A resource for the abolitionist movement

Equip yourself to make the case for the unborn human person.

Built for abolitionists — the arguments, scripture, case law, and pastoral guidance you need to reason carefully, answer objections, and hold the line that all abortion is murder. We hold to the historic Christian witness and argue the question on its merits, so you can too.

Editorial posture

Broadly evangelical. Confessional but ecumenical. Sources cited; arguments tested.

Scope

Jurisprudence, theology, philosophy, history, pastoral practice.

The archive

28 case readings · 19 arguments & objections answered · 31 scripture entries · 66 jurisdictions surveyed · 3 cities surveyed for demonstration law.

§ I · Start here

Four short readings, if this is your first visit.

If you are new to abolitionism, or only know the movement by caricature, begin with the four pieces below. Each is short. None is the full case — but together they are the right place to start.

01 / Foundations

What abolitionism is — and is not.

A short orientation. Why “abolition” rather than “reform,” where the word comes from, and what it cost the last generation of Christians who used it.

Read · 11 min

02 / Scientific

The embryological case: a human being from fertilization.

Standard embryology holds that a new, living, genetically distinct human organism comes into being at fertilization.

Read · 2 min

03 / Jurisprudence

What Dobbs did and did not settle.

A close reading of the 2022 ruling, what it returned to the states, and why abolitionists regard it as a beginning rather than an end.

Read · 3 min

04 / Philosophical

“My body, my choice” — taken seriously, then answered.

The strongest form of the bodily-autonomy objection, steel-manned, with the abolitionist response and how to engage it across a table.

Read · 2 min

§ II · Editors' picks

Three pieces to work through next.

A case reading, an answered objection, and a scripture entry — chosen as strong examples of what each section covers.

Scripture · Psalms

Psalm 139:13-16 — formed and known in the womb.

David describes a continuous personal identity ('me', 'my') reaching back into the womb, and even to his 'unformed substance' (the earliest embryonic stage).

2 min readNo. 12

§ III · The index

The whole archive, browsable.

The site has no search. Instead, every piece is filed in one of five sections and listed in canonical order. The most recent case readings appear below; the full numbered indexes are one click away.

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