The Debt to the Wise and the Foolish

 Some variant of this argument still seems to me to be the best argument against abortion (I think I got the original version in a video from Matt Fradd from Pints with Aquinas, and I'm not sure if he invented himself or if he got it from elsewhere; but in either case I've adjusted it to some extent, but the over arching form remains):  1) Intentional Killing of innocent and helpless human beings is always wrong, regardless of circumstances and intent. 2) Direct abortion is an intentional killing of innocent and helpless human beings.  C) Direct abortion is always wrong, regardless of circumstances and intent.  Premise 1 seems to me to be a more or less self-evident moral principle; a man ought rather be willing to sacrifice his own life before he would kill someone who has done no crime (is innocent) and who cannot defend themselves (is helpless). This rule is quite permissive: a man going through a psychotic break can defend themselves, as surely can sane but malev...