According to Thomson, "Similar things might be said about the development of an acorn into an oak tree, and it does not follow that acorns are oak trees, or that we had better say they are. Arguments of this form are sometimes called ________________________; the phrase is perhaps self-explanatory, and it is dismaying that opponents of abortion rely on them so heavily and uncritically."

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Thomson refers to "slippery slope arguments" in this context, indicating that the progression from one state to another (e.g., from acorn to oak tree) does not necessarily mean the initial state is equivalent to the final state, a logical fallacy opponents of abortion might use to equate a fetus with a person.

According to Thomson, "Similar Things Might Be Said About the Development