facts and reason. The video of the event is an hour and 40 minutes long, available at
Can 1 Pro-Lifer Survive 25 Pro-Abortion Activists? (feat. Lila Rose) | Surrounded (or(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-ACDhvL2j0 ) Here are just a few of her key responses. While they did not change the minds of the abortion advocates, they are effective responses to those willing to listen.
“just a clump of cells” : You and I are clumps of cells – but unique clumps of cells. When the egg is fertilized it is a whole human being, very small but complete. [denial that science says that, but just that the cells multiply]. But not like skin cells which will only become skin cells.
rubbing two sticks together to make fire – when the spark comes, then it is fire. When the brain has connections, that’s the spark: That’s a form of enablism – you are excluding people who do not have an active capacity for certain abilities.
“I get to choose what happens to my body” (bodily autonomy): When a woman is pregnant, whether she wants to be or not, she has another human being inside of her body. Bodily autonomy ends when another human life begins. /I don’t have the right to interfere in your personal life. But it is the government’s job to protect. Do you want the government to protect you from being killed?
“70% believe that abortion should be allowed…shouldn’t cater to the far end of the bell curve”: In the south at the time of slavery the large majority approved – but that was horrible.
“Science doesn’t matter. I want to tell you my opinion.”: Science does matter because it tells us what is real and what is not real. It does tell us when human life begins.