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A valid question

April 14, 2009 by Andrea Mrozek 1 Comment

A question from a not-really-religious pro-lifer in the UK: Why don’t atheists oppose abortion?

Denying the humanity of a 20-week foetus is as unscientific and irrational as denying the beef on your plate is a cow because you can’t hear it moo.

Now many atheists/agnostics do oppose abortion on scientific grounds…but they aren’t very vocal, that’s for sure. Too busy with bus ads, convincing people that there probably is no God? Or perhaps they can’t stomach an alliance with a largely religious crew? Who knows. But worth asking the question.

(cross-posted to The Shotgun)

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  1. SarahB says

    April 14, 2009 at 12:57 pm

    Nice article. The author makes several more good points in the comments section. I particularly liked this one:

    “Remember there was a time when the anti-slavery movement was considered a weird Quaker obsession. Now we don’t look back and think – those damn Quakers, always going on about the Africans. Instead we think – why didn’t everyone else make an effort?”

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