The Argument: "No One Has Proven That a Fetus Is

question 7

Multiple Choice

The argument: "No one has proven that a fetus is not a person, so it is in fact a person" is an example of the

• A) appeal to ignorance.
• B) strawman fallacy.
• C) slippery slope fallacy.
• D) fallacy of begging the question.

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