The Pro-Life argument

[dimpy.handa]

1. It should be illegal to kill an innocent human being without just cause
2. Abortion kills an innocent human being
3. Abortions are not performed for just cause
4. Therefor of abortions should be illegal.

The above is a valid argument, meaning it's conclusion follows it's premiss's. To challenge it you must show that one of the premises is false.

 

[shivibhanot]

Look, the idea that a human life begins at conception can be held from a scientific point of view. Conception and birth are the only really clear boundaries.

There is no reason implicit in atheism that should require much special defense of that view. I'm atheist, and can see logical points of view in both sides of the abortion debate. I'm a vegetarian for ethical reasons regarding taking a life. Is that weird for an atheist too?

This kind of feels like the idea that atheist can't have morality because they don't have faith. There are other sources for it.