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Audio from debate between Alan Shlemon and Cecili Chadwick

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This debate was posted by Brian Auten. His website, Apologetics 315, is the best apologetics web site on the web.

The MP3 file is here. (50 minutes)

Pro-life debater Alan Shlemon opening speech:

  • if the unborn entity is a living human being, then abortion is wrong
  • unborn children are alive
  • unborn children are different and distinct from the mother
  • unborn children are human beings
  • video: shows what an aborted unborn child looks like
  • differences in size between born and unborn children do not affect moral value
  • differences in level of development between born and unborn children do not affect moral value
  • differences in location between born and unborn children do not affect moral value
  • differences in dependence between born and unborn children do not affect moral value
  • therefore, abortion takes the life of an innocent human being

Pro-abortion debater Cecili Chadwick opening speech:

  • just because I want abortion to be legal doesn’t mean that I want abortions to happen
  • abortion should be legal and taxpayer-funded but I hope that not too many happen
  • prior to birth a woman and her unborn baby are actually just the woman – there is no baby
  • she actually concedes that a foetus is a living human being (seriously)
  • a born person has more value than an unborn person, but I can’t really say why that is
  • a lot fewer abortions would happen if abortion were illegal, so we should keep it legal
  • here are some sad anecdotes that are extremely rare, therefore abortion should be legal through all 9 months
  • abortion is a private issue, therefore abortion should be legal through all 9 months
  • abortion is a personal issue, therefore abortion should be legal through all 9 months
  • abortion is a complex issue, therefore abortion should be legal through all 9 months
  • it’s legal to kill in self-defense against an armed attacker, therefore abortion should be legal through all 9 months

I just paraphrased her based on my interpretation of what she said, because I am snarky. She didn’t say that stuff verbatim. I took the spin off of it.