What issue or controversy concerns you?
Abortion debate in the USA
What current debate engages you?
Does the Bible forbid abortion?
What position do you want to take?
If a woman wants to, she should be able to have an abortion.
How can you state your stand?
The Bible does not forbid abortion.
What evidence might you need to support it?
Bible verses that make my point. Maybe include behavioral economics data.
How might you refine your working thesis?
My thesis would change to “God believes that a woman should have the right to choose whether or not to have an abortion. ”
How could you make statements more accurate, definitions clearer, or categories more exact?
I would define the difference between a human being and a human body. I would draw a distinction between early and late term abortions. I would also use direct Bible quotes rather than paraphrasing.
What assumptions are you making?
I assume that the reader has been exposed to the nomenclature of Biblical references. I also assume that they believe that the Bible does forbid legal abortion because I’ve never heard anyone advance my opinion. Conservatives have always advanced the notion that a person’s life begins at conception even though there is nowhere in the Bible that explicitly states that.
What clarification of or support for these assumptions might your audience need?
I’ll include references to the internet links for the Bible references. To refute the typical Conservative argument, I’ll use the Bible, which they respect to clarify some ideas and to discuss God’s fundamental values.
I’d limit it by pregnancy length and situation
What exceptions should you note?
Late term abortions, Mothers that would die if they gave birth, and stillborns
What other views might you want to recognize?
Traditional Christian objections
Dustan S
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