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Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

We consider it the murder of pre-born children for the same reasons we oppose the murder of those that are born.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

Yes, and of course we get that all the time.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

That's the common objection.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

It's just not the same.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

It's just not the same.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

They're different.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

It's different.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

The entity when they're unborn for all of these reasons are different.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

And I think you can categorize all of those reasons under the acronym SLED.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

And SLED stands for size, level of development, environment, and degree of dependency.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

And these are the only four categories.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

distinguishing factors between a pre-born child or pre-born life and a born life.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

So, of course, size is different.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

You already referenced that.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

The embryo is clearly smaller than a born child.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

A born child, a newborn child, is clearly smaller than a toddler who is clearly smaller than you are.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

I'm smaller than you.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

Our size... Shorter.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

Our size does not determine our value as human lives, and it certainly should not determine our legal status, right?

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

Right.