Study & Research Abortion

This Study Guide consists of approximately 201 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Abortion.

Study & Research Abortion

This Study Guide consists of approximately 201 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Abortion.
This section contains 190 words
(approx. 1 page at 300 words per page)

1. The Catholic Bishops of the United States maintain that abortion is immoral because human life begins at conception. Moreover, they believe that Christians are called to defend the sanctity of unborn human life. John M. Swomley argues that the Bible contains no references to the immorality of abortion and that the bishops are imposing their own theological views on the Scriptures. Whose argument do you agree with, and why"
2. Carolyn C. Gargaro contends that abortion is a form of killing because it results in the death of an individual with a complete and unique genetic code. Brian Elroy McKinley, on the other hand, maintains that abortion is not murder because an unborn embryo or fetus cannot live outside of the uterus and is not yet a person. At what point do you believe human life should be granted “personhood"” Why? Use evidence from the viewpoints to support your answer.
3. Gregg Cunningham and Joyce Arthur strongly disagree about defining abortion as a form of genocide. What evidence do Cunningham and Arthur use to support their arguments? In your opinion, whose argument is more credible? Explain.

This section contains 190 words
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