1. + Abortion

2. + Case Discussion: The Unwanted Pregnancy-Case 5.1 Pastoral Approaches Moral Discussions Discussions with the parents

3. + Background Roe v. Wade (1973) Doe v. Bolton (1973) Webster v. Reproductive Services (1989) Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992)

4. + Biblical Teaching Image of God in persons Incarnation Continuity of Personal Identity Psalm 139 Psalm 51 Discontinuity?: Exodus 21:22-23

5. + Common Pro-Choice Arguments Ad Hominem Arguments My Body-My Choice Unwanted Children “Back-Alley Butchers” Discriminatory Rape and Incest

6. + ABORTION Personhood of Unborn Principal Line of Argument Main Decisive Moments Birth Viability Brain Activity Implantation Sentience

7. + ABORTION Warren and the argument from function Criteria for Personhood Problems with functional criteria Being a person vs. functioning as a person Counter examples Idea of the Potential Person

8. + ABORTION Thomson and the Violinist Killing vs. withdrawing life support Applies strictly only when sex is non-consensual Unborn have a prima facie claim on the mother’s body

9. + ABORTION Abortion and the Artificial Womb Roe v. Wade about women’s rights over own body Right not to be pregnant vs. right to end the life of the child Could provide powerful visual image of the developing child

10. + ABORTION Feminism and Abortion Today Naomi Wolf, “Our Bodies, Our Souls,” The New Republic, October 16, 1995.