Everyone has their own morality!

In response to the pro-life position, I have heard many college students say, "Everyone has their own morality, so someone shouldn't tell me what to do." Another popular response is "If my morality isn't affecting you, then just leave me alone. If I want to have an abortion, I will."


There are a few rebuttals to this. First, you can ask them if the Holocaust was wrong. Most of the time they will agree. Using their logic, one can say that Hitler's morality was that killing Jews was the right thing to do. Was slavery wrong? Many slave owners believed it was moral to have slaves. They may have an answer that states, "Well, I'm talking about just personal morality, not on the level of the Holocaust or slavery."

"What if I go up to you and take your backpack or purse because my morality says it's right?" If they say that it's wrong to do that, tell them that they may really believe in moral standards much more than they think they do. They may come back with, "I should be able to do what I want as long as I'm not hurting anyone or negatively affecting another person." Then the subject can come back to the abortion issue and the nature of the unborn. "Isn't an abortion hurting someone else?" Then they will have to defend their morality position in the light of an abortion.

Another pro-choice approach is seen often on a bumper sticker "If you don't like abortion, don't have one. This is easy to debunk. It has nothing to do with liking or not liking abortion. The pro-life belief is that abortion is morally wrong. One could insert any subject matter into that slogan that often would create an outcry. If you don't like robbing banks, don't do it. If you don't like slavery, don't own a slave. If you like chocolate chip cookies and I hate them, it doesn't say chocolate chip cookies are morally bad; it just states that I prefer them and you don't. The pro-life view is that abortion is an absolute moral wrong while the pro-choice view is one of preference.