Abolish Human Abortion followers love to use the term “straw man” to dismiss pro-life arguments that point out their inconsistencies.

(For example, during their recent “Immediatist vs Incrementalist” debate, AHA’s T. Russell Hunter called it a “very, very silly straw man” when Center for Bio-Ethical Reform’s Gregg Cunningham challenged Hunter for saying he would let a secularist save the life of his 2-year-old but not let a secularist help him save the lives of children marked for abortion [beginning at 1:20:20 on the video].)

So today let’s talk about straw men.

by Kelli

• At Students for Life, Kristan Hawkins wonders what Michael Voris’ point was when he created an error-filled video which makes dubious claims about abortion and the pro-life movement. Hawkins says Voris is “irresponsible” and using “faulty logic” to claim “abortion numbers aren’t declining,” among other things. Hawkins backs up her rebuttal with links to the facts:
  

  Not citing any sources, he proclaimed that chemical abortions aren’t tracked and comprise a quarter of all abortions. Therefore, he said, these must be added to the million+ abortions every year, which basically comes out to a number that shows abortions are not declining.

  While Voris appears to make a convincing case in his six-minute video, he is wrong.

by Kelli It’s all talk with no actual facts or proof to back it up. In the pro-choice movement, we advocate using logic, reason and the strong values of our issue rather than glitter. ~ NARAL Pro-Choice Texas executive director Heather Busby, responding to an email from the TX Department of Public Safety which stated […]

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Staunch anti-choice advocates have floated the idea that hormonal birth control is some form of abortion, or that it was because women had access to birth control in the first place that they now seek abortions because those preventative measures failed. So, by an extension of their logic, even barrier methods like condoms are a […]