Galatians 1:15 “But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace…”

Randy Alcorn is the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries (EPM) and the author of more than 60 books, including Heaven and If God Is Good: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil. More than 12 million copies of his books have been sold and have been translated into 70 languages.

In his 2010 article “39 Major Pro-choice Arguments and Their Refutations”, Randy puts forth 4 categories of Pro-Abortion arguments, which contain 39 total arguments. In this third of 4 articles, we look at refutations of the 7 arguments in Part 3, which he titles “Arguments concerning social issues.”

Pro-Abortion Argument #1 = “Every child a wanted child.’ It is unfair to children to bring them into a world where they are not wanted.”

Refutation #1: Every child is wanted by someone–there is no such thing as an unwanted child.

Refutation #2: There is a difference between an unwanted pregnancy and an unwanted child.

Refutation #3: “Unwanted” describes not a condition of the child but an attitude of adults.

Refutation #4: The problem of unwantedness is a good argument for wanting children, but a poor argument for eliminating them.

Refutation #5: What is most unfair to “unwanted” children is to kill them.

Pro-Abortion Argument #2 = “Abortion helps solve the problem of overpopulation and raises the quality of life.”

Refutation #1: The current birth rate in America is less than what is needed to maintain our population level.

Refutation #2: The dramatic decline in our birth rate will have a disturbing economic effect on America.

Refutation #3: Overpopulation is frequently blamed for problems with other causes.

Refutation #4: If there is a population problem that threatens our standard of living, the solution is not to kill off part of the population.

Refutation #5: Sterilization and abortion as cures to overpopulation could eventually lead to mandatory sterilization and abortion.

Refutation #6: The “quality of life” concept is breeding a sense of human expendability that has far-reaching social implications.

Pro-Abortion Argument #3 = “Restricting abortion would be unfair to the poor and minorities, who need it most.”

Refutation #1: It is not unfair for some people to have less opportunity than others to kill the innocent.

Refutation #2: The rich and white, not the poor and minorities, are most committed to unrestricted abortion.

Refutation #3: Prochoice advocates want the poor and minorities to have abortions but oppose requirements that abortion risks and alternatives be explained to them.

Refutation #4: Planned Parenthood’s abortion advocacy was rooted in the eugenics movement and its bias against the mentally and physically handicapped and minorities.

Pro-Abortion Argument #4 = “Having more unwanted children results in more child abuse.”

Refutation #1: Most abused children were wanted by their parents.

Refutation #2: Child abuse has not decreased since abortion was legalized but has dramatically increased.

Refutation #3: If children are viewed as expendable before birth, they will be viewed as expendable after birth.

Refutation #4: It is illogical to argue a child is protected from abuse through abortion since abortion is child abuse.

Pro-Abortion Argument #5 = “Even if abortion were made illegal, there would still be many abortions.”

Refutation #1: That harmful acts against the innocent will take place regardless of the law is a poor argument for having no law.

Refutation #2: The law can guide and educate people to choose better alternatives.

Refutation #3: History shows that laws concerning abortion have significantly influenced whether women choose to have abortions.

Pro-Abortion Argument #6 = “The anti-abortion beliefs of the minority shouldn’t be imposed on the majority.”

Refutation #1: Major polls clearly indicate it is a majority, not a minority, who believe there should be greater restrictions on abortion.

Refutation #2: Many people’s apparent agreement with abortion law stems from their ignorance of what the law really is.

Refutation #3: Beliefs that abortion should be restricted are embraced by a majority in each major political party.

Refutation #4: In 1973 the Supreme Court imposed a minority morality on the nation, ignoring the votes of citizens and the decisions of state legislatures.

Pro-Abortion Argument #7 = “The anti-abortion position is a religious belief that threatens the vital separation of church and state.”

Refutation #1: Many nonreligious people believe that abortion kills children and that it is wrong.

Refutation #2: Morality must not be rejected just because it is supported by religion.

Refutation #3: America was founded on a moral base dependent upon principles of the Bible and the Christian religion.

Refutation #4: Laws related to church and state were intended to assure freedom for religion, not freedom from religion.

Refutation #5: Religion’s waning influence on our society directly accounts for the moral deterioration threatening our future.

As this week’s verse and these 7 refutations against the Pro-Abortion arguments for the social issues facing the abortion of the baby in the womb, the Bible, science and philosophy all agree that the fetus in the womb – that unborn baby – is an innocent human child that deserves protection.

“The Evidence of Faith’s Substance” _ Article #628