between having a law against abortion and a law against killing people outside the womb?” (Well, not everyone agrees that life is the womb is the same as outside the womb. Women should be allowed to make their own choices.) “OK. So people should be allowed to make choices. Is it ever OK for the government to make laws that take away people’s choices?” (Uh.. no?) “Are laws against child abuse good laws? Those laws take away parents’ choices to treat their children as they see fit.” (Well. Yes, those are good laws.) “What if your feelings about child abuse were based on your religious beliefs, would you be imposing your religious beliefs on others by opposing child abuse?” (No, because everyone believes in human rights even if they are not religious. We have to protect people from harm.) “So, even though we believe something is wrong because of our religion, others could still agree that human rights should be protected, even if they don’t share our religious beliefs. And so supporting laws that protect human rights is not the same as forcing your religious beliefs on others. Can we agree on that?” (Yes.) “So if you believe that children in the womb are alive and human, why should they not have the same protection under the law as humans already born? Isn’t that protecting human rights and not forcing religious views on anyone?” (Yes! You’re right!) “And do you believe that people who were not victims of historical genocides (such as the Nazi holocaust) had the obligation to speak up on behalf of the victims? (Yes, I do.) And so I would propose that as believers that preborn are human and alive, we all have the obligation to speak out on their behalf.

1.This section is based on a conversation between a Justice For All staff person and a college student, at a JFA display. http://www.jfaweb.org/mindblown