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Introduction: Mike frames the livestream as an unemotional, logical case against the pro-choice position on the Roe v. Wade anniversary
Why Every Pro-Choice Argument Fails
The central question of abortion: 'What is it?' — using the analogy of a child asking 'Can I kill this?'
Why Every Pro-Choice Argument Fails
Critique of 'keep abortion safe, legal, and rare' — internal contradiction if the unborn is not a person
Why Every Pro-Choice Argument Fails
The unborn has three qualities shared with all humans: Living, Human, and Whole
Why Every Pro-Choice Argument Fails
Pro-abortion advocates Ronald Dworkin and Faye Wattleton concede abortion kills a developing human
Why Every Pro-Choice Argument Fails
Peter Singer (Princeton ethicist) concedes the embryo is a human being from the first moment of existence
Why Every Pro-Choice Argument Fails
The pro-life syllogism — abortion is wrong because it intentionally kills an innocent human being
Why Every Pro-Choice Argument Fails
Introduction of the SLED acronym — four categories of differences between the unborn and born humans, none of which are morally relevant
Why Every Pro-Choice Argument Fails
SLED — S: Size does not determine human value
Why Every Pro-Choice Argument Fails
SLED — L: Level of Development does not determine human value
Why Every Pro-Choice Argument Fails
SLED — E: Environment does not determine human value
Why Every Pro-Choice Argument Fails
SLED — D: Degree of Dependence does not determine human value
Why Every Pro-Choice Argument Fails
Abraham Lincoln's anti-slavery argument applied analogously to abortion — differences do not justify denying rights
Why Every Pro-Choice Argument Fails
Contraception vs. abortion — the moral question is whether conception has already occurred
Why Every Pro-Choice Argument Fails
In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) — moral issues around discarding or permanently freezing fertilized embryos
Why Every Pro-Choice Argument Fails
Christian call to defend the fatherless — abortion as a moral mandate for Christians regardless of eschatological timeline
Why Every Pro-Choice Argument Fails
Abortifacient birth control — if it kills a conceived zygote, it is abortion not contraception
Why Every Pro-Choice Argument Fails
Heaven and miscarriage — Scripture does not specify the state or 'age' of those who die before birth
Why Every Pro-Choice Argument Fails
Rape exception — the child is not morally culpable for the father's crime; killing the child does not undo the evil
Why Every Pro-Choice Argument Fails
Pre-Roe abortion death statistics were radically overstated — Scott Klusendorf cites approximately 70 deaths in the year before Roe
Why Every Pro-Choice Argument Fails
Heartbeat argument refuted — heartbeat is an arbitrary and inconsistent criterion for the beginning of life
Why Every Pro-Choice Argument Fails
Overpopulation argument fails — if it justifies killing the unborn, it justifies killing anyone
Why Every Pro-Choice Argument Fails
Abortion and slavery — both involve culturally hardened consciences that must be awakened; the church must keep speaking
Why Every Pro-Choice Argument Fails
Call to repentance for those who have had or supported abortions — women were often deceived by dishonest medical language; the gospel offers forgiveness
Why Every Pro-Choice Argument Fails
The right to life supersedes bodily autonomy — the most fundamental human right
Why Every Pro-Choice Argument Fails
How a Christian should deal with consuming grief over abortion
Live Q&A - Theology, Apologetics and The Christian Life
Christians should engage in politics as salt and light; political views must be biblically tested
Live Q&A - Theology, Apologetics and The Christian Life
Slogan 6: "God knows our hearts and good people will be okay" — people are not actually good
Stop Saying All Roads Lead to God!
Biblical justice requires impartiality; modern social justice errs by elevating group rights over equal standards
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 3)
Having had an abortion: is it hypocritical to oppose it, have children afterward, or feel unworthy?
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 4)
Numbers 5 — the Bitter Water trial does not describe an abortion; the NIV translation is mistaken on this point
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 9)
Pro-life and pro-death penalty are not contradictory positions
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 12)
Mike introduces a response to pro-choice artist Tatiana Gill who drew images of Jesus supporting abortion using the phrase "with you always." She blocked Mike when he reached out privately for clarification.
Why This Pro-Choice Artist BLOCKED Me
Analysis of two abortion artwork images: both completely omit the baby. Image 1 shows Jesus as a clinic escort blocking protesters. Image 2 shows Jesus holding a woman's hand during an abortion. The missing baby is the central issue with pro-choice propaganda.
Why This Pro-Choice Artist BLOCKED Me
The pro-choice movement systematically avoids mentioning the baby — the elephant in the room. "Bodily autonomy" framing ignores that there's another body involved. A firefighter has bodily autonomy but can't drop someone into a fire.
Why This Pro-Choice Artist BLOCKED Me
Terms like "zygote," "fetus," and "embryo" are used to dehumanize the child in the womb, just as dehumanizing labels were used in other human rights atrocities. Mike shares his college experience debating his professor on these terms.
Why This Pro-Choice Artist BLOCKED Me
Every argument for abortion in the womb can equally justify killing a baby five minutes after birth — the baby is just as dependent, just as unaware, just as small. The moral distinction collapses.
Why This Pro-Choice Artist BLOCKED Me
Both pro-life and pro-choice movements believe they hold the moral high ground. The pro-choice movement has inverted morality — helping a woman kill her offspring is seen as a moral good. The conversation breaks down because they're talking past each other.
Why This Pro-Choice Artist BLOCKED Me
Jesus would not support abortion: (1) He affirmed the Old Testament which teaches humans are made in God's image, (2) "You shall not murder" protects innocent human life based on innate human nature, not capability or intelligence.
Why This Pro-Choice Artist BLOCKED Me
Jesus's death on the cross demonstrates that he values the hopeless, the dregs, the dependent — the very categories used to justify abortion. Jesus would rather die than kill the vulnerable.
Why This Pro-Choice Artist BLOCKED Me
Even if you're unsure about early-term abortion, the "maybe" should compel you to oppose it — you wouldn't demolish a building that "maybe" has people in it. And if you draw the line anywhere, you should be fighting for that line instead of voting for unrestricted abortion.
Why This Pro-Choice Artist BLOCKED Me
Q&A: Single-issue (pro-life) voting is legitimate because abortion is a deal-breaker moral issue. Mike would vote for a pro-life candidate with bad economic policies because saving lives outweighs financial pain.
Why This Pro-Choice Artist BLOCKED Me
Q&A: Rape/incest don't justify abortion. Ezekiel teaches the child won't die for the father's sin. If a one-month-old baby were discovered to be a product of rape and incest, no one would say it's okay to kill it — so what's different about the same baby six months earlier?
Why This Pro-Choice Artist BLOCKED Me
Q&A: The abolitionist vs. pro-life division. Mike supports showing graphic abortion images with wisdom. Abortion should be illegal going forward (not retroactively punished), like slavery was abolished without prosecuting former slave owners.
Why This Pro-Choice Artist BLOCKED Me
Q&A: Babies killed through abortion go to heaven — supported by David's words in 2 Samuel 12:23 about his dead child. This doesn't justify killing them, just as Christians going to heaven doesn't justify murdering Christians.
Why This Pro-Choice Artist BLOCKED Me
Q&A: The pro-life movement doesn't need to provide free healthcare to oppose murder. You don't need to build houses for Holocaust victims to tell Nazis to stop. The pro-life movement does help women through pregnancy and beyond, but that's separate from the moral argument.
Why This Pro-Choice Artist BLOCKED Me
Q&A: When the mother's life is in danger and both will die, abortion to save the mother is the one exception most pro-lifers accept. Analogous to separating conjoined twins when one is dying — saving one life rather than losing both.
Why This Pro-Choice Artist BLOCKED Me
Mike gathered Twitter responses from people who switched from pro-choice to pro-life, asking what changed their minds. He presents 8 specific stories.
Why 8 People Couldn't Be Pro-Choice Any Longer： Here's What They Said
Reason 3 (Josh): He naturally leaned pro-choice but realized there's no good reason for it from a Christian moral standpoint if human life is sacred. Genesis 9:5-6 establishes that murder requires a reckoning because humans are made in God's image — a universal command to all mankind, not just Israel.
Why 8 People Couldn't Be Pro-Choice Any Longer： Here's What They Said
Objection: Genesis 9 mentions "blood" — does that mean life only begins when blood forms? No — blood represents life (used in Levitical sacrifices, "cleansed by the blood of Christ"). But even if you took it literally, blood forms at day 21, making virtually all known-pregnancy abortions murder.
Why 8 People Couldn't Be Pro-Choice Any Longer： Here's What They Said
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