Comment on "If Black lives matter, vote for Trump"

An opinion piece "If Black lives matter, vote for Trump" appeared on a college newspaper page. I wrote up a brief comment. 

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I am the co-author of the book "Thinking Critically About Abortion" which is mentioned in this article. The book is freely available at http://www.AbortionArguments.com 

I want to quickly observe that the author above does not show a very deep understanding of abortion and how and why people argue that it's generally not wrong. 

One important way is to think about *why* human beings are usually wrong to kill and see if that explanation applies to fetuses; many argue it does not and so abortion is not wrong. 

Another strategy is to think about why *racism* and other forms of discrimination are wrong and then see if those reasons apply to fetuses; many argue they don't and so abortion is not wrong.

Both these responses are reviewed in these blog posts:

"Fetuses are human beings; all human beings are equal in dignity & worth; so abortion is wrong."

"Racism, Slavery and Abortion"

I hope these posts and our book helps people better think through these issues, including the author of this opinion piece. 

All other blog posts are available here: here are some of them:

• Is abortion "healthcare"?

• "Fetuses are human beings; all human beings are equal in dignity & worth; so abortion is wrong." Good or bad argument?

• Pro-life virtues and vices? Pro-choice virtues and vices? On sex/gender and arguments

• "Force birther"-ism and Virtue Signaling

• Is the "bodily autonomy" argument for abortion *that* simple?

• Are you part of a cult about abortion, or anything else?

• Trent Horn on "The Problem of Personhood"

• 'Yes, "a person is a person, no matter how small," but . .'

• "If abortion is not wrong, then it's OK to kill sleeping people??!"

• "When does life begin?' and 'Are fetuses human?': Two bad questions to ask about abortion"