Today, we're pleased to share with you an audio essay written and read by Scott Klusendorf, entitled,

Ten Things You Should Know About Abortion.

Scott is the author of The Case for Life, equipping Christians to Engage the Culture,

which Crossway is re-releasing in a second edition in early 2023.

Ten Things You Should Know About Abortion by Scott Klusendorf. Number one, pro-life advocates

present a formal case for their position. That case is summarized in the following syllogism.

Premise 1. It is wrong to intentionally kill an innocent human being.

Premise 2. Abortion intentionally kills an innocent human being. Conclusion, therefore abortion is

wrong. Number 2. A pro-life advocate can defend

that syllogism in a minute or less he can say something like I am pro-life

because the science of embryology establishes that from the earliest stages of

development you were a distinct, and whole human being.

You didn't come from an embryo.

You once were an embryo.

True, you were immature and had yet to visibly develop,

but the kind of thing you were was not in question.

And there is no essential difference

between the embryo you once were and the adult

you are today that justifies killing you at that earlier stage of development. Differences of size,

development, environment, dependency are not good reasons for saying we could kill you then,

but not now. Number three, that abortion intentionally kills an

innocent human being is conceded by many who perform and defend the practice. Abortionist Warren

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