Posted on 01/10/2024 11:25:16 PM PST by Morgana
One common pro-abortion argument is that pro-lifers are pushing a religious agenda in their opposition to abortion. These advocates often use slogans like “Keep your rosaries off my ovaries,” and “Pray to end abortion,” to demonstrate the idea that only religious people are pro-life. Monica Snyder, director of Secular Pro-Life, turns that argument on its head and explains that opposing abortion has nothing to do with religion.
“The belief that abortion is wrong is not exclusive to the Bible — or to any one worldview, theistic, secular or otherwise,” Snyder says in Live Action’s latest Pro-Life Replies video. “I am an atheist and I oppose abortion.”
Snyder breaks down the central argument against abortion, which, she points out, has nothing do to with religion: It’s wrong to kill innocent human beings. Abortion kills innocent human beings; therefore, abortion is wrong.
Snyder explains that the belief that it is wrong to kill innocent humans is the most fundamental moral truth embraced by people around the world and throughout history. She points out that when she talks about morality, she is not speaking of a religious doctrine, but instead of a rational standard by which actions are judged as beneficial or harmful.
She then emphasizes that abortion is killing, and always results in the death of a living human. “There is no abortion method that doesn’t involve actively killing someone,” she says.
Snyder also stresses that though some people claim that the statement that a new human life begins at conception is a religious belief, it’s actually a biological fact noted in any embryology textbook. Others claim that the preborn child is not yet a person, but Snyder says the arbitrary distinction they are trying to make between humanity and personhood is just an excuse to commit violence against certain groups of human beings. This poor excuse has been used throughout history to justify countless atrocities — and now, it’s being used to justify abortion.
“The reality is, if you are a human being, you are a person… We all have a right to life,” Snyder says. “No religion required.”
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It really is simple science. If that’s all it takes for you to admit it, then good. I also see it as a horrible, ghoulish murder of an innocent life. That is also simple to understand.
Aren’t there pro-abortion religious groups popping up now?
Popping up now? I’ve been posting about the usual suspects for about a decade now.
Morgana, my hat is off to you for all your work and dedication to keep these articles coming.
We cannot ignore the murder of the innocents.
It is shocking that abortion is a foundation stone of the demoncrat party.
If these women were forced to watch a video of a real abortion, it would pretty much end Planned Parenthood.
Imagine our economy if we had the 100M+ who we aborted, rather than importing 100M+ illegal aliens
“The belief that abortion is wrong is not exclusive to the Bible — or to any one worldview, theistic, secular or otherwise,” Snyder says in Live Action’s latest Pro-Life Replies video. “I am an atheist and I oppose abortion.”
Why in the world are conservatives endorsing secular "morality?" The whole point of morality is submission to the Divine Will! Secular "morality" is a non-existent fraud.
The problem with this statement is that the part where you say, "It's wrong to kill innocent human beings" rests on a religious foundation.
Do not get me wrong, I agree with her position but when you get down to the nitty gritty why should we not kill innocent human beings for gain or even for fun?
Because it is wrong you say? Why?
At some point you arrive at the "Because" reason. And there you run into the basic problem. You do not have one unless you say, because we are made in the image of God and He said we should not.
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