Pro-choice people who identify as Christian or Jewish sometimes use the supposed silence of the Bible on abortion as a reason to defend it as consistent with their faith. In this Quick Response video, Emily Albrecht explains why the Bible has plenty to say about abortion, even if it doesn’t specifically use the word.
ERI Update: TikTok and Top 5s of 2021
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Josh Brahm shares why the podcast was on hiatus for three months, our surprising success on TikTok, and the top 5 videos, podcasts, and articles of 2021.
Chapters:
- 00:00 Intro and why we haven’t published podcasts lately
- 05:35 Surprisingly fast success on TikTok!
- 08:22 Top 5 videos of 2021
- 13:30 Top 5 podcasts of 2021
- 17:35 Top 5 articles of 2021
- 21:22 Top 3 legacy articles read during 2021
- 24:56 Equipped for Life Academy plans
Quick Response #20: Pro-Life People Are Just Pro-Birth
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Pro-life people are sometimes, usually mean-spiritedly, called “pro-birth” or “forced birthers.” Emily Albrecht explains why this is a totally inaccurate representation of what pro-lifers believe about abortion and why they believe it, as well as showing that pro-life support systems for women disprove the label.
Watch all the videos in ERI’s Quick Response series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsN8Ay8poS-It-dWSmblq1ZufOH-MVj1L
Related Links:
The Equal Rights Argument:
https://youtu.be/louYc-9cvE0
Care Net:
https://www.care-net.org/
Heartbeat International:
https://www.heartbeatinternational.org/
Quick Response #19: Legislate Against Poverty, not Abortion
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In this Quick Response video, Emily Albrecht explains that the idea that we can reduce abortion significantly by legislating against poverty and allowing abortion is a red herring. Even if financial motivators are a commonly cited reason for choosing abortion, that doesn’t tell the whole story.
NOTE: We had a small editing mistake. Partway through the video, Emily is saying “it’s not obvious for what percentage abortion was motivated ONLY by financial reasons,” but the video cut is missing the word “not.”
Watch all the videos in ERI’s Quick Response series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsN8Ay8poS-It-dWSmblq1ZufOH-MVj1L
Related Links:
Guttmacher’s data on reasons women choose abortion: https://www.guttmacher.org/journals/psrh/2005/reasons-us-women-have-abortions-quantitative-and-qualitative-perspectives
The Equal Rights Argument: https://youtu.be/louYc-9cvE0
Quick Response #18: We Need Abortion Because of the Foster Care System
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Emily Albrecht responds to the pro-choice concern that abortion is necessary because of problems with the foster care system. The foster care system is certainly in need of improvement, but does that justify abortion?
Watch all the videos in ERI’s Quick Response series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsN8Ay8poS-It-dWSmblq1ZufOH-MVj1L
Related Links:
Statistics on the Foster Care System:
https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/foster.pdf