by Sean Martin | Apr 7, 2015 | Apologetics, SLED
Abortion supporters often claim that a baby’s inability to survive outside the mother’s womb should automatically justify abortion. The issue is that the child is still fully dependent on the mother, or, as it is sometimes explained, the fetus is not “viable.” There...
by Sean Martin | Mar 24, 2015 | Apologetics, SLED
Environment, better understood as the location of the baby, is the E in SLED. When babies are born they move from their mother’s uterus to the outside world. But should the timing of this move determine whether they should live or die? Infamous Philadelphia...
by Sean Martin | Mar 18, 2015 | Apologetics, SLED
The L in the SLED acronym stands for level of development. Many abortion advocates dismiss unborn children, particularly during the first trimester, as a mass of cells or a blob of tissue. This incredibly imprecise reasoning suggests that there is no moral difference...
by Sean Martin | Mar 12, 2015 | Apologetics, SLED
The S in the SLED acronym stands for size. All of us began our lives as a tiny fertilized egg, or zygote, invisible to the naked eye. Over the years, the “smallness” of unborn babies has been cited to justify their murder. Biologically, the human zygote is...
by Sean Martin | Mar 3, 2015 | Apologetics, SLED
For decades, the argument over abortion has been mired in manipulative rhetoric, political posturing and general confusion. But while the politics and emotions surrounding abortion are exceedingly complicated, the moral issues at stake are shockingly simple. There are...
