How do we refute the argument " yes, an unborn baby is still a baby but no one should be allowed to use someone else's body, if she is not Ok with it, so she should be allowed to remove the baby, in the same way someone should be allowed to remove a tapeworm? This person is an atheist and does believe that we have souls or that we are any better than animals.

Dear Mikayla

Let's examine the logic of pregnancy. First of all, if a female does not wish to be pregnant she can responsibly refrain from sexual relations. If she, on the other hand, decides to have those relations and becomes pregnant, she instantly becomes a mother. The manner in which nature has designed her body is such that she is the host of the baby she willingly helped procreate by engaging in sexual relations.

The fact is that the product of pregnancy is immediately a human being who did not ask to be there, did not pursue an act of invasion into his mother's body and therefore is an innocent third party.

Let's think of it in these terms:

If an uninvited guest came to your front door and then walked into your home because you opened the door and invited him in, would you then be justified in shooting him dead?

Perhaps your friend can get his arms around the concept. I will pray this is so.

Judie Brown

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