The crowd of students and activists maxed out available spaces, according to sources on-site. Forty-five minutes before the event, the 500-seat Warwick Ballroom on campus was filled. An overflow room simulcast to an additional 100 people. Another 200 people were turned away to watch the online stream, which thousands nationwide also viewed.

A diverse coalition of groups had convened the forum, including the College Republicans and College Democrats in a rare show of bipartisanship.

"This topic is highly inflammatory," said Dr. Jeff Myers, president of Summit Ministries. The Colorado Springs-based apologetics group co-sponsored the public event. "Yet, in this debate, both sides came together for a strong, robust, sometimes feisty conversation."

On the Front Lines of Abortion Debate

This was an abortion debate unlike any seen or heard before. On one side was Dr. Willie Parker, an OB/GYN who specializes in abortions.

Medical director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Washington, DC, Parker claims to have performed more than 10,000 abortions. He is also a professing Christian who has, in a recent book, compared himself to Jesus Christ and Dr. Martin Luther King.

"What I want for women [is] a life of dignity and self-determination," said Parker. "If ending a pregnancy will lead a woman to life, health and well-being, I will respect her personhood and her wishes."

On the other side was Dr. Mike Adams, a pro-life apologetics instructor and professor of criminology at UNC-Wilmington. He also serves on the faculty for Summit conferences and camps. Adams uses philosophy, embryology and other evidence to support his argument that abortion is a moral wrong...

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