Why I think it's so hard to convince people on abortion
Centering When Life Begins I’ve seen a few posts/videos on social media warning people not to let arguments about reproductive rights be centered around when life begins. The argument made by these posts is very good, and it goes approximately like this: “The question of when life begins is totally irrelevant. No one is entitled to your body, even if access to your body is necessary for their sustained life. For example, imagine a person needed an organ transplant, and your organ was the only available match. While it might be a good moral choice to donate the organ, you cannot morally be forced to give up your organ for the other person’s wellbeing.” Like I said, I personally think this is a very good argument, but I don’t think it’s as powerful a tool for convincing the other side as some people make it out to be. For one, the organ donation analogy is not a perfect analog with pregnancy and abortion. To illustrate, notice the similarities in a second, parallel analogy: “No one