Deconstructing the Pro-Life Position
In this video, I describe the deconstruction process I went through over the last few years on the topic of abortion. Though I am no longer a Christian, this process began when I still was, and so hopefully much of the reasoning should be agreeable to any Christians watching.
Follow-up video explaining some definitions:
• Definitions for Abortion Deconstruction
Links:
1: https://www.hmd.org.uk/learn-about-th...
2: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/...
3: • Byron Reeves and Clifford Nass on The Medi...
Links 4-8 may not match the articles shown in the video, which were selected for their thumbnail and headline.
4: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
5: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-...
6: https://phys.org/news/2024-03-asian-e...
7: https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/3....
8: https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
9: • The Science Of Fur Baby Talk
10: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
00:00 Introduction
00:15 "Abortion is murder"
02:09 Why deconstruction is necessary
02:38 What is a person (biblical)
04:47 What is a person (secular)
06:05 Definition of "person"
06:31 Anthropomorphism
07:54 Anthropocentrism
09:50 What makes murder wrong?
10:29 What now?
11:19 Death
12:12 "Rules" for animal death
14:52 No one is pro-life
15:22 It's about relationships
17:34 Why abortion doesn't kill anyone