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title: "Arguments"
description: "Political, religious, scientific, philosophical, legal, and historical arguments FOR the abolition of abortion — against both the pro-choice position and the pro-life incrementalist/regulationist position. Each entry is either 'offensive' (a positive abolitionist argument), 'defensive' (a response…"
type: "index"
source_url: "https://www.abhortion.org/arguments.html"
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# Arguments

The positive case and responses to common objections — offensive arguments and defensive rebuttals, filed in order.

- [No. 01 — God commands 'justice, and only justice' — not partial or deferred justice](arguments/arg-justice-only.md) — Scriptural · Offensive
- [No. 02 — The unborn bear the image of God, so abortion is murder — a different category than 'a hard choice'](arguments/arg-image-of-God.md) — Scriptural · Offensive
- [No. 03 — The science of embryology says a new human being exists from fertilization](arguments/arg-embryology-conception.md) — Scientific · Offensive
- [No. 04 — “Equal protection does not require prosecuting mothers; targeting abortionists (and…”](arguments/arg-equal-protection-14th.md) — Legal & political · Offensive
- [No. 05 — Immediatism — dealing with sin fully and now — is the biblical pattern; gradual toleration is not](arguments/arg-immediatism-biblical.md) — Philosophical · Offensive
- [No. 06 — Tolerating child sacrifice invites national judgment — doing justice forestalls it](arguments/arg-national-judgment.md) — Religious · Offensive
- [No. 07 — History's lesson: regulation entrenches an evil; abolition removes it (the Wilberforce case)](arguments/arg-wilberforce-regulation.md) — Historical · Offensive
- [No. 08 — Obeying God is the most pragmatic path — disobedience 'to get results' does not work](arguments/arg-obedience-pragmatic.md) — Religious · Offensive
- [No. 09 — Reframe the debate: it is abolition vs. regulationism, not abolition vs. 'incrementalism'](arguments/arg-regulationism-not-incrementalism.md) — Philosophical · Offensive
- [No. 10 — “The unborn is not a baby or a person until birth (or until viability); personhood is…”](arguments/def-not-a-person-until-birth.md) — Scriptural · Defensive
- [No. 11 — “The early embryo is merely a clump of cells or a 'potential' human, not an actual human…”](arguments/def-clump-of-cells.md) — Scientific · Defensive
- [No. 12 — “A woman has the right to control her own body, which includes ending a pregnancy; the…”](arguments/def-bodily-autonomy.md) — Philosophical · Defensive
- [No. 13 — “A bill that protects some children now is better than a bill that protects none and…”](arguments/def-some-justice-better.md) — Scriptural · Defensive
- [No. 14 — “William Wilberforce is the model incrementalist: he took ~20 years and accepted partial…”](arguments/def-wilberforce-gradualist.md) — Historical · Defensive
- [No. 15 — “God accommodated human hardness — e.g., permitting certificates of divorce, or regulating…”](arguments/def-mosaic-accommodation.md) — Scriptural · Defensive
- [No. 16 — “Reasonable Christians can disagree on strategy; calling pro-life incrementalism 'sin' is…”](arguments/def-incrementalism-not-sin.md) — Religious · Defensive
- [No. 17 — “Public opinion won't support total, immediate abolition (especially criminalization), so…”](arguments/def-culture-not-ready.md) — Religious · Defensive
- [No. 18 — “Bills that ban abortion at a heartbeat, at pain-capability, or after an ultrasound…”](arguments/def-milestone-bills.md) — Legal & political · Defensive
- [No. 19 — “Making mothers subject to prosecution (up to capital murder) is unjust, cruel, and…”](arguments/def-prosecute-women.md) — Legal & political · Both