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Day 2 Station 2 Script

All Rise!

The Honorable Judge is now presiding. Court is now in session

MethodOpening Statements

Judge:
You may be seated. Let me begin by reminding everyone here that we are in a Court of Delivery:Law.

  • ThisBut lessonthis is not a United States Court of Law - our concern here is not the Constitution or the Law of the Land. Our Concern here is for the Law and Commandments found here, in this Book. Our goal today is to answer whether or not Feminism fulfills the will of God. We'll focus on one small facet of that argument - abortion. And since our concern is the will of God, we will let God be presentedthe judge. We will begin with Opening statements from each of the two parties here, and then we will give them an opportunity to present witnesses, evidence, and testimony.

    Your job, as athe casejury, is to take in the information and the arguments. These arguments are commonly heard in the outside world - you'll hear them at school, at work, on social media, in TV and Movies. It is common in a court of law.law Onefor servantthe jury to maintain silence. However, in this specific case we've organized a provision - you will dressbe allowed to ask questions provided you raise your hand and actare called upon by the judge.

    Counselor, I give you the floor to proceed with opening statements.

    Prosecutor:
    Thank you, your honor. And thank you to the members of the jury for joining us today in this very important case.
        
    Today my goal is to convince you that there's no problem with abortion! It's not murder! It's simply a woman's right to choose - it's her body! Why should any of us make that choice for her? There's something growing in her body - and make no mistake, it's not a baby! It's a fetus. What if she doesn't want it there? And why bring a baby into this cruel world in the first place? Would you force a woman who was raped to carry the baby as thea Judge,reminder of the prosecutorsexual willassault?
     make   
    Your honor, I could go days talking about the argumentsbenefits fromof abortion. The fact of the Feministmatter side,is andthat women cannot fully function in society without access to abortion.

    Defense:
    Thank you, your honor. Thank you members of the defensejury willfor makebeing present today.

    I'd like to start by asking a very simple question - what is abortion? The Prosecution throws the argumentword fromaround without any thought to it - but the Apologistword side

  • The judge should give an introduction concerning which Law we are following (the Scriptures)
  • The judge should give a conclusion related to "whoitself is thevery Finalsimple! Judge"

Introduction

  • The question that we want to answer here is whether or not modern feminism fulfills God'It's will
  • In the interest of time, we will focus on one facet of Feminism which is Abortion.
  • What is Abortion?
    • The killing of a newborn
      • baby
    • boy
  • Whator isgirl. There's no question about it.

    Your honor, what we see in the world sayingtoday aboutis Abortion?totally

    • Someand saycompletely it'sreprehensible okay- towe see Washington DC and several other states allowing Abortions even do it in the third trimester
      • trimester!
    • We've
  • Howgot didthe thisgovernor comeof about?Virginia
    • Resultand other politicians saying that when the baby comes out of the womb, the mother can decide if she wants it to live and die.

      Members of the jury - for many people, abortion is just an easy way out. It was born of the sexual revolution andto promotiongive ofwomen this false idea that having sex outsidewhenever ofyou marriagewant withoutis consequences

      • fine
    • and
  • We'llthere focusaren't onany fourconsequences. arguments that feminists give for Abortion:
    • It's not a babyBut it's not. What it is, is a fetus
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    • Whatsin about- ifone thethat child willcannot be bornundone.

      with

      I'd a medical condition? Mental or Physical disability? Down Syndrome or Autism or without legs. It's not the woman's fault OR the child's fault... it would be cruelventure to put them throughassert that

    • Whatanyone about- rape?ANYONE It's not the woman's fault if she was raped. It is cruel to her to put her through that
  • So we'll look at these four arguments, and how are they related to God's will?
  • Anyone- who takes athe life (throughof abortionanother, or any means) is puttingputs themselves in the place of God. And
    • I'll remind you that in the Law that sits before you on the stand, Your Honor, it is clear - "The Lord kills and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and brings up." (1 Samuel 2:6)

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Prosecutor:
Objection! Your honor, he's testifying
    
Judge: 
Sustained
    
Defense:
No matter, your honor - I've made my point, and that concludes my opening statement.

Argument 1:1 It's- notNot a baby,Baby; it'sA a fetusFetus

  • The

    Judge:
    Counselor, Scripture tells us that the Lord formed us and created us, even BEFORE we were in our mother's womb

    • "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." (Psalms 139:13-16)
    • “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” (Jeremiah 1:5)
    • "From birth I was cast on you; from my mother’s womb you have been my God." (Psalms 22:10)

  • We see many times in the Scripture that a baby was announced or prophesied before their birth... even before the mother was pregnant. Did God not, then, create them before the pregnancy?

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  • Many abortionists now claim that human life is the result of conception, but that a baby does not possess personhood
    • Undermines human equality - how can you say there's such a thing as a human who is not a person?
    • What traits make a human a person? Abortionists will reply with things like:
      • Consciousness
        • But should we kill someone who is in a temporary coma?
      • Immediate capacity for self-awareness
        • So should we kill anyone with dementia?
        • Should we kill someone who is asleep?
      • Ability to feel pain
        • Should we 
    • Why are these traits the ones that give us value?
    • None of us share these traits equally - does that mean that those with more have a greater right to life than those with less? If that's the case, there's no such thing as human equality.
    • "The rich and the poor have this in common, The Lord is the maker of them all." (Proverbs 22:2)
    • "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus." (Galatians 3:28)

    • "For there is no partiality with God." (Romans 2:11)

Argument 2: It is cruel to bring a child into a world where they will suffer

  • In 2017 an article came out that the country of Iceland had nearly eradicated Down Syndrome. How is that?
    • Turns out almost 100% of the time, when parents found out through genetic screening that their child was going to have Down Syndrome, they got an abortion

  • If we wouldn't kill an adult who has the condition, then we shouldn't kill a baby who has it. What's the difference? Their age.
    • The human right to life is grounded in our humanity not in our age

  • Just societies care for the most vulnerable
    • How much does the world speak out about bullying? Many campaigns are out there about those who are stronger picking on those who are weaker; those who are able picking on those who are disabled.
    • Somehow in abortion, we abandon that and say "they'll be better off dead"

  • Killing people is not the right way to stop suffering 
    • Life is hard - some people have a more difficult journey than others
    • Despite our challenges and conditions, each of us is forced to deal with challenges
    • A physical challenge does not guarantee a poor quality of life - we know people who have physical limitations and have a higher quality of life than those without
    • Life is a gift - even with its challenges

Argument 3: What about rape and incest?

  • Rape and Incense represent a tiny fraction of abortions
    • Pregnancies as a result of rape make up 0.06 percent of all pregnancies. Even if we allowed abortion in those cases, we would still save the majority of the 1.8 million babies who die annually in America through Abortion
    • Arguing for abortion on demand because of the rape cases is like arguing "We should get rid of traffic laws completely because 0.06% of the time, when someone is rushing their child to the hospital, they'll have to run the red light"

  • Abortion in the cases of rape punishes an innocent party
    • There are three parties:
      • The rapist
      • The woman
      • The child
    • Which of these three parties is guilty and deserves punishment? The woman and child did nothing wrong... and yet, we are punishing the child with a punishment that not even the guilty rapist will receive.
    • Would we justify killing a born child who was conceived in rape?
    • Would we justify punishing a child for any sin that his parents did?
    • Does that child not have value? Does God not bring about good things from evil circumstances?
  • Abortion will not change what happened.
    • It may seem like it will make it easier to deal with... but it doesn't. It only adds to the sorrow
    • Abortion doesn't make the woman less of a victim - it adds another victim

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