What is the fallacy used in the following passage known as?
Passage: Liberals believe in abortion on demand,which means that killing a baby is permissible any time at all.At conception,in the second trimester,at infancy-any of these would be appropriate times to kill a baby,says the liberal.
A)appeal to the person
B)begging the question
C)straw man
D)equivocation

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The passage presents a distorted and exaggerated version of the liberal stance on abortion in order to argue against it. This is known as the straw man fallacy.

What Is the Fallacy Used in the Following Passage Known