Antiabortion analogy is flawed but popular

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 antiabortion 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.

The new Internet movie is called 180,
a title meant to signal that viewers will do a U-turn from their
previous support for abortion rights. In many respects, it's a standard
piece of propaganda in the culture wars.