RNS Feature: "A popular analogy that doesn’t always work"

RNS Feature: "A popular analogy that doesn’t always work": "By David Gibson
(RNS) Is legalized abortion akin to the Nazi Holocaust?

The analogy is a standard talking point among abortion opponents, and a new half-hour video by a prominent Christian apologist has gone viral by making the comparison more explicit and graphic than any anti-abortion sound bite on the evening news.

But the success of the video and the popularity of the argument raise the broader question of whether comparing legalized abortion to the Holocaust—or to slavery, another widespread analogy—is logical and legitimate, even if it is effective"

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