Identify which of the following fallacies the following example illustrates. Choose the best answer from the list offered. If abortion were legalized, it would no doubt become more widespread, resulting in a weakening of our respect for life. And what would follow next-assisted suicide? Infanticide?

a. Jumping from Correlation to Cause
b. False Dilemma
c. Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
d. Only Game in Town
e. Overlooking a Common Cause
f. Causal Oversimplification
g. Slippery Slope
h.Gambler's Fallacy


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