After all, even non-Christians think itвЂ™s wrong to kill innocent human beings. The average person will readily accept premise 1. Furthermore, you can defend each premise without any reference to religion.

Notice, nowhere in the above syllogism is there any mention of God or the Bible. Premise 2: Abortion kills an innocent human being.Д¬onclusion: Therefore, abortion is wrong. Premise 1: ItвЂ™s wrong to kill innocent human beings. Remember, the pro-life position doesnвЂ™t need God or the Bible to be valid. Then, instead of responding to the personвЂ™s actual view, you respond to a view they donвЂ™t hold-the one that is simpler to knock down.ДЄbortion-choice advocates bring up religion when talking about the pro-life view, thereby misrepresenting the view and committing a straw man fallacy (assuming the pro-lifer didnвЂ™t substantiate their position with their faith). This mistake in logic occurs when you misrepresent (either intentionally or unintentionally) a personвЂ™s view in a way that makes it look more foolish and/or easier to refute. Whether they realize it or not, itвЂ™s a clever way to gain the upper hand for two reasons.ДЇirst, by making the pro-life position merely a religious matter, they commit a straw man fallacy. Abortion-choice advocates, however, bring up religion for a reason: ItвЂ™s an effective tactic. My case against abortion brings in legal, moral, scientific, and philosophical reasoning. Notice that when I make my case, I donвЂ™t cite the Bible. Then, I demonstrated the unborn is a human being like you and me from the scientific evidence. If the unborn is a human being just like born children, then itвЂ™s equally wrong to kill the unborn. For example, I began my debate by claiming abortion should be illegal for the same reason that itвЂ™s illegal to kill a fourteen-year-old, a four-year-old, or a four-month-old: ItвЂ™s wrong to kill innocent human beings. Pro-lifers often argue against abortion from science and reason. ItвЂ™s common for abortion-choice advocates to address religious arguments when arguing against the pro-life view, even though many pro-lifers donвЂ™t use their faith to justify their position. When I debated a feminist and womenвЂ™s studies professor about abortion, my interlocutor also brought up my religious beliefs, even though I never made a single faith-based argument. It is wrong.вЂќ SheвЂ™s not the first abortion-choice advocate to bring up religion when arguing against abortion. вЂњSo what about their right to exercise their faith? ItвЂ™s ridiculous. вЂњThere are so many faiths that do not have the same definition of life as fundamentalist Christians,вЂќ she said. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently posted a video arguing against Christians who oppose abortion.

Im pro choice and pro life