CONTENTS

1. COVER
2. TITLE PAGE
3. COPYRIGHT
4. DEDICATION
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
6. INTRODUCTION
7. A CLUSTER OF CELLS
   1. CHAPTER 1 MYTH: Life begins when a baby is born.
   2. CHAPTER 2 MYTH: Even if it’s technically a human life, the fetus doesn’t feel anything or know what’s happening anyway.
   3. CHAPTER 3 MYTH: There is a difference between a human being and a person.
   4. CHAPTER 4 MYTH: Abortion is a simple and safe procedure.
8. MY BODY, MY CHOICE
   1. CHAPTER 5 MYTH: The constitution guarantees a right to privacy. Abortion is therefore a constitutional right.
   2. CHAPTER 6 MYTH: Abortion must be taxpayer funded.
   3. CHAPTER 7 MYTH: Women have the freedom to choose what they want to do with their body.
   4. CHAPTER 8 MYTH: Men do not belong in the abortion debate.
9. A POSITIVE GOOD
   1. CHAPTER 9 MYTH: Abortion is necessary in order for women to fully control their own bodies.
   2. CHAPTER 10 MYTH: Abortion empowers women.
   3. CHAPTER 11 MYTH: Planned Parenthood is not primarily an abortion organization; it is a women’s health organization.
   4. CHAPTER 12 MYTH: Keeping abortion legal affirms the separation of church and state.
10. LESSER OF TWO EVILS
    1. CHAPTER 13 MYTH: I’m personally opposed to abortion, but I don’t have the right to force my beliefs on someone else.
    2. CHAPTER 14 MYTH: Abortion is never an ideal choice, but forcing a woman to carry out a pregnancy will cause her too much emotional pain.
    3. CHAPTER 15 MYTH: Outlawing abortion doesn’t decrease the number of abortions.
    4. CHAPTER 16 MYTH: Abortion is necessary because of hard cases like rape, incest, life of the mother, and potential medical complications.
11. BETTER OFF DEAD
    1. CHAPTER 17 MYTH: The fate of babies born alive as the result of a botched abortion is a decision between a woman and her doctor.
    2. CHAPTER 18 MYTH: Research shows that the children who would have otherwise been aborted usually become criminals, wreaking havoc on all of us.
    3. CHAPTER 19 MYTH: Unwanted children will be a burden on the welfare state.
    4. CHAPTER 20 MYTH: Unwanted children are better off not being born into this world.
    5. CHAPTER 21 MYTH: Bad things happen to a lot of people, and the aborted fetus is simply the victim of bad luck.
12. CONCLUSION
13. DISCOVER MORE
14. NOTES