Abortion Is Murder Even in the Case of Rape / Church Membership Priorities
This article by Clayton Spronk discusses the moral arguments against abortion in cases of rape, critiquing political responses to Rep. Todd Akin's controversial statements on the subject. The resource applies Reformed ethical principles to a contemporary bioethical issue while addressing the distinction between condemning insensitive rhetoric and maintaining a consistent pro-life position.
Abortion Is Murder Even in the Case of Rape Todd Akin, a U.S. Congressman from Mississippi and that state's Republican nominee for the US Senate, recently stirred up controversy about abortion in the case of rape. Below is an article by Trevin Wax that provides strong arguments for why abortion in the case of rape is immoral in an imagined "do-over" of Congressman Akin's interaction with the news media. The article is entitled What Todd Akin Should Have Said About Abortion and Rape.1...
Full article available on sb.rfpa.org
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