Birth Control (found 5049 titles)

Taking Charge of Your Fertility, 10th Anniversary Edition: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health

Author: Toni Weschler
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Publication date: 2006-11-01
ISBN: 0060881909
Pages: 512
Rating:
Price: $24.99

This comprehensive book explains in lucid, assured terms how to practice the fertility awareness method (FAM), a natural, scientifically proven but little-known form of birth control (which is not to be confused with the woefully ineffective "rhythm" method). Author Toni Weschler has been teaching fertility awareness for almost 20 years, and it's only just now gaining in popularity. As the book explains, by using simple fertility signs including peaks in morning body temperature and changes in cervical position and cervical mucus, it's possible to determine when ovulation is taking place. Fertility awareness is therefore useful for not only couples who are trying to conceive, but for those who are aiming to avoid pregnancy without the use of chemical contraceptives. It will be of special interest to those women who have suffered from infertility; many FAM practitioners have told the author that by filling in the detailed charts in the book, they've realized that they were chronically miscarrying, even when their doctors told them they weren't conceiving at all. As the book explains, by charting body temperature, it's simple to tell when pregnancy has occurred--and when there's danger of miscarriage. Taking Charge of Your Fertility also explains how to choose the sex of your baby by timing intercourse according to certain fertility signs. It also features thorough, easy-to-understand explanations of hormones, the menstrual cycle, and menopause, along with fertility tests and treatments and their long- and short-term side effects, plus a topnotch resource section. Recommended for any woman who wants to better understand her body. --Erica Jorgensen

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Wealth of knowledge! (2010-05-13)

This is hands down THE most informative book on fertility there is. I think that it should be required reading for high school age girls. If only every woman knew the inner workings of her body, not only would she have more control over her fertility, but also many countless unwanted pregnancies could be prevented therefore eliminating 'the choice'.

The book is well organized. Easily used as a reference book. The author goes into detail of every known factor in learning to chart. When I came to this book (upon many recommendations) I knew nothing. Now I consider myself an expert on the subject. Her advice has helped me to pinpoint ovulation and maximize my chances of conception. I high recommend this book to anyone who is considering buying it. You will want to share the knowledge with every woman you know! Knowledge, after all, is power.

Wonderful book (2010-05-12)

This book has so much information! It's the best book on natural family planning that I've read. I highly recommend this book for anyone that is trying to get pregnant or looking for a natural form of birth control. It's helped my husband and I to keep from getting pregnant...now I'm hoping it will help us conceive!

A must for all who use Natural Family Planning (2010-05-03)

By following the easy to follow instructions in this book, I was able to avoid preganancy for 2 and a half years and then was able to achieve preganancy on my first attempt. It is so liberating to be in control of your fertility without the use of any artificial means of birth control. I also learned a lot about my body and was able to tell almost immediately when something was wrong. I highly recommend this book to all who want to avoid or achieve pregnancy naturally.

Great Book!! (2010-05-03)

So far, I have loved this book and it has given me all the information I need to get pregnant! Wish me luck!

PLEASE READ THIS BOOK!!! (2010-04-29)

EVERY WOMAN NEEDS TO READ THIS BOOK WEATHER TTC OR NOT!! IT CAN SAVE YOU YEARS OF TTC! I BOUGHT THIS BOOK ON AMAZON AND COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN! WE CONCEIVED ON MY FIRST CYCLE AFTER READING THIS AMAZING BOOK!! READ IT BEFORE SEEING YOUR DOC ABOUT FERTILITY TREATMENTS!! EVERY WOMAN SHOULD OWN THIS BOOK!!

Love, Sex, Freedom and the Paradox of the Pill: A Brief History of Birth Control

Author: Nancy Gibbs
Publisher: Time Inc. Home Entertainment Exclusive
Publication date: 2010-04-21
ISBN:
Rating:
Price: $6.99

The birth control pill has been called the most important scientific advance of the 20th century. It has been credited, and blamed, with unleashing the sexual revolution, transforming gender roles, redefining marriage and reinventing the modern family. So it's all the more remarkable that something so potent is so misunderstood. This book traces the invention of the Pill half a century ago by its unlikely pioneers from the early feminists looking for a way to free women from the fears of frequent childbirth to a prominent Catholic doctor who was seeking a treatment for infertility and instead found a guarantee of it. It traces the social upheavals that coincided with the Pill's arrival and asks which ones it actually caused. It follows the unfolding attitudes of women toward the first form of contraception that they could totally control--and the backlash in recent years among social conservatives who once welcomed the pill as a blessing and now challenge it as a threat. And it explores the social, political and philosophical issues that men and women face when considering the most private questions of family life.

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The Pill (2010-05-06)

This was my first venture into e-books. I read the cover story in "Time" magazine and wanted to read the full article/book. I bought the free Kindle app for my iPod Touch and have enjoyed reading the e-book. I will get more e-books.

Excellant, straight forward chronology of the people, the time and The Pill. (2010-04-23)

Very concise and well written. Wish it was longer. 50 years after first legalized and 40 years after becoming widely available The Pill (and birth control in general) continues to be at the center of conflict over the sexual attraction of a man for a woman. This conflict has existed since the dawn of time and will continue until the final sunset. I appreciate the timeline connecting the historical need to prevent pregnancy with the current 'don't talk about it' approach to sex ed and contraception. I can only hope that the pendulum will swing back toward a place where women, sexuality, contraception and pregnancy are no longer demonized. Women everywhere need to continue to support one another and demand our rights.

Red Families v. Blue Families: Legal Polarization and the Creation of Culture

Authors: Naomi Cahn, June Carbone
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 2010-03-08
ISBN:
Pages: 304
Rating:
Price: $29.95

Red Families v. Blue Families identifies a new family model geared for the post-industrial economy. Rooted in the urban middle class, the coasts and the "blue states" in the last three presidential elections, the Blue Family Paradigm emphasizes the importance of women's as well as men's workforce participation, egalitarian gender roles, and the delay of family formation until both parents are emotionally and financially ready. By contrast, the Red Family Paradigm--associated with the Bible Belt, the mountain west, and rural America--rejects these new family norms, viewing the change in moral and sexual values as a crisis. In this world, the prospect of teen childbirth is the necessary deterrent to premarital sex, marriage is a sacred undertaking between a man and a woman, and divorce is society's greatest moral challenge. Yet, the changing economy is rapidly eliminating the stable, blue collar jobs that have historically supported young families, and early marriage and childbearing derail the education needed to prosper. The result is that the areas of the country most committed to traditional values have the highest divorce and teen pregnancy rates, fueling greater calls to reinstill traditional values.

Featuring the groundbreaking research first hailed in The New Yorker, this penetrating book will transform our understanding of contemporary American culture and law. The authors show how the Red-Blue divide goes much deeper than this value system conflict--the Red States have increasingly said "no" to Blue State legal norms, and, as a result, family law has been rent in two. The authors close with a consideration of where these different family systems still overlap, and suggest solutions that permit rebuilding support for both types of families in changing economic circumstances.

Incorporating results from the 2008 election, Red Families v. Blue Families will reshape the debate surrounding the culture wars and the emergence of red and blue America.

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A Rorschach Test (2010-05-16)

This book was in many ways a Rorschach Test: you see what you want to see. It was on some level interesting to read why some regions of the country had not done as well as they are predicted to. Likewise it was also interesting to read why some parts of the country had done better than they were predicted to.
This book had some interesting research on demographic trends. It seemed to be able to support its claims on how some parts of the country had increased or decreased marriage and teen pregnancy rates.

The main problem I had with this book was that it relied too heavily on political stereotypes: e.g. Democrats want more gun laws, Republicans are all opposed to keeping abortion legal, or are with the Christian Right. I can think of multiple Democrats who are generally opposed to gun restrictions, and several Democrats who want more restrictions--if not an outright ban--on abortion. There is more than one Republican who favors keeping abortion legal. This book would have been better if it didn't concern itself with what party supports what, and instead focused on the regional cultures.

This book has some very interesting reviews! (2010-05-13)

Well, here I was, all set to write a review about Naomi Cahn and June Carbone's book, "Red Families v Blue Families", when I took a peak at the five previous reviews. Four were five-star reviews and one was a two-star review. Two of the five-star reviews were written by reviewers thanked by the authors of the book in the book's forward. The two-star review was written by a reader who may or may not have fully read the book, but seemed not to agree with it's premise, and was pretty upset at the two author-friends reviews. Ah...the life of an Amazon reviewer...

Okay, let's address the friends-and-family issue first. I've reviewed over 200 books for AmazonUSA in the past few years. I don't normally read the other reviews before I write my own, but usually do afterward. What I have noticed is that many novels - particularly by first-time novelists - often have very "enthusiastic" reviews attached to them. If you press on the reviewer's name, a little bar will pop up showing how many previous reviews the reviewer has written. If this is the first review by the reviewer, chances are we have a "friends-and-family" review. I don't know if the book's author has asked friends-and-family for reviews, but I am willing to bet most don't. I'd assume it would be very embarrassing for an author to have that much gushing going on. But I may be wrong; a five-star review IS a five-star review.

At the opposite end of the star spectrum are the one-star reviews given for reasons which have little or nothing to do with the actual quality of the book's content. Most of these reviews are given by disgruntled Kindle-readers who are upset if, 1. the book is not available on Kindle or, 2. the Kindle-version is priced too high, i.e. over the standard $9.95 I think Kindles normally cost. Other reviewers give a one-star review if the book arrived late, or in bad condition, etc. Richard Wolffe's recent book about Obama, "Renegade", still has a number of one star reviews condemning Amazon for the price of the Kindle-version. I don't mind one-star reviews about a book's content (and there are plenty of those on the review page) but there's no reason Amazon hasn't stepped in and cleaned up that section. Wolffe's ratings are directly lowered because of those Kindle-price reviews, and it just isn't fair.

Anyway, let's get back to Cahn and Carbone's book. It's good, but there are some uncorrected typos in the text, which is why I'm knocking my review from five stars to four. (Talk about arbitrary reviewing!) In a work of non-fiction, I'm always hesitant about believing the findings if I find more than two typos.

The authors' contention that "blue" families and "blue" values are better than "red" families and values, has been validated by their statistics. Or, rather, by their choice of statistics. As with any study of this type, the authors can mold statistics to their liking. The statistics the authors use are about divorce, age at marriage and at first birth, availability of birth control and abortion, the teaching of abstinence in schools rather than the teaching of birth control, in both blue and red states. Now, I happen to agree with their thesis, but I suppose there are others who wouldn't and might come up with a "different" interpretation of the same statistics.

The authors are good writers and I did enjoy the book, despite finding a number of typos. If you're a confirmed "blue", you'll find a lot to like in Cahn and Carbone's book. If you're a "red", eh, not so much.

THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT AMERICAN FAMILIES (2010-05-12)

If you want to stay married, live in Massachusetts, or in another blue state, preferably in the Northeast, where all of us crazy liberals live. Yup, the land of legal gay marriage has the lowest divorce rate in the country (and has for a long time). The other New England states are right behind us.

Why? Higher incomes and education levels and the fact that people get married at slightly later ages, all of which cut down on divorce rates. I think the authors were honest and not at all insulting to our fellow Americans in red states (aborton rates are higher for teenagers in blue states, but that could be in part due to easier availability and unwillingness on the part of parents for teens to de-rail educations and compromise lives, whatever you may think of that), the authors were honest.

I think many people in red states have been feeling morally supererior to us for so long (and for NO GOOD REASON) that they just have trouble accepting this information.

We are different - but in the end we have stronger, longer lasting family units in the blue states, like it or not.

Two of the above reviews are biased (2010-04-04)

Both Nancy Levit and Jana Singer are listed as follows in the Acknowledgments at the front of this book: "(W)e appreciate the extensive discussions, editing, and support - and vetting - that we've received from numerous colleagues, friends, and family members. Thank you to . . . Nancy Levit, . . . Jana Singer . . . ." How can these two people write 5-star Amazon reviews without disclosing their affiliations? It's appalling.

I've had this book out of the library for a few days now and have given up on it. I would sum up the thesis as follows: We, the authors, like blue families. They are so much more enlightened, sophisticated, educated and rich than those icky red families in those backwards Republican states. As authors, we will now use our advanced degrees to research and explain in 200 pages, with 60 pages of footnotes, why our thesis is true.

Holistic Insights (2010-03-04)

This book is a wonderful read because it gives you everything you need to understand modern American families - the social science statistics, legal analysis, expert insights on culture, and a nuanced treatment of the eocnomics - and combines those diverse currents into a light, even enjoyable (given the topic under dicsussion) narrative.

The authors do an excellent job of avoiding the bile of the culture wars, and instead are able to tease out what the fundamental differences are between different conceptions of the family in America. Everyone has 'family values', and want the best for their children - the split comes over how to guarantee the best, and the role that sexuality and fertility play in different conceptions of what is the best for a family.

Here's a good discussion of some of the arguments in the book from a conservative writing for the New York Times: [...]

The Labor Progress Handbook: Early Interventions to Prevent and Treat Dystocia

Authors: Penny Simkin, Ruth Ancheta
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Publication date: 2005-10-21
ISBN: 140512217X
Pages: 320
Rating:
Price: $42.99

Dystocia or failure to progress in labor is the main reason for cesarean deliveries. The second edition of this successful text focuses on simple non-invasive interventions to prevent or treat difficult labor. It describes positions, movements and techniques based on principles of anatomy, physiology and psychology of childbirth.

The Labor Progress Handbook is organized by stage of labor for easy reference, enabling the care giver to quickly identify appropriate low cost, low risk interventions and treat dystocia effectively, at an early stage before it becomes severe. The new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated and includes a new chapter on assessing progress in labor, together with new sections on managing labor pain, normal labor and additional positions and maneuvers. The rationale for all techniques is included based on the authors' clinical experience and wherever possible on the underlying evidence base.

* New edition of essential resource for anyone caring for women in labor

* Brings Together a wealth of evidence-based information and clinical expertise

* 'Focuses on non-invasive techniques to assist the progress of labor

* Emphasis on maternal comfort, support and safety

* Encourages thoughtful, evidence-based diagnosis and intervention

* Contains clear and simple illustrations, which complement the text

From Reviews:

'The focus of support, position, maternal comfort, and safety is one that should be used by anyone caring for laboring women. It encourages thoughtful diagnosis and intervention in an ordered and sensible manner.'
--Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing (on the first edition)

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Yes, Get it! (2009-12-06)

As a doula, should you spend the money for this tiny little book? What could it say that all of the other books haven't covered? GET IT! Labor is a journey and no book maps out as many possible scenarios on that journey as the Labor Progress Handbook. Easy-to-find information and suggestions that are quickly accessed during the birth plus priceless information to review outside of labor means the birth team has more tools in the toolkit. I loaned mine to a new doula and never saw it again! It is the one book I wish that I had never let out of my sight!

Excellent resource for nurses, doulas, midwives, OBs - - anyone in the room where mothers give birth!

For a nurse, not a new mom (2009-01-27)

I bought this so that I could be the most prepared new mom. It was well over my head at times. If you are not training to be a doula, I recommend The Birth Partner instead.

A Birth Junkies Joy, Labor! (2008-09-29)

Having children and reading anything about pregnancy, labor, birth and postpartum has lead me to investigate labor, especially during my fifth pregnancy. I have also sat in with a few friends and family members during labor and really wanted to read more. This was a great book and I'm sure I will continue to look back to it.

great info (2008-05-15)

I own the last edition and find it invaluable in my practice. Can't wait to see what's new and exciting here

Excellent Handbook! (2007-03-15)

The Labor Progress Handbook, though a bit pricey, is an excellent book. It contains a tons of labor information and is complete with many illustrations. It's a nice compact size, which makes it easy to carry with you (great for doulas, midwives, etc.). I love it!

Honoring Our Cycles: A Natural Family Planning Workbook

Authors: Katie Singer
Publisher: NewTrends Publishing, Inc.
Publication date: 2006-01-15
ISBN:
Pages: 112
Rating:
Price: $10.00

In clear, everyday language, Honoring Our Cycles describes what happens during a menstrual cycle and how a baby is conceived. It explains how to chart the body's fertility signs to know which days are best for becoming pregnant or avoiding becoming pregnant, without the use of hormonal drugs. Includes dietary advice for successful conception and healthy babies and families.

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worked wonderfully for us! (2010-02-28)

I ordered this in late October, received it the day before I started my period in November, and began reading and charting immediately. I had my birth control implant (Implanon) removed the day after I started my period (Nov 11th). I didn't expect to have a normal cycle, but other than being a little long, it was fine. I charted bbt and cm for the month of November and we decided to begin trying in December. I ovulated on December 29th and we are now expecting our first child September 25th! It really is wonderfully helpful. It was great to be able to take our charts with us on our visit to the midwife.

Total waste of my money (2010-02-07)

When the cover of a book states "A natural family planning workbook for knowing which days you can and CAN'T get pregnant", it should include more than one page on the can't part. I was very disappointed when I read through this book about all the charting, temp taking, and monitoring your mucus then I come to the page about not getting pregnant and it pretty much states don't be intimate if you don't want to get pregnant. It's very contradictive that you can use all these things to get pregnant but they're not good to use for natural birth control. I already knew that withholding from intimacy was the best way to not get pregnant. I would sugest Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler it's a much better book and easier to understand.

Great Info (2009-11-08)

Husband and I are between child 1 & 2 and decided that birth control prescriptions are not the answer. I consistanly gained weight on these, so I checked with my OB/GYN and she refered me to this book...great info, simple techniques for observations of cycle changes and great worksheets to help plot your info month to month. When we are ready for #2, we'll be bc free and on track to plan our future family.

Great book and very speedy delivery (2009-10-19)

I received the book very promptly and it was everything I read in the other reviews. Very informative and would purchase again.

every woman needs to know this information (2009-05-27)

I got both this book and Kate Singer's "Garden of Fertility" and although I don't think both are neccecary, they both have an individual way of explaining the information. I am so intrigued by learning this natural process of our cycles, and both of these books really help. It seems like this workbook is written in an easier to understand language that anybody can figure out. i am still in the process of figuring it all out, but I really really am loving the information and getting to know my body!

America and the Pill: A History of Promise, Peril, and Liberation

Authors: Elaine Tyler May
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 2010-04-27
ISBN: 0465011527
Pages: 224
Rating:
Price: $25.95

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Outstanding book (2010-05-18)

Historian May traces the development of the contraceptive pill and concludes: The feminist movement liberated women and used the pill as an important tool to gain control over their lives; there is no evidence that the pill caused a boom in premarital sex; and the pill has had little impact on world fertility rates or overpopulation.
May shows that the pill simply enlarged the repertory of methods available to women to reduce the power gap between men and women. "The pill has been at the center of the major transformations in women's lives over the past half-century." And she shows "how much has changed and how much has remained the same."
May traces the legal battles over contraception and also focuses on the Vatican "old boys club" 1968 rejection of its own theological commissioners' 73 to 10 recommendation that it relax its opposition to contraception, a rejection ignored by the overwhelming majority of Catholics. This book easily rates five stars.
--- Edd Doerr, President, Americans for Religious Liberty

Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments

Authors: Randy Alcorn
Publisher: Multnomah Books
Publication date: 2009-01-16
ISBN:
Pages: 455
Rating:
Price: $14.99

As politicians, citizens, and families continue the raging national debate on whether it's proper to end human life in the womb, resources like Randy Alcorn's Prolife Answers to Prochoice Arguments have proven invaluable. With over 75,000 copies in print, this revised and updated guide offers timely information and inspiration from a "sanctity of life" perspective. Real answers to real questions about abortion appear in logical and concise form. The final chapter -- "Fifty Ways to Help Unborn Babies and Their Mothers"-- is worth the price of this book alone!


From the Trade Paperback edition.

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GREAT BOOK!!!! (2009-03-10)

great book! great author! this is my text book on these matters! grace-filled, humble, truthful, well-researched, excellent layout. HIGHLY recommended! i've even given it as a gift!

EXCELLENT Resource (2007-10-01)

Don't look for unsupported opinion in this book. ProLife Answers to ProChoice Arguments presents the facts.

Whether you're prolife or prochoice, you should know why you believe the way you do about abortion. You won't be disappointed with this book.

OUTSTANDING ANSWERS (2006-05-23)

IT MAKES VERY CLEAR WHY ABORTION IS WRONG,AS ITS NAME SAY S ANSWERING PRO ABORTION ARGUMENTS.
IT ALSO HAS RELIABLE AND USEFUL INFORMATION.

Great response by the pro-life community (2006-03-30)

I am still reading this book (borrowed it from the library), but I was impressed enough to write a review halfway through the book. First off, Alcorn presents all his arguments in a logical order, grouping like arguments together. He also responds to each individual reason why a pro-choice person supports abortion, and crafts his counter-argument calmly and rationally. Alcorn is adept at putting into words the vague reasons why pro-life people oppose abortion, and he explains it in such a logical way that Vulcans would approve of.

However as rational Mr. Alcorn may be, he is not above describing what a fetus (fetus and unborn baby is used interchangably duirng the book) feels during abortion, or using pictures of miscarried babies, aborted babies, and surgeries perfomed on fetuses that will increase their chance of living.

He also uses anecdotes when appropriate, like the one about a three year old who inadvertently saw a picture of an aborted baby (to put it gently, an aborted baby is a baby that's been taken apart) The three year old, in tears, asked his mommy, "Who broke the baby?" Randy Alcorn does try not to dwell on the gruesome; he'll just matter-of-factly explain things. My favorite anecdote is the one that involved Alcorn himself. He'll speak to college students and explain that while he was introduced as pro-life, he's really pro-choice. (Students nod in approvement) He believes that people can choose what they want to do with their bodies. (Cheers) Men can do what they want with their bodies, too. (More approval) For example, if a man wants to force a lady to have sex with him, and rapes her, that's his choice. Nobody has the right to tell him not to use his body to rape her, so he shouldn't be punished for it. (Silence).
Alcorn then uses this to compare the rape with an abortion, in both stories the victim is barely paid lip-service. The victim is the one who has no say in these these things, but in a rape, people will go to the defense of the lady, making sure she recovers, but who's going to the defense of the fetuses? (By the way, if a rape victim gets pregnant, she shouldn't abort the baby, Alcorn says. It won't be our fault for "forcing" her to carry it full term, it's the rapist's fault for invading her in the first place, it's the rapist's fault for forcing a pregnancy on the lady. If the baby is aborted, then the lady will be as guilty as the rapist.)

Another main argument is over the fact whether a fetus is a person. Well, is it a lesser sin to murder a teenager because he's not full person yet, an adult? Is it a lesser sin to kill a child because she's not a teenager yet? How about killing an infant, because the baby isn't a child yet? Well, how about a fetus? (Clue: a fetus is a baby, even if it lives in a womb vs. a crib.) Then how about a "product of conception"? Questions like these abound in this book.

I started reading this book with an open mind, and even halfway through I am forced to conclude that abortion does indeed kill babies. Even if you are firmly in the pro-choice side, it would do you good to read this book, just to see where pro-lifers are coming from. Alcorn said that many pro-choicers are virtually clueless when it comes to the pro-life position, and that's where the heated arguments come from. Read this book, know each side's view, and THEN start arguing. We'd save a lot of time that way.

great organization, one objection (2006-03-29)

This book is organized wonderfully and points out all of the fallacies of the pro-abortion/pro-infanticide stance. I refer to it in one of the chapters of a pro-life book I am writing about how not only the unborn human beings but newborn and infants have been dehumanized by the "legal non-person" pro-abortion argument. Now we see the return of eugenics, where people sue because they had a baby with Down syndrome, such as wrongful life and wrongful birth lawsuits and where whole organs are used from aborted children for research. Great book!

The only thing I would vehemently disagree with is where he defends not allowing abortion in the case of rape or incest. It was not the woman or girl's choice to have sex so she should have a choice to get cleaned out after a rape, even if a conception, and therefore new human life, has already formed. This is less than one percent of abortions anyway, and if leftists let us keep rapists and murderers in jail that would be less of a problem. The right of a raped person to get cleaned out from a rape outweighs any right a 2-hour old embryo does to life. It is sad but forcing a raped girl to carry to term is inhumane.

That said, 99 percent of abortions are currently for convenience (the mother wants to go on a ski trip, for example) or for eugenic reasons, like the father was ugly or the unborn child has a fixable cosmetic flaw such as cleft lip.

see www.culturejamforlife.com

The Essential C-Section Guide: Pain Control, Healing at Home, Getting Your Body Back, and Everything Else You Need to Know About a Cesarean Birth

Authors: Maureen Connolly, Dana Sullivan
Publisher: Broadway
Publication date: 2008-12-10
ISBN:
Pages: 240
Rating:
Price: $14.00

Childbirth is a life-altering experience for any woman, but a Cesarean delivery can be overwhelming, whether it’s unexpected or planned. Despite the fact that roughly one in four babies in the United States is delivered by c-section, very little information about the experience is included in typical pregnancy books and physicians and childbirth educators often gloss over the details.

The Essential C-Section Guide is written not only for women to read in preparation for a scheduled c-section and for those considered “high risk” who know that a c-section may become necessary but also for women recovering from an unexpected surgical delivery. This book provides answers to important questions about what the surgery entails, what a woman can expect as she recovers, and what considerations should be made for future pregnancies and deliveries.

With frank discussions about the physical and emotional aspects surrounding a c-section, the authors share comforting wisdom about early bonding, pain control, breastfeeding, infant care, healing from surgery, postpartum exercise, partner involvement, and much more, in detail not available anywhere else.

Written by authors who have firsthand knowledge of birth by c-section, The Essential C-Section Guide is well-researched and addresses its unique concerns with intelligence and compassion.


www.broadwaybooks.com

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Amazing -- Wish I'd Read it Before My First (2010-01-07)

I had a very difficult time with my first c-section. I had a difficult labor and then felt very down about not being able to give birth naturally. My recovery wasn't the best, and while I absolutely LOVED (and still love :) being a mom, those first few months were very hard physically and emotionally.

I am going to give birth again soon, and wanted things to be different this time! I'm required to have another c-section, and purchased this book to help me understand the process and healing.

It's incredibly well-written. The women who penned the book know what it's like to have c-sections. It was amazing to read about their experiences as well as to have the facts of a c-section right in front of me.

I highly recommend this book for anyone who:

- Is concerned they might end up with a c-section
- Is about to give birth for the first time after a c-section
- Is having trouble coming to terms with a c-section they've had
- Is preparing for a repeat section
- ... really, anyone who is about to give birth!

Great resource for c-section birth!!! (2010-01-04)

I got this book after having an emergency c-section with my first child and finding out I would need a repeat for any further children I would have. I can full-heartedly recommend this book to anyone who is having a scheduled c-section or even those who want to be prepared if a c-section becomes necessary. This book provides so much c-section specific information that I couldn't find anywhere else. There are thousands of childbirth books out there but most of them only glance over c/s's this book fills in the blanks. It is written by two authors who both had c-sections and found there to be a general lack of information.
I recommend this book to every friend/relative of mine that I find is going to be having a c-section and have also recommended it two the 2 OB's that delivered children 2 and 3 to recommend to other patients (they were very happy to know such a resource existed).

Awesome (2009-12-15)

Having had a "natural" birth last time around I really wanted to be prepared in the event I would need a c-section. I loved the itemized list about what to bring for the hospital and how to create a birth plan around the c-section. Baby's not here yet so I don't know if I will need the info but I am really glad I read this book.

great book - speeded up my recovery! I wish I had it with my previous c-section (2009-08-17)

Just few points I found very helpful:

1. This book helped me make informed decisions before, during and after c-section, with regard to medication, medical procedures, daily routine etc. For example, nurses in the hospital would offer me pain medication without explaining which medication is stronger, and pros and cons. With the help of the book I knew what to choose.

2. With a lot of helpful tips from the authors who had c-section themselves I was able to speed up the process of recovery, when compared to my previous two c-sections. I also had less pain and used weaker pain medication.

3. My husband knew exactly how to make me feel better thanks to a chapter in the book that gives very helpful hints to men.

4. If not the book I would not have known I could start workout from the very first day after delivery, starting with breathing exercises and kegels on day one and switching to light abdominal exercises on day four. Two weeks after delivery my tummy felt much smaller and stronger.

5. Managing pain: Most of the time I knew the cause of pain thanks to extensive explanations in the book. That helped me control the pain without resorting to strong medication.

There is more to this book and I recommend it to everyone who plans a c-section.

not even worth reading (2009-02-12)

Don't buy this book unless you have nothing else to do. There is no insight that you can't easily find on the internet or get from your doctor. Im my opinion this book is written by people who like to hear them selves talk and talk and talk. A great deal of the questions most of us have are also up to the hospital that you will be having you c-section at so this book can only tell you what it has experience with and that's not much.

The Case for Life: Equipping Christians to Engage Culture

Authors: Scott Klusendorf
Publisher: Good News Publishers/Crossway Books
Publication date: 2009-05-08
ISBN:
Pages: 256
Rating:
Price: $9.99

Pro-life Christians, take heart: the pro-life message can compete in the marketplace of ideas-provided Christians properly understand and articulate that message. Too many Christians do not understand the essential truths of the pro-life position, making it difficult for them to articulate a biblical worldview on issues like abortion, cloning, and embryo research. The Case for Life provides intellectual grounding for the pro-life convictions that most evangelicals hold. Author Scott Klusendorf first simplifies the debate: the sanctity of life is not a morally complex issue. It-s not about choice, privacy, or scientific progress. To the contrary, the debate turns on one key question: What is the unborn? From there readers learn how to engage the great bio-tech debate of the twenty-first century, how to answer objections persuasively, and what the role of the pro-life pastor should be.

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Book Review: The Case for Life (2010-04-15)

The Case for Life by Scott Klusendorf is an absolutely outstanding defense of the pro-life position with regard to the abortion debate. Being familiar with Scott's work through Stand to Reason I was looking forward to this book with much anticipation. Scott is one of the most able, articulate, persuasive, and winsome pro-life speakers in the country and his book does not fail to deliver. Scott lays out his thesis in the introduction:

My own thesis is that a biblically informed pro-life view explains human equality, human rights, and moral obligations better than its secular rivals and that rank-and-file pro-life Christians can make an immediate impact provided they're equipped to engage the culture with a robust but graciously communicated case for life.1

The book is broken down into four parts and 19 chapters:

Part 1: Pro-Life Christians Clarify the Debate (chapters 1-4)
Part 2: Pro-Life Christians Establish a Foundation for the Debate (chapters 5-8)
Part 3: Pro-Life Christians Answer Objections Persuasively (chapters 9-15)
Part 4: Pro-Life Christians Teach and Equip (chapters 16-19)

Part 1: Pro-Life Christians Clarify the Debate

Many people think the abortion debate is a morally complicated one. It's not. This is not to say that abortion cannot be psychologically or emotionally complex for many people. It certainly can be. But it doesn't follow from this that abortion is a morally complex issue. It is wrong to take innocent human life simply because they are in the way and can't defend themselves, plain and simple.

In chapter one of his book, Scott begins his defense of the pro-life view by simplifying the abortion debate to the one question that truly matters: What is the unborn? Scott puts it this way:

If the unborn is a human being, killing him or her to benefit others is a serious moral wrong...Conversely, if the unborn are not human, killing them through elective abortion requires no more justification than having your tooth pulled.2

Scott makes his case in two steps: First, he simplifies the debate to one question: What is the unborn? Second, he argues for the pro-life view. First simplify, then argue. This is the pro-life two-step.

In addition, this chapter also includes important tactics such as "trot out the toddler" and philosophical arguments like the SLED test. Defenders of the pro-life position will want to master these. See pages 25-29.

In chapter two Scott makes his case for the humanness of the unborn. The verdict? Science is on our side. Embryologists agree that from the moment of conception the unborn is a distinct, living, and whole human being. Scott sums it up this way:

You didn't come from an embryo. You once were an embryo. At no point in your prenatal development did you undergo a substantial change or change of nature. You began as a human being and will remain so until death. Sure, you lacked maturity at that early stage of your life (as does an infant), but you were human nonetheless.3

In other words, "embryos are human individuals at a particular stage of their development."4 This is an important point to grasp. No one is arguing that embryos are fully mature and developed human beings. Neither are newborns or toddlers for that matter. Rather, embryos, like newborns and toddlers, are human beings at a particular stage of development.

In short, the unborn are distinct from their parents possessing their own unique chromosomal structure and directing their own internal development. They are living because dead things do not grow, metabolize, or react to stimuli. And they are human because they come from human parents and have a human genetic signature.

Scott goes on to address six common objections which defenders of the pro-life position will want to familiarize themselves with. He ends with a very important final consideration: construction verses development. In short, human beings develop. They are not constructed. All the unborn needs is time and nourishment, just like the newborn. See pages 40-47.

In chapter three Scott asks the question, "What makes humans valuable?" While science can tell us whether or not a thing is human, science cannot tell us how that human should be treated. Scott sums up the pro-life Christian rationale this way:

Pro-life Christians contend that human beings are valuable in virtue of the kind of thing they are, creatures endowed by their Creator with an unalienable right to life. That right to life comes to be when they come to be. The science of embryology establishes that we each come to be at conception or at the completion of a cloning process. From this it follows that we had the same basic right to life then as we do now.5

This rationale is grounded in the substance view of human persons. Substances are not purely physical things made up solely by the sum of their physical parts. Rather, substances, including human beings, are living organisms which have the ability to maintain their identity over time even though their physical make-up may change. In other words,

...the substance view tells us that you are identical to the embryo you once were. You were the same being then as you are now, though your functional abilities and physical characteristics have changed. From the moment you began to exist, there's been no substantial change in your essential nature. Moreover, you are intrinsically valuable in virtue of being you, not in virtue of some attribute you acquire at some point...6

Some pro-abortion choice advocates reject the substance view of human persons and instead attempt to ground human equality and human rights in one's ability to function or exert certain capacities. Sometimes referred to as functionalism, Scott points out several problems with this view, one of the most obvious being that this view also disqualifies newborns from being recognized as "human persons." See pages 51-54.

Scott goes on to address several other topics in this chapter including the argument that brain function is the beginning of a person, the opposition from animal rights activists, and the "your view is religious" objection. See pages 51-60. This chapter is jam packed with great information and insight and deserves a careful reading to absorb all of the details.

The chapter ends with a brief look at the history and current state of our legal environment with regard to abortion. Scott sums it up this way:

First, the purpose of government is not to create rights but to secure ones that we already have by nature. Second, one cannot speak seriously of things that are truly rightful or of human rights in general without assuming moral realism--that is, the belief that right and wrong are real things, not merely constructs of human opinion or culture. Put simply, if moral truths do not exist as a foundation for law, then law itself becomes merely a system of raw political power accountable to no one.7

Ironically, it is the pro-life position that is "liberal" in the truest sense of the term since it is pro-lifers who are committed to protecting the smallest, most vulnerable, and most defenseless members of the human community. Rather than discriminate on the basis of color and gender, our society today discriminates based on size, level of development, environment, and degree of dependency.

In chapter four Scott tackles the subject of embryonic stem cell research (ESCR). ESCR is controversial because human embryos are destroyed in the process. But like the issue of abortion, the issue of ESCR boils down to one fundamental question: What is the unborn? The pro-life position can be summarized as follows:

Pro-life advocates agree that we should save lives. We also support funding stem cell research. But we're opposed to one kind of stem cell research that requires destroying defenseless human embryos so that other humans may (allegedly) benefit. That's immoral.8

In fact, because human embryos are human beings at an early stage of development, the same arguments used against abortion may also be used against ESCR. In other words, because ESCR destroys human embryos, and human embryos are human beings, and destroying human beings so that others may (allegedly) benefit is immoral, ESCR is therefore immoral.

Scott goes on to outline the basics of stem cell research, common myths perpetuated in the media, its history in the U.S., and the problems associated with ESCR. In short, embryonic stem cells are hard to control, expensive to produce, and treat no known diseases. Adult stem cell research, on the other hand, treats seventy-five known diseases and doesn't kill the donor in the process. So why all the infatuation with ESCR? There may be something else going on here. See pages 80-84 to find out what.

Part 2: Pro-Life Christians Establish a Foundation for the Debate

Not only does science and philosophy support the pro-life position but the Christian worldview provides a rational foundation for the abortion debate.

In chapter five Scott addresses the nature of truth and the topic of moral relativism, a view of morality our culture is saturated with to the core. Addressing this topic becomes absolutely necessary given its prevalence and the fact that often the claims of pro-lifers are misunderstood. This is seen in such cliches as "Don't like abortion? Don't have one!" or "I'm personally opposed to abortion but I think it should remain legal." In short, pro-lifers are not making subjective preference claims when they say abortion is morally wrong but rather objective truth claims. Scott lays out some fundamental problems with moral relativism as well as a brief history outlining the move from moral realism to moral non-realism.

In chapter six Scott exposes the myth of moral neutrality. Both sides of the abortion debate have views they want to legislate and it is impossible for the state to remain neutral. However, it is often pro-lifers who are accused of trying to "legislate morality" while pro-abortion choice advocates get a free pass. In short, pro-lifers are dismissed as "religious" because of an unwillingness by pro-abortion choice advocates to address the issues. This is intellectually dishonest. How bout we stick with science?

In chapter seven Scott looks at the question "Does God Matter?" and presents a defense of Christian theism. Scott sums up his goal this way:

I simply hope to show that even if the pro-life view cannot be explained without ultimately grounding it in the Christian faith, it does not follow that the pro-life view is inherently irrational: Christian theists make rational arguments in defense of their position.9

I was not expecting this chapter in a book on pro-life apologetics, but it was a welcomed surprise! Scott does a great job of marshaling up an assortment of Christian evidences. This chapter is a great summary of the many arguments used by Christian apologists. Scott addresses common atheist positions such as the presumption of materialism, scientism, and the "religion is the root of all evil" mentality. He presents a coherent and rational foundation for Christianity by presenting arguments from design, evidence for the resurrection, and New Testament manuscript reliability. He also relates the failure of materialism to account for the existence of minds, ideas, and morals, all of which can be explained and exist quite nicely within the Christian worldview. An excellent chapter summarizing the rational foundation of Christian theism!

In chapter eight Scott ends this section by addressing the Bible's silence on the topic of abortion. Scott summarizes the chapter this way:

We don't need Scripture to expressly say that elective abortion is wrong before we can know that it's wrong. The Bible affirms that all humans have value because they bear God's image. The facts of science make clear that from the earliest stages of development, the unborn are unquestionably human. Hence, biblical commands against the unjust taking of human life apply to the unborn just as they do to other human beings.10

Scott is not arguing that a case for the humanness of the unborn cannot be made from the Bible. Rather, he is pointing out that even if the Bible is silent on the issue of abortion (which it is in the explicit sense), it doesn't follow that abortion is justifiable. To reason this way commits a logical fallacy, an argument from silence. And if silence equals permission then everything the Bible is silent on must be permissible, including racial discrimination against blacks, killing abortion doctors for fun, and lynching homosexuals.11 But this is absurd.

The problem with this line of thinking can be exposed with a very simple question: "Are you saying that whenever the Bible does not specifically condemn something, it condones it? If not, what's your point?"12

Scott goes on to give a better explanation for the Bible's silence on the issue of abortion (see pages 136-140) and addresses the argument that the unborn are not human since they have not taken their first breath. Once again we come back to the one question that matters: What is the unborn? In this case, "science gives us the facts we need to arrive at a theologically sound conclusion."13

Part 3: Pro-Life Christians Answer Objections Persuasively

Not only to pro-life advocates argue persuasively for the humanity of the unborn and our moral obligation to protect them but they also answer with reason and persuasion the most common objections put forth against the pro-life position.

In chapter nine Scott moves from debate to dialogue and demonstrates how to maneuver tactfully in conversations on abortion. Those of you familiar with Greg Koukl's book Tactics will find the information in this chapter immediately recognizable. Scott takes many of the tactics employed by Greg and applies them directly to the abortion conversation. A host of common pro-abortion choice objections are presented along with engaging questions to ask in response. Scott states, "Again, the goal is to engage your critics, not silence them. Stop worrying about winning a debate. Just keep asking good questions."14

In chapters ten through fifteen Scott addresses some of the most common arguments put forth by pro-abortion choice advocates. These include "Women will die from illegal abortions," "You shouldn't force your view on others," "Pro-lifers should broaden their focus," "Rape justifies abortion," "Men can't get pregnant," and "It's my body, I'll decide." The fundamental problem with most of these objections is that they beg the question. They assume the unborn is not a human person.

Chapter eleven once again hits on the topic of moral relativism. In chapter fifteen Scott deals with some of the more philosophically sophisticated pro-abortion choice arguments put forth by Judith Jarvis Thomson, Eileen McDonagh, and David Boonin. All of the chapters in this section are excellent in providing responses to common objections and cutting through the smoke screens put forth by pro-abortion choice rhetoric.

Part 4: Pro-Life Christians Teach and Equip

It is not enough for Christians to be informed on these issues. We need to equip others to engage. We live in an age where science trumps morality and individuals are simply uninformed when it comes to the issues surrounding abortion and ESCR. In other words, we have a lot of work to do.

In chapter sixteen Scott outlines four essential tasks that pastors concerned with biblical truth need to accomplish:

First, Christian pastors need to emphasize a biblical view of human value and ensure their congregation understands that abortion unjustly takes the life of an innocent human being. Second, they need to equip their congregation with pro-life apologetics so they can compete in the marketplace of ideas. Third, they need to emphasize the healing power of the gospel of Jesus Christ and preach repentance and forgiveness for post-abortion men and women. Finally, Christian pastors need to overcome their fear that abortion is a distraction, their fear of driving people away who might otherwise hear the gospel, and their fear of offending people with abortion-related content. Scott sums it up this way:

In conclusion, as a pro-life pastor in the twenty-first century, determine to preach truth and equip your church family to engage the culture with a robust but graciously communicated, biblical worldview. Always stress grace. Give hope to those wounded by abortion. Ask God to fill your heart for lost and hurting souls. Then speak and show the truth in love. They can take it.15

Amen.

In chapter seventeen Scott gives an excellent presentation of the gospel for those post-abortion men and women who are struggling with the decision they made. The gospel is summed up as follows:

The Gospel is the news that Jesus Christ, the Righteous One, died for our sins and rose again, eternally triumphant over all his enemies, so that there is no condemnation for those who believe, but only everlasting joy.16

The bad news is that we are desperate and depraved, rebellious and disobedient sinners against God. The good news is that Christ died for the ungodly so that through repentance and faith we may receive the righteousness of Christ. The solution to guilt is not denial, it's forgiveness. Scott states,

My message to that hurting post-abortion woman was simple: You don't need an excuse; you need an exchange--your sinfulness for Christ's righteousness...if you're in Christ, the penalty for your past, present, and future sin has already been paid. God accepts you because you are clothed in the perfect righteousness of God.17

In chapter eighteen Scott deals with a topic which is controversial among evangelicals themselves: co-belligerence. Can Christians work together with Catholics, Jews, Muslims, and even atheists, in their fight against abortion? In one word, "Yes." Evangelical Protestants do not have to compromise on theological doctrine in order to fight against social injustice: "Cultural reform efforts are not primarily about religious doctrine but social justice. To work, they must be broad and inclusive."18

Scott addresses several arguments in this chapter put forth by Evangelicals who oppose co-belligerence and presents several illustrations and examples which demonstrate the effectiveness of co-belligerence in creating a more just society. I think one example in particular is insightful for thinking about this issue:

...if a critic of evangelical co-belligerence had a two-year old daughter who stumbled into a swimming pool and needed immediate medical attention, he would gladly work with Catholic paramedics to save her life...If the critic of co-belligerence will work with Catholics to save his own child, what's wrong with working with them to save somebody else's (unborn) child?19

In chapter nineteen Scott ends his book by laying out a game plan for pro-life apologists. Can we win? Yes, if pro-life Christians equip themselves to engage. Science, morality, and reason are on our side. Pro-abortion choice advocates are increasingly unwilling and unprepared "to confront the growing philosophical sophistication of pro-life advocates."20 Scott outlines three important goals:

First, we need to recruit more full-time apologists. Here's why:

There are more people working full-time to kill babies than there are working full-time to save them. That's because killing babies is very profitable while saving them is very costly. So costly, that large numbers of Americans who say they oppose abortion are not lifting a finger to stop it. And those that do lift a finger to stop it do just enough to salve the conscience but not enough to stop the killing.21

Second, we need to systematically train youth. Part of this training involves showing kids what abortion really is. This leads us to the third point: we need to go visual. Again, we need to show people what abortion really is. Scott makes the point, "Any student who is old enough by law to get an abortion without parental consent is certainly old enough to view the consequences of that choice."22 Pro-life advocates need to use both facts and imagery with grace and precision. Scott says, "Pictures change the way people feel about abortion, while facts change the way they think. Both are vital in changing behavior."23 We need to open the casket on abortion because "until we do, Americans will continue tolerating an injustice they never have to look at."24

Assessment:

I believe abortion is the moral issue of our time. Christians need to become more informed, more active, and more gracious in defending the pro-life view. I have read several books on this topic and I could not recommend Scott's more highly. If you read one book on pro-life apologetics make sure it is this one. I leave you with Scott's closing words from his introduction:

Admittedly, a book about pro-life apologetics may not appeal to some lay Christians. It seems many believers would rather focus on end times rather than these times. That's a mistake. Humans who ignore questions about truth and human value may soon learn what it really means to be left behind.25

Footnotes:

1. Scott Klusendorf, The Case for Life: Equipping Christians to Engage the Culture (Wheaton: Crossway, 2009), 15.
2. Klusendorf, The Case for Life, 24.
3. Ibid., 36.
4. Ibid., 37.
5. Ibid., 50.
6. Ibid., 50-51.
7. Ibid., 66.
8.Ibid., 71.
9.Ibid., 112, his emphasis.
10. Ibid., 135.
11. Ibid., 136.
12. Ibid., 137.
13. Ibid., 141.
14. Ibid., 155.
15. Ibid., 215-216.
16. Ibid., 217.
17. Ibid., 221.
18. Ibid., 225.
19. Ibid., 230.
20. Ibid., 235.
21. Ibid., 236.
22. Ibid., 239.
23. Ibid., 241.
24. Ibid., 243.
25. Ibid., 15.

Detailed Yet Easy to Read and Apply (2010-02-10)

Scott Klusendorf is so compelling in his arguments, and just the way he words things is easy to understand and apply to real life. This is a detailed book that dives deeply into the abortion issue, but still keeps it easy to understand at the same time. His real world experience talking to others is very encouraging and insightful. He is one of my favorite debaters too, very quick on his feet, and yet gracious and truly caring. I recommend this to everyone. You will be totally ready to have a conversation about abortion with confidence after reading this book. I especially like how he treats both sides of the abortion debate fairly, really looking at both sides of the issue.

Must-Have Whether a Novice or Veteran (2010-02-01)

This book is a resource of inestimable worth to all engaged in discussions of abortion.

Mr. Klusendorf weeds through all of the efforts to render this issue complex by cutting it to the core: What is the unborn? If they're not human, then we should not oppose elective abortion. But, if they are human persons, then we ought to defend their right to life.

Klusendorf proceeds from here to lay out a rational defense of the unborn's humanity and personhood. In doing so, he crafts a bio-ethical discussion so soundly reasoned that it can tangle with the greatest of foes, yet he conveys these ideas in ways which are truly comprehensible to the layman.

What is so excellent about this resource is that reading through it will not merely provide the reader with cliches to throw at their "pro-choice" neighbors but will instead prepare them for veritable discussion. By the time the reader finishes the book, he will not have scattered ideas about the unborn which will remain lost in fragmented pieces. Rather, he will have a systematic apologetic.

My favorite part of this book is Section Three, in which Klusendorf carefully responds to many of the tougher objections to the pro-life position today. He expertly dismantles the "coat hanger" objection, the charge that one should not force one's morality on others, the problem of the "hard cases" (e.g., rape), the bodily autonomy objection, and more.

If you have always thought yourself to be pro-life but have never read solid evidence of why you should be thus, this book is the best place to begin.

Or, if you are a pro-life veteran, this is the book which will take your pro-life apologetics even further.

In short, when it comes to discussing abortion, stem cell research today, there is one resource which rises to the top: Klusendorf's Case for Life.

Surprisingly persuasive on abortion (2009-12-06)

This book basically makes two arguments: 1. abortion and embryonic stem cell research are morally abhorrent and should be abolished, and 2. there is a God. The author makes a persuasive case for #1, pointing out through analogies how weak the pro-choice position is. He makes a brilliant point: why do pro-choicers say they're "personally opposed" to abortion, but criticize any effort to reduce them--if there's no moral issue, why be opposed to abortion at all?(I should point out I opened the book undecided on the abortion question). I especially liked the satirical argument on page 99--he quotes an pro-life activist, Robert George, as saying "Personally I'm opposed to killing abortionists, but.." I found the author's justification for God's existence much less convincing, but still recommend this book.

If you only have one pro-life book... (2009-08-31)

If you only have one pro-life book this is it! I first heard of Scott Klusendorf when he was interviewed on my favorite podcast Issues Etc. and was blown away at his clear, to the point defense for life. This book teaches how to give a good defense for the pro-life position and in so doing gets to the core of what the issue is all about, that is, what is the unborn? Scott is quick to point out that if the unborn are indeed human then they have an intrinsic value worth preserving. His book is broken into four well written parts: Pro-Life Christians Clarify the Debate, Pro-Life Christians Establish a Foundation for the Debate, Pro-Life Christians Answer Objections Persuasively, and Pro-Life Christians Teach and Equip. To conclude it is worth noting that this book is well cited and carries a great deal of integrity. Scott has put together a wonderful resource that reflects many years of experience and expertise in the field of bio-ethical issues, primarily the issue of abortion.

The Pivot of Civilization

Authors: Margaret Sanger
Publisher: Public Domain Books
Publication date: 2006-02-22
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