The central question of abortion: 'What is it?' — using the analogy of a child asking 'Can I kill this?'

Mike uses the illustration of a child asking a parent 'Can I kill this?' to show that the only morally relevant question is what the thing being killed actually is. He argues the entire abortion debate reduces to one question: is the unborn a living human being? If yes, no justification is adequate; if no, no justification is necessary. He credits Greg Koukl for popularizing this framing.