Recently, liberal commenter Dean Withers appeared on Jubilee to face off against 20 MAGA Republicans,

and one of the prompts he defended was the claim that abortion should be legal.

So in today's episode, we'll respond to some of Dean's arguments.

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trendhornpodcast.com. Now let's take a look at Dean Withers' arguments for legal abortion. I have a question for you. Do you believe in equality? Well, I mean, I think that's a very vague question, but generally, of course. Okay. So if you do, then all humans are equal, correct? No, I don't think that all humans are equal, and I don't think you do either. Oh, I absolutely think that all humans have a right to life, liberty, and a pursuit of

happiness. It's part of our Bill of Rights. And if you actually love our Constitution, our Bill

of Rights, then you would believe what I believe. Well, I mean, it says people, but small distinction

there. I want to ask you a question. Is it murder for a doctor to pull the plug on a branded dead patient in the hospital? Withers seems to think that this is the pro-life argument. Premise 1. It should be illegal to kill innocent human beings. Premise 2. Abortion kills innocent human beings. Conclusion, therefore, abortion should be illegal. Withers claims premise one is false because we can kill brain dead human

beings. And if we can kill brain dead human beings, then maybe we can kill other human beings as

well, including unborn human beings, that seems like the most ethical decision to make. So Wither's

position seems to be only persons can't be directly killed, but not all human beings are persons.

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