[AnnaZ]

It seems that the mainstream religious pro-life movement is not so clear when it comes to reasons not to have an abortion beyond the basic arguments that it’s a sin and you’ll go straight to hell. Too much time is spent on the consequences of abortion and not enough time is spent convincing people why they shouldn’t have one in the first place.

 

I'm sorry, but I see this as a straw man argument, and do not agree with it all.

 

Even here on FR, where there are exceptionally passionate pro-life posters, I don't recall reading a "you'll go to hell" argument. The clarion call that I read far more often is the equating of abortion with murder -- which, if one wants to use logic solely, is incontrovertible, especially if less emotion-laden language is used. A life begun is ended. That's the big consequence.

 

The "it's a sin/you'll go to hell" argument is, in my experience, a phrase put into the mouths of pro-lifers by their detractors, mostly just to make them appear simple, dismissable. And while I will accept that that message has been blared on a sidewalk somewhere, I disagree that it is the most strident anti-abortion cry.

[hopespringseternal]

The "it's a sin/you'll go to hell" argument is, in my experience, a phrase put into the mouths of pro-lifers by their detractors, mostly just to make them appear simple, dismissable.

Yeah, but chastising conservatives for liberal accusations makes you feel sooo sophisticated.

[beckett]

You said it better than I did in Post #40.

The "it's a sin/you'll go to hell" argument is, in my experience, a phrase put into the mouths of pro-lifers by their detractors, mostly just to make them appear simple, dismissable.

Indeed.