loyola University Press, 1990), 143.

HT: Frank Beckwith, Defending Life, p. 228

(via Justin Taylor)

as a general rule, when you try to talk about abortion ethics, you should quote Peter Singer (or you know, any real ethicist) and not someone who sounds like they’re designing a picket sign for the fallacy rally

Good answer. That really engaged the discussion and convinced me.