Did We Make a Bad Pro-Life Argument?

Josh responds to three pro-choice people who pushed back against our recent video about the Responsibility Objection, one of the pro-life counter-arguments to Judith Jarvis Thomson’s famous violinist thought experiment. Is this pro-life argument a red herring? Did we strawman Thomson?

Related Links:

One of the Violinist Argument’s Biggest Flaws:
https://youtu.be/yNNmpLWJ2rU

The above is a clip from:
Podcast: Is Consent to Sex Consent to Pregnancy?
https://youtu.be/rci4My9_4BI

That podcast is taking this video deeper:
Is Consent to Sex Consent to Pregnancy?
https://youtu.be/ynPtsK9r0ks

That’s a clip from this longer video:
Abortion as “Self-Defense”
https://youtu.be/B2TakKSUawA

VIDEO: Blood Donation and Bodily Rights Arguments:
https://youtu.be/YmBrUcpOxDw

Here are some more of our resources on bodily autonomy arguments:

Fellow Pro-Lifers: Please Stop Sharing This Straw Man Meme:
http://bit.ly/2gBf9XR

Matt Walsh and Bodily Autonomy Arguments:
http://bit.ly/2kbzQep

It’s Her Body – Steve Wagner:
http://bit.ly/2DfsYJ4

Bodily Rights Arguments Necessitate Extremism:
http://bit.ly/2rv5ju8

Two Bad Pro-Life Responses to Bodily Rights Arguments:
http://bit.ly/2gBTlv8

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