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Jacob Nels with Voices for Life – Right to Life Kern County – Part 2

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Jacob talking to pregnant woman

Download MP3 – 28:49

Jacob Nels joins host Marylee Shrider on Voices for Life, a production of Right to Life of Kern County, to discuss his sidewalk counseling ministry and the resources that Equal Rights Institute provides to increase your effectiveness outside of abortion facilities. In this episode, Jacob provides insight into fostering dialogues with abortion-minded women, including conversation starters, body language, clothing, signage, and graphic images.

Chapters:

  • 0:30 — Recap of part 1
  • 2:33 — Understanding what abortion-minded women are going through
  • 6:53 — Conversation starters on the sidewalk
  • 9:45 — Focusing on helping and loving the woman
  • 10:49 — Body language and what to wear
  • 13:18 — Keeping a calm presence
  • 13:50 — All ages can be effective on the sidewalk
  • 14:55 — Continuing the conversation throughout their time at the clinic
  • 16:25 — Effective use of signs
  • 18:42 — Graphic images
  • 23:32 — Talking to pastors about sidewalk counseling
  • 25:40 — Sidewalk Counseling Masterclass information
  • 27:48 — Conclusion

 

Related Links:

Right to Life Kern County
http://rtlkc.org/

Equal Rights Institute Website:
https://EqualRightsInstitute.com

Equal Rights Institute Blog:
https://Blog.EqualRightsInstitute.com

Equipped for Life Course:
https://EquippedCourse.com

Sidewalk Counseling Masterclass:
http://SidewalkCounselingMasterclass.com

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Jacob Nels with Voices for Life – Right to Life Kern County

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Jacob talking to pregnant woman

Download MP3 – 27:26

Jacob Nels joins host Marylee Shrider on Voices for Life, a production of Right to Life of Kern County, to discuss his sidewalk counseling ministry and the resources that Equal Rights Institute provides to increase your effectiveness outside of abortion facilities. In this episode, Jacob provides tips and tools for engaging with alternative protestors as well as conversation starters for talking to abortion-minded women.

Chapters:

  • 2:38 — Introduction to Jacob Nels, Speaker/Sidewalk Counseling Trainer at Equal Rights Institute
  • 3:30 — Introduction to ERI and Jacob’s story beginning sidewalk counseling ministry
  • 6:40 — Dealing with alternative pro-life presences on the sidewalk
  • 11:30 — Sidewalk Counseling Masterclass information
  • 12:25 — Dealing with alternative pro-life presences on the sidewalk, cont. 
  • 24:13 — Understanding and reaching out to abortion-minded women in conversation starters
  • 26:03 — Conclusion

 

Related Links:

Right to Life Kern County
http://rtlkc.org/

Equal Rights Institute Website:
https://EqualRightsInstitute.com

Equal Rights Institute Blog:
https://Blog.EqualRightsInstitute.com

Equipped for Life Course:
https://EquippedCourse.com

Sidewalk Counseling Masterclass:
http://SidewalkCounselingMasterclass.com

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ERI Update – Affiliate Group Program, Speaking, & More (Sep 2021)

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Josh Brahm gives an update on what’s been going on at ERI from his hotel room at the national Care Net conference in San Antonio, Texas.

Related Links:

ORTL Launch video:
https://youtu.be/P0xBdW-Rtn0

How One Student Group Radically Changed Their Campus Culture (Interview with Emily Albrecht and Meredith Maloley about their work at St. Olaf College):
https://youtu.be/lAsOzyg7M2c

Apply to be one of our Affiliate Groups!
https://EqualRightsInstitute.com/Groups

Pastors, You Can Reduce Abortions in Your Church (Pastor pledge video):
https://youtu.be/szw8ASoUZGw

Josh’s relational apologetics speech:
https://youtu.be/ndO3nByqVrM

Equal Rights Institute Website:
https://EqualRightsInstitute.com

Equal Rights Institute Blog:
https://Blog.EqualRightsInstitute.com

Equipped for Life Course:
https://EquippedCourse.com

Sidewalk Counseling Masterclass:
http://SidewalkCounselingMasterclass.com

Chapters:

  • 00:00 Speaking for Oregon Right to Life’s Launch youth event
  • 01:07 We’re booked to speak to our largest audience yet!
  • 02:14 Our new Affiliate Group program
  • 10:27 Speaking at the Care Net Conference
  • 15:18 Bragging on our team / publishing schedule changes
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The Texas Heartbeat Law: An Overview

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US Supreme Court building Dobbs Roe

On September 1, a new heartbeat law (SR 8) went into effect in Texas. If you’ve read our information on heartbeat bills before, you may have assumed that Texas passed a similar law and it was immediately enjoined like all the others. No, the Texas law went into effect. Right now, in the state of Texas, abortion facilities are declining to schedule abortion appointments past six weeks LMP.

In Texas, the vast majority of abortions are now illegal, in spite of Roe and Casey. In fact, in response to an emergency appeal, the Supreme Court declined, in a 5-4 “shadow docket” decision, to prevent the law from going into effect. That decision makes no judgment on the constitutionality of the law; it’s certainly “unconstitutional” in that it violates the precedents of the Court’s prior abortion cases, whether or not Roe and Casey should themselves be considered unconstitutional.

So, how did this happen?

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes
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But You’re a Privileged White Woman!

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“No uterus, no opinion.” Yeah, we’ve all heard that one before. I spent years training my male pro-life club members how to respond to the charge that men shouldn’t have an opinion about abortion. It came up in every single outreach we did; I’d overhear my co-president Joshua or male club members like Oscar having to defend why they should even be allowed to open their mouths about this controversial topic in the first place.

But then something happened that I never saw coming: pro-choice people started telling ME that I shouldn’t be allowed to have an opinion about abortion. Um, I’m a woman! I have a uterus!! It took me a little time and a lot of clarification questions to figure out what was going on. 

White lady who is upset

Estimated reading time: 12 minutes