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Recorded in late 2022, Monica Snyder from Secular Pro-Life joined Josh to film a few episodes on what the pro-life movement should be doing right now. It took us a while to get back to regular podcast editing due to a TON of travel, but everything they said is still relevant.

The discussion includes:
– The five state amendments the pro-life movement lost in the midterms, and why we lost them.
– Does the CA amendment actually mean that infanticide is being legalized?
– Where is the American public on abortion? What do we know?
– The difference between how Josh and Monica reacted to the Dobbs decision.

Learn more about Secular Pro-Life (and follow them on social media) here:
https://secularprolife.org

Editor’s note: There’s a little electrical hum noise in one of the microphones that we didn’t catch that day because we haven’t had that issue before and decided to record without headphones. Oops! Won’t make that mistake again. We’ve minimized it as much as possible, but there’s no way to totally take it out. Sorry about that.

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Josh explains how some upgrades to our podcast equipment will save us time editing the episodes later and how that will affect our listeners.

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Josh Brahm was invited to answer questions about abortion late last year at Fusion City Church in Kannapolis, NC. Pastor Brian Duncan had preached on abortion the week prior and asked Josh to help field the questions that came from the congregation afterward.

*Sorry for the bad audio during the intro. I forgot to grab the better audio before I formatted the SD card.

Chapters:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 03:19 Pastor introduces Josh
• 04:05 Josh summarizes the origin of his pro-life work
• 05:25 Pastor Brian on self-defense and the right to life
• 07:40 What if the mother’s life is at risk?
• 11:34 But isn’t every pregnancy potentially life-threatening?
• 17:19 What about cases of rape or incest?
• 20:24 How would you respond to the argument that the unborn aren’t biologically human until they become a fetus?
• 23:33 “If someone should have the choice to use drugs or have multiple sexual partners, should they also not have the choice to have an abortion?”
• 26:38 How would you respond to a pro-choice Christian who says this: “My personal issue with the entire Roe v. Wade overturn was not so much the abortion aspect but the loss of bodily autonomy for me and my sisters and daughters. If the movement wasn’t so rooted in the dirty word of abortion, I think many people would have an easier time thinking of Pro-Choice as having a choice over one’s body which everyone has and almost everyone exercises to some degree. People choose to eat a vegan diet or a carnivore diet, both with very different reactions in the body. People choose to drink energy drinks despite the consequences of heart damage. People choose to be vaccinated or not, both with varying outcomes. People choose to smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol. People choose to give their boy child a circumcision or not, way before the child is ‘self-aware’, both offering varying outcomes. Saying “my body, my choice” is not pro-murder. It is pro-autonomy, and I have no issues with that whatsoever.”
• 31:43 What are some areas where pro-life people sometimes don’t follow their logic to their natural conclusion?
• 34:01 Final thoughts

Related Links:

Refuting “Abortion as Self-Defense”

Fusion City Church:
https://fusioncitychurch.com/

The full-service video:
https://youtu.be/tQsZ15iw4PY

Pastor Brian’s previous sermon on what it means to be pro-life:
https://youtu.be/I8V0r-1atlE 

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We’ve received hundreds of messages and comments about Emily’s appearance on MSNBC last week! By popular demand, Josh and Emily are joined by Tim Hull to discuss the behind-the-scenes story of how Emily ended up discussing abortion with the president of NARAL on national television live from NBC studios in New York City!

In this episode, Emily will share the story of her trip to 30 Rockefeller Plaza, including insights into what she chose to say (and not say!) on air and how she was treated by MSNBC. Josh, Emily, and Tim will also watch the MSNBC segment together, reacting to the pro-choice arguments made and providing additional talking points pro-lifers can use to respond.

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Josh and Emily share interesting stories from their last two semesters of campus outreach, and some of the trends they’re noticing among pro-choice college students.

This is part two of the series, and includes the story of protesters apologizing to us, why we might change the way we promote Emily’s speeches, the creative ways the pro-choice students at St. Olaf are now countering our outreaches there, an innovative pro-life response to a Jainist, and an improved response to people who bite the squirrel bullet! Then they discuss trends and recommendations for future pro-life outreaches.