TY - BOOK AU - Alcorn,Randy TI - Pro life answers: to pro choice arguments SN - 0880704721 U1 - 363.46 23 PY - 1992/// CY - Grand Rapids, Michigan PB - Multnomah Books KW - Aborto KW - Estados Unidos KW - Manuales, compendios, etc KW - Movimiento Pro Vida KW - Manuales, compendios etc N1 - Incluye Bibliografía; Why this book is necesary -- Arguments concerning life, humanity, and personhood -- "The fetus is just a part of the pregnant woman's body, like her tonsils or appendix" -- "The unborn is an embryo or a fetus-just a simple blob of tissue, a product of conception-not a baby -- Abortion is terminating a pregnancy, not killing a child" -- "The fetus may be alive, but so are eggs and sperm -- The fetus is a potential human being, not an actual one; it's like a blueprint not a house, an acorn not an oak tree" -- "The unborn isn't a person, with meaningful life -- It's only inches in size, and can't even think; it's less advanced than an animal" -- "A fetus isn' a person until quickening or viability" -- "Obviously life begins at birth -- That's why we celebrate birthdays, not conception days, and why we don't have funerals following miscarriages" -- "No one can really know that human life bigins before birth" -- Arguments Concerning Rights and fairness:"Even if the unborn are human beings, they have fewer rights than the woman, No one should be expected to donate her body as a life support system for someone else" -- "Every person has the riht to choose -- It would be unfair to restrict a woman's choice by prohibiting abortion" -- "Every woman should have control over her own body -- Reproductive freedom is a basic right" -- "Abortion is a decision between a woman an her doctor -- It's no one else's business -- Everyone has a contitutional right to privacy" -- "It's unfair for an unmarried woman to have to face the embarrassment of pregnancy or the pain of giving up a child for adoption" -- "Abortion-rights are fudamental for the advancement of women -- They are essential to having equal rights with men" -- "The circumstances of many women leave them no choice but to have an abortion" -- "I'm personally against abortion, but i'm still prochoice -- It's a legal altenativi and we don't have the right to keep it from anyone" -- Arguments Concerning social Issues: "Every child a wanted child -- It's unfair to children to bring them into a world where they're not wanted" -- "Having more unwanted childen results in more child abuse" -- "Restrinting abortion would be unfair to the poor and minorities, who need it most" -- "Abortion helps solve the problem of overpopulation and raises the quality of life" -- "Even if abortion were made illegal, there would still be many abortions" -- "The anti-abortion beliefs of the minority shouldn't be imposed on the majority" -- The anti- abortion position is a religious belief that threatens the vital separation of church an state" -- Arguments Concerning health and safety: "If abortion is made illegal, tens of thousands of women will again die from back-alley and clothes-hanger abortions" -- "Abortion is a safe medical procedure, safer than full-term pregnancy and childbirth" -- "Abortion is an easy and painless procedure" -- "Abortion relieves women of stress and responsibility, and thereby enhances their psychological well-being" -- "Abortion providers are respected medical professionals working in the woman's bes interests" -- Arguments Concerning the hard cases: "What about a woman whose life is threatened by pregnancy or childbirth?" -- "What about a woman whose unborn baby is diagnosed as deformed or handicapped? -- "What about a woman who is pregnant due to rape or incest?" -- Arguments against the character of prolifers: "Anti-abortionsts are so cruel that insist on showing hideous pictures of dead babies" -- "Prolifers don'care about women, and they don't care about babies once they're born" -- "The anti-abortionists are a bunch of men telling women what to do" -- "Anti-abortionists talk about the sanctity of human life, yet they favor capital punishment" -- "Anti-abortion fanatics break the law, are violent, and bomb abortion clinic" -- "The anti-abortionists distort the facts and resort to emotion-alism to deceive the public" -- "Anti-abortion groups hide behind a profamily facade, while groups such as planned parenthood are truly profamily because the assist in familyplanning" -- "The last two decades of abortion rights have helped make our society a better place to live"; P202; P201; P163; P162; P161; P160; P148; P147; P146; P145; P144; P143; P142; P141; P140; P139; P138; P137; P136; P135; P134; P133; P129; P128; P127; P120; P119; P118; P116; P115; P114; P110; P109; P108; P104; P103; P102; P99; P98; P97; P96; P95; P93; P90; P89; P88; P83; P82; P62; P59; P58; P57; P51; P49; P48; P47; P29; P24; P20; P19; P17; P15; P14; P12; P10; P09; P08; P07; P06; P05; P04; P01 ER -