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Are you scared to talk about abortion? Don t worry almost everyone is. Either we think the subject is too impolite, or we don t want to be branded an intolerant fanatic, or we re afraid we won t represent the pro-life side well enough. Whatever the reason for this fear, it causes many of us pass up opportunities to speak out on behalf of the unborn. You can overcome this fear, says Trent Horn in his new book Persuasive Pro-Life. With a little knowledge and a few proven techniques, you can become a bold and effective apologist for life. Drawing on over a decade as a pro-life organizer, Horn helps you cut through the diversions and obfuscations of the pro-choice side in order to accurately frame the legal, historical, and medical issue surrounding abortion. Then he demonstrates with vivid personal examples from his years of campus activism the importance of being charitable in all abortion debates, no matter how strident the other side might be. We must be not just warriors for the pro-life cause, he says, but ambassadors for it. Then Horn leads you a guided tour of the many types of pro-abortion opponent or inquirer ( the pragmatist, the skeptic, the conflicted ) along with more real-life examples. In each case he teaches you specific approaches what to say, what not to say, and how to bear yourself that are custom-tailored to every situation. The struggle over abortion has never been hotter, and the stakes could not be higher. Read Persuasive Pro-Life today and never again be afraid to speak up for the precious and fundamental right to life.

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"This book is PHENOMENAL! As a high school moral theology teacher, I always dreaded teaching the Fifth Commandment, knowing the debate that would ensue between students, and even sometimes between a student and me over the issue of abortion. This book provides you with the necessary tools and knowledge to facilitate healthy, fruitful, and compassionate dialogue in favor of the pro-life stance. I would recommend this book for anyone who wishes to improve their apologetics skills."

Product details Paperback 335 pages Publisher Catholic Answers Press (October 1, 2014) Language English ISBN-10 1941663044

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Persuasive Pro Life How to Talk about Our Culture Toughest Issue Trent Horn Foreword by Fr Frank Pavone 9781941663042 Books Reviews :

Persuasive Pro Life How to Talk about Our Culture Toughest Issue Trent Horn Foreword by Fr Frank Pavone 9781941663042 Books Reviews

• Mr. Horn does a fantastic job in this book! I found this book to be very informative and to contain reasons for protecting the unborn extremely compelling. I used to believe that abortions should be legal before the child was born, and then I became Catholic and I accepted the Catholic teaching on the subject. However, even though I decided to accept it, I did not really understand it. Trent lays out the reasons on why a person is a person, who a person is, etc. I find his arguments and his debates online and on the radio stronger than any that I have heard. The arguments contained in this book I believe clear up a lot of moral confusion I have had on many other topics not just on the issue of abortion. Trent has made me think and reason in ways that I had never thought possible. Read this book and then pass this book along. It is great to strengthen your arguments if you are already pro-life or to open you up to new ways of thinking if you are pro-choice. Trent does this in a way that is very respectful to all opinions on the most important topic of our time.
• Trent Horn’s Persuasive Pro-Life is a very accessible guide in defending the sacredness of unborn children. His practical solutions include “Don’t engage in activities that will unnecessarily offend those who disagree. Consider the pro-life advocate who dresses up in a grim reaper costume, complete with skull mask and scythe, and holds an “I’ll see you in hell” sign at an abortion facility.” Now, in pro-life scholarship, it is rare that we’ve seen such weirdos, but unfortunately these are the kinds of folks that sometimes show up on my Facebook feed. The media loves to film them because it paints the pro-life movement as being anti-intellectual.
  
  Horn provides the case that the pro-life advocate needs to have intellectual reasons to defend his position. “The most loving thing we can do for someone is to tell him the truth and prevent him from being deceived.” Horn encourages pro-life defenders to use questions. This is consistent with the tradition of Jesus and Socrates. Horn wrote, “When we make statements in conversation, they can turn unintentionally into speeches that get ignored. A better approach is to ask questions, because this lets us steer our conversations toward the truth without having to “preach” the truth to anyone.” Horn very practically encourages asking “dumb” questions to allow the pro-choice person to clarify their position. Some of those questions include
  
  1. What is abortion?
  2. What is a child?
  3. What is a human?
  4. What is pregnancy?
  5. What’s wrong with being pro-abortion?
  6. Why is it wrong to kill a newborn baby?
  7. What does abortion do to the fetus?
  8. Is there a difference between a condom and an abortion?
  9. Why is abortion a sad or difficult choice?
  10. What is so upsetting about pictures of abortion?
  
  Citing Steven Wagner, Horn suggest “agreeing whenever possible” when dialoguing about abortion. Perhaps one could find agreement by asking questions like “Do you believe men should have the choice to abort their fetuses?” (Do you think men should be charged with the murder of a human being if they kill a pregnant woman’s fetus? Do you think the punishment should change if the fetus was unwanted? 3. “What do you think about aborting a fetus simply because she is female?” (Do you think a feminist can support abortion against female fetuses?) 4. “Would you prefer there were fewer abortions?” (Why? What is it about abortion that you find unpleasant?) 5. Should abortion be legal through all nine months of pregnancy for any reason? (If not, why not? Where do you think the cutoff should be, and why do you draw the line there?)
  
  These type of agreement follows the example of Pope Benedict XVI who said that dialogue is not meant to create good relationships but that “the broader purpose of dialogue is to discover the truth.”(page 66) I thought one of Horn’s best portions in the book was dealing with the “TOLERANT.” Horn wrote, “Vice President Joe Biden said that while as a Catholic he personally believed that life began at conception, he could not impose that article of faith on other Americans.” Would we tolerate racism or slavery? Of course not. This reminded me a debate that Abraham Lincoln had with Judge Stephen Douglas that Francis Beckwith cited in Defending Life
  
  “In his failed 1858 bid for U.S. Senate seat from Illinois, Abraham Lincoln engaged in a series of public debates with his Democratic opponent Stephen . Douglas. Amongst the many topics which they disputed was the question of whether U.S. territories should be allowed by the federal government to permit slavery if they so chose. Douglas maintained that although he personally opposed slavery, he was not willing to require that the federal government eliminate slavery, for to do so would be to violate the principle of popular sovereignty- that local majorities should be permitted to vote on the issue free of all federal constraints.
  
  But, as Lincoln pointed, out, when Judge Douglas says he ‘don’t care whether slavery is voted up or down,’…he cannot thus argue logically if sees anything morally wrong in it,… When Judge Douglas says that whoever wants slaves, they have the right to have them, he perfectly logical IF there is nothing wrong with the institution; but if you admit it is wrong, he cannot logically say that ANYBODY HAS A RIGHT TO WRONG.”
  
  Horn wrote, “For those critics who say it is disgusting for pro-life advocates to show graphic images of abortion, I would refer them Naomi Wolf’s article, in which she candidly admits The pro-choice movement often treats with contempt the pro-lifers’ practice of holding up to our faces their disturbing graphics. . . . But feminism at its best is based on what is simply true. While pro-lifers have not been beyond dishonesty, distortion and the doctoring of images (preferring, for example, to highlight the results of very late, very rare abortions), many of those photographs are in fact photographs of actual D & Cs; those footprints are in fact the footprints of a 10-week-old fetus; the pro-life slogan “Abortion stops a beating heart” is incontrovertibly true. While images of violent fetal death work magnificently for pro-lifers as political polemic, the pictures are not polemical in themselves they are biological facts. We know this.” (page 91)
  
  Horn encourages using graphics effectively. Although I’ve heard other pro-life apologists like Scott Klusendorf cite this Wolfe quote before, Horn’s book provides unique real life conversations. Because of Trent’s combination of practical apologetics and personal experience, I recommend every pro-life advocate to read Horn’s book. I give it 5 out of 5 stars.
• My 14 y/o got the book for an online Ethics class. She loved learning how to talk with others about the Pro-life belief. the books covers the humane vita apologetics, or how to evangelize and discuss with others to support life in the womb, and why abortion is a wrong choice. Again, my daughter loved the book, and the course she took with Homeschool Connections!
• This book is PHENOMENAL! As a high school moral theology teacher, I always dreaded teaching the Fifth Commandment, knowing the debate that would ensue between students, and even sometimes between a student and me over the issue of abortion. This book provides you with the necessary tools and knowledge to facilitate healthy, fruitful, and compassionate dialogue in favor of the pro-life stance. I would recommend this book for anyone who wishes to improve their apologetics skills.
• Whether the reader is pro-life or pro-choice, the author offers explanations in a very good manner. Yes, the author is a pro-life Catholic, but I feel his book transcends his position to objectively explain the paradigms that support their position. Understanding why people have their positions helps to understand why each side is so different. I would recommend this book to anyone to understand the debate over Life issues.
• Trent Horn provides a cohesive learning tool for anyone who wants to understand the pro life position.He offers a myriad of primary resources for more information. He does an excellent job of countering the positions pro choice people tend to hold. He does so in a kind way, and that is the only way he operates. I listen to him on Catholic Answers Live and he is the real deal. I have learned so much from this book and will use this as a my go to book because it is so accessible.
  5 stars.
• An excellent primer on both pro-life issues as well as effective conversational apologetics. This was a pleasure to read. Some of the more specific lines of thought and objection were difficult to follow, though they did clearly spell out the details. The format was engaging, starting each chapter with an anecdote, covering the main parts of the objection, and ending with a summary dialogue. Thank you Trent for writing and sharing this book.
• An excellent book which provides solid arguments for why abortion is wrong. You don't need religion to prove that abortion is wrong and this books proves it. The topic of abortion provokes strong emotions like no other. No wonder; it deals with ending a human life. This book is a good way to discuss this important issue with people based on where they're at in a way that is rational and non-judgmental. I highly recommend it.