Pro-Life Thinking: Recent Episodes
Pro-Life Thinking
Clinton, Aaron, and Nathan from Life Training Institute take a gracious, winsome, and persuasive look at the abortion issue.
Clinton and Nathan interview Eric Sheidler about his late father, Joe, in this tribute to a pro-life legend.
Pro-Life pioneer, Joe Scheidler, passed away last week. Clinton and Nathan are joined by Eric Scheidler to discuss the legacy his father leaves behind and how Joe paved the way for pro-life activism today.
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Books mentioned on the podcast:
Abandoned: The Untold Story of the Abortion Wars by Monica Migliorino Miller
Closed: 99 Ways to End Abortion by Joe Scheidler
Racketeer for Life: Fighting the Culture of Death from the Sidewalk to the Supreme Court by Joe Scheidler
Clinton is joined by Stacy Trasancos to talk about medical research involving human fetuses. Most of us are aware that fetal cells are often used in the development of vaccines, but there are other ways fetuses are used which pro-life people need to be aware of.
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Clinton and Nathan discuss a recent paper published in Journal of Medical Ethics by Nick Colgrove, Daniel Rodger, and Bruce Blackshaw regarding whether or not pro-lifers are hypocrites and whether or not it matters in the grand scheme of arguments about abortion.
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The paper we're discussing is Prolife hypocrisy: why inconsistency arguments do not matter, : Colgrove N, Blackshaw BP, Rodger D. J Med Ethics. doi:10.1136/ medethics-2020-106633
Clinton and Nathan are joined by Rebekah Dyer of Justice for All to talk about good tips for discussing abortion with pro-choice people. There's also a bit of a technical issue. For some reason, extracting the audio has cut off the end of the past few broadcasts. I'm working on seeing why that happens to avoid it in the future. Subscribe to our Facebook channel for upcoming exclusive content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM2T5lvj5Do&ab_channel=Pro-LifeThinking
Check out Justice for All's website: www.jfaweb.org
Check out Rebekah's website: www.knowinggreaterlove.com
Books mentioned on this podcast:
Scott Klusendorf, The Case for Life
Trent Horn, Persuasive Pro-Life
Greg Koukl, Tactics
Clinton and Nathan interview Emily and Nathan Berning of Let Them Live, a virtual pregnancy resource center that reaches out to women considering abortion and offers them resources.
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The coronavirus vaccine is among us but reports are that at least some of the vaccines developed used cell lines derived from aborted fetuses decades ago. Clinton and Nathan discuss the ethics of taking these vaccines with bioethicist Dr. Helen Watt of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre in Oxford, England.
Visit the YouTube page for this podcast episode for the show notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEyLOYY7oYE&ab_channel=Pro-LifeThinking
Books mentioned in this podcast:
The Ethics of Pregnancy, Abortion, and Childbirth by Helen Watt
Clinton and Nathan discuss items in the news. Topics for discussion:
-- Famous pro-choice philosopher, Judith Jarvis Thomson, has passed away.
--Human meat being grown for human consumption.
--An elderly woman in Canada was euthanized to avoid the trauma of isolation by being locked away inside her room for two weeks due to coronavirus.
See our YouTube video for links to the news articles.
Books mentions on the podcast:
Disputes in Bioethics by Christopher Kaczor Visions of the Anointed by Thomas Sowell
Clinton and Nathan discuss some items in the news related to bioethics.
Topics for discussion:
-Pfizer has announced a coronavirus vaccine which is 90% effective. Pro-life people are concerned about the use of aborted fetal cells.
-Poland is a generally pro-life country but recently outlawed abortions for fetal disability, which pro-choice advocates are not happy about.
-The election is still up in the air but Joe Biden has announced bringing in Ezekiel Emanuel to his coronavirus task force, an ethicist who believes life over 75 is not worth living.
-UC Berkeley disavows its eugenic research.
Watch our video on YouTube to find the links to the news items featured on today's podcast.
Clinton and Nathan interview Hendrik van der Breggen on his recently published book, Untangling Pro-Choice Arguments.
You can find a link to a post on Hendrik's blog about his book here: https://apologiabyhendrikvanderbreggen.blogspot.com/2020/12/untangling-popular-pro-choice-arguments.html?fbclid=IwAR3D5DJZET_TDY92jqVm2m3o_mnjjki1vEEW3ITvWVWWS-McRLmzlftU9Ns
Clinton responds to the remaining eight Biblical arguments against the sanctity of human life that were left on a review of the podcast.
Christopher Kaczor returns to the Pro-Life Thinking podcast to join us in talking about his recently published book, Disputes in Bioethics. There were some sound anomalies in the recording, and we apologize about that. I have a theory what it might be so we'll try to get that corrected in the future. I eliminated as much of it as I could.
Clinton and Nathan talk about two articles being shared around social media. The first is an article by a former Focus on the Family speaker who considered having an abortion after her husband tragically died on a trip to the beach. Another is a woman who went into labor while taking her bar exam. Then they respond to some arguments from the Bible in defense of abortion they received on their iTunes rate and review page.
The portion of the book I quoted from was Medical Ethics: Principles, Persons, and Problems by John M. Frame, pp. 95-102. See those pages for a much more in-depth examination of the passage from Exodus 21.
Here's the link to "I was in the pro-life movement. But then, widowed with 6 kids, I prepared for an abortion." by Shannon Dingle
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2020/10/11/abortion-miscarriage-pro-life-choice-widow-column/5909096002/?fbclid=IwAR0jts3beyeNeqMuo2hN09jMJRku8rzMXPHPo07eK6_0GqISoBBvGqqmeZs
Here's the link to "Woman goes into labor and gives birth in the middle of taking the bar exam" by Lauren M. Johnson
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/10/us/mom-has-baby-while-taking-bar-exam-trnd/index.html?fbclid=IwAR1N0d1zsgG3PYcvfkp2VGZn9IJ2y6ijTWGmJTZY17iqwvcOmEvgvqpXOHs
Clinton is joined by Chris Christiansen, who recently debated Valerie Tarico. They're going to analyze a video on YouTube by Ryan Chapman called A Politically Neutral Take on When Human Life Begins. Clinton and Chris also discuss the Biblical account of David losing his son and what it says about the pro-life position for Christians. They finish off with a discussion about the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court.
Here is a link to Chapman's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM49DB7jgDE&ab_channel=RyanChapman
Lost episode! Clinton and Nathan recorded this episode in July, 2019, but post-production hadn't been done on the episode so it hasn't been released for public consumption. Now it's ready to go (at least as ready as it will ever be, considering audio through BlogTalkRadio isn't the greatest). The topic for discussion in this episode is gradualism, the idea that a human gains value as he develops (either because his capacity to feel pain develops, or for some other reason).
Clinton is joined by Braxton Hunter of Trinity Radio to discuss a debate between Eric Hernandez and "Maxwell Yates" on the existence of the soul.
The 19th century rail worker whose name I was trying to remember was Phineas Gage, who experienced pronounced personality changes after having his brain fully pierced by a large iron spike.
Here's the link to Pro-Life Thinking's YouTube channel, where you can watch our discussions live: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdQdRwZ92m74SMtz5__ORxA?view_as=subscriber
Here is Trinity Radio's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzBRc0afgrS-PCrm6nka1_A
Here is the link you watch the debate in its entirety: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAHsXskI3cU
Clinton and Nathan review a recent debate on abortion between Chris Christiansen and Valerie Tarico on the Right to Reason podcast, hosted by Robert Stanley. But first, they talk about some listener (and non-listener) comments.
Here's a link to the debate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRiT0grlWcg&t=1s&ab_channel=TheRighttoReason
Clinton interviews Nick Reynosa, Director of Public Policy and Public Relations for Society for Ethical Research, about fetal harvesting going on at UCSF.
Clinton and Nathan are joined by Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life to discuss Norma McCorvey's (the Roe of Roe v. Wade) alleged deathbed confession on the AKA Jane Roe documentary. Fr. Frank knew McCorvey well, so he is here to offer their insights into this confession and how McCorvey has been used by the pro-abortion lobby for their own purposes.
Here are some links to statements by various pro-life leaders who knew Norma McCorvey personally:
Mark Crutcher of Life Dynamics https://lifedynamics.com/norma-mccorvey-recants/?fbclid=IwAR2GcEEv9G2PpRbwPmUU1QinFro6Nqq6qIo2TotcQj0M--Jb4YTDmdl6mU0
Joe Scheidler of Pro-Life Action League https://prolifeaction.org/2017/norma/
Frank Povone of Priests for Life https://www.priestsforlife.org/norma/documentary.aspx
The Netherlands have made it legally permissible to euthanize dementia patients. How much longer until prior consent is no longer necessary?
The Catholic News Agency report:
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/amp/news/dutch-supreme-court-rules-doctors-can-euthanize-dementia-patients-31228?fbclid=IwAR0dS88isyghN69c5OdIGt_C5u-jjtkVemirE0OWCEt5FvcPJEtemT28T90
Clinton is joined by John Elefante, former Kansas frontman and current singer for Jay Sekulow Band, to discuss a pro-life song he released in 2013, called This Time.
An article about John's partnership with Online for Life, "Former 'Kansas' Lead Singer Releases Pro-Life Video of Adopted Daughter's Near Abortion" by Christian Post: https://www.christianpost.com/news/former-kansas-lead-singer-releases-pro-life-video-of-adopted-daughters-near-abortion.html
John Elefante's website: https://johnelefante.com/
You can buy the album at his website, or at Amazon or iTunes:
www.amazon.com
www.itunes.com
Human Coalition: https://www.humancoalition.org/
House of Ruth: https://hruth.org/
Clinton and Nathan are joined by Dr. Fazale Rana of Reasons to Believe to discuss the topic of transhumanism, which he and Dr. Ken Samples discussed in their recent book Humans 2.0.
Clinton interviews Greg Koukl of Stand to Reason about the upcoming second edition of his book, Tactics. There were some unfortunate technical issues on our end but we still managed to get through the interview all right.
Clinton is joined by Stephen Napier to discuss his recent book, as well as his arguments from moral risk and epistemic diffidence against abortion, euthanasia, and embryonic stem cell research.
Clinton and Nathan interview Steve Jacobs, who published a paper that showed 96% of biologists agree human life begins at fertilization, and that most pro-choice people believe they should take biologists' word on this question.
Resources mentioned:
"Balancing Abortion Rights and Fetal Rights: A Mixed Methods Mediation of the U.S. Abortion Debate" by Steve Jacobs, https://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/1883
"Biologists' Consensus on When Life Begins" by Steve Jacobs, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3211703
"I Asked Thousands of Biologists When Life Begins. The Answer Wasn't Popular", Quilette, by Steve Jacobs: https://quillette.com/2019/10/16/i-asked-thousands-of-biologists-when-life-begins-the-answer-wasnt-popular/
"BLOG: 'When Does Life Begin?' and 'Are Fetuses Human?': Two Bad Questions to Ask About Abortion" by Nathan Nobis, https://www.abortionarguments.com/p/blog.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR3qdxmd9p8Nlfr2N-ZLZTHkRHqnqwiRx1sOIc0wL_8Uc3GmrELVlXDUJXM
Clinton and Nathan are joined by Terrisa Bukovinac of Pro-Life San Francisco to talk about her efforts to make the Democrat party more pro-life and to talk about David Daleiden and the legal issues he's been facing from his undercover sting operation against Planned Parenthood.
The song at the end of the podcast is The Instability of Protoman, by Death Therapy. To purchase Death Therapy's music, you can use this link: https://solidstate.lnk.to/VOICES?fbclid=IwAR06Q9Y4JVLsskjtHWbFghY67e_Wh8CNzaqRtJQaSzCA3XSGldSpuwg1giA
Clinton and Nathan are joined by their Life Training Institute colleague, Jay Watts, to discuss a viral video released by Students for Life of America, as well as some of the arguments for infanticide.
Clinton will be talking with Michael Buratovich, a professor of biochemistry, about stem cell research and his book The Stem Cell Epistles.
Check out Michael's blog, Beyond the Dish: https://beyondthedish.wordpress.com/
Clinton and Nathan interview Dr. Maureen Condic, a neurobiologist who teaches at University of Utah, about human development, including some of the objections abortion-choice advocates occasionally raise against the science of embryology.
Some of the objections discussed in this episode:
-Human life doesn't begin until the brain is sufficiently developed.
-Some embryos have the capacity to twin or recombine, so we can't say an individual human life begins before that point.
-Human life doesn't begin at fertilization, it began thousands of years ago. So life is continuous.
Be sure to check out this book by Dr. Condic, mentioned in the podcast:
Human Embryos, Human Beings: A Scientific and Philosophical Approach (with Samuel B. Condic)
Scott Klusendorf, president of Life Training Institute, recently gave a talk at CSU San Marcos about what makes us human and what makes us valuable as human beings. We present this talk, in its entirety, including audience Q&A.
Books mentioned in Scott's lecture:
Peter Kreeft -- The Unaborted Socrates
Scott Klusendorf -- The Case for Life
Francis J. Beckwith and Greg Koukl -- Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air
Francis J. Beckwith -- Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice
Christopher Kaczor -- The Ethics of Abortion, 2nd ed.
Patrick Lee -- Abortion and Unborn Human Life
Hadley Arkes -- First Things
Hadley Arkes -- Natural Rights and the Right to Choose
Clinton and Nathan discuss Mary Anne Warren's essay "On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion" and the criteria she lists for personhood in that article.
Clinton and Nathan hosted a Facebook Live interview with Scott Klusendorf, president of Life Training Institute and author of Pro-Life 101: A Step-By-Step Guide to Making Your Case Persuasively, Stand for Life: Answering the Call, Making the Case, Saving Lives (with John Ensor), and The Case for Life: Equipping Christians to Engage the Culture.
Clinton talks a bit about clergy blessing abortion clinics.
The pastors who blessed the clinic in Washington, D.C. in 2017:
http://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/interfaith-blessing-planned-parenthood_us_5873a2a0e4b02b5f8589ee75
The pastors who blessed the clinic in Bethesda, Marylands in 2018:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/01/29/clergy-gather-to-bless-an-abortion-clinic-which-provides-rare-late-term-abortions-in-bethesda/?utm_term=.9c56fa0370d4
Clinton talks about a vote to protect late-term fetuses from 20 weeks on, fetuses that can likely feel pain.
The Washington Post article:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/abortion-ban-bill-fails-to-advance-in-the-senate/2018/01/29/98ad2c0e-0518-11e8-94e8-e8b8600ade23_story.html?utm_term=.8d7a3223dda4
The Democrat high-five:
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/01/30/red-state-democrat-high-fives-shutdown-chuck-after-voting-to-block-20-week-aborti-n2441561
Abortion Stats Overseas:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6235557.stm
The Secular Pro-Life article:
http://blog.secularprolife.org/2016/07/no-most-late-term-abortions-are-not_13.html
Clinton and Aaron discuss an abortion-choice thought experiment recently brought up by science fiction author, Patrick S. Tomlinson, on Twitter. If you're in a burning IVF lab which is going up in flames, who would you rescue, assuming you can only rescue one: a five-year-old child or a canister filled with a thousand human embryos?
Clinton and Nathan interview Nancy Pearcey, author of Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions About Life and Sexuality. This books covers a host of social issues concerning us today.
Clinton and Aaron talk about two of the lesser known analogies from Judith Jarvis Thomson's "A Defense of Abortion" essay, the example of the burglar and the people-seeds.
Clinton and Aaron begin a two-part series. They begin by discussing bodily rights arguments and the different things someone can mean when they say "my body, my choice." They also discuss some of the arguments against the idea that a woman's bodily rights justifies abortion.
For further reading:
"Autumn in the Sovereign Zone: Why 'It's My Body, I Can Do What I Want' Won't Do" by Timothy Brahm
https://blog.equalrightsinstitute.com/autumn-in-the-sovereign-zone-why-its-my-body-i-can-do-what-i-want-wont-do/
"Do No Harm (Except for That Killing Thing)" by Rich Poupard
http://lti-blog.blogspot.com/2007/01/do-no-harm-except-for-that-killing.html
"De Facto Guardian and Abortion: A Response to the Strongest Violinist" by Stephen Wagner
http://doc.jfaweb.org/Training/DeFactoGuardian-v03.pdf
Books mentioned on this podcast:
Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice by Francis J. Beckwith
Clinton is joined by Stephen Wagner, director of Justice for All, about his book Common Ground Without Compromise. They will talk about why finding common ground with abortion-choice advocates is so important.
Clinton and Nathan are joined by their guest, Christopher Kaczor, to talk about his book The Ethics of Abortion. Also be on the lookout for Chris' book Abortion Rights: For and Against, co-written with pro-choice lawyer Kate Greasley.
Nathan and Clinton talk about Clinton's recent debate with Matt Dillahunty in Dallas over whether or not we have a right to die.
Here's the link on YouTube where you can watch the debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRlxJxPtYRg&t=1s
It's been pointed out to me that I've been saying Denmark, but euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are not legal in Denmark. That's correct. What I've been meaning to say is the Netherlands, not Denmark. An unfortunate mistake, but just substitute in the Netherlands whenever I say Denmark.
Books mentioned in this podcast:
Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith by Frank Beckwith Life's Dominion: An Argument About Abortion, Euthanasia, and Individual Freedom by Ronald Dworkin
Clinton and Nathan are joined by Patrick Lee to discuss his book Abortion and Unborn Human Life.
Clinton interviews Rebekah Valerius and Cathryn Buse of Mama Bear Apologetics on how to talk about abortion with your children.
Clinton and Aaron finish off their series by critiquing Willie Parker's theological statements from his recent book ?Life's Work: A Moral Argument for Choice?.
Clinton and Aaron turn now to Parker's philosophical statements and respond to them.
Books mentioned in this episode:
Life's Work: A Moral Argument for Choice by Willie Parker The Case for Life by Scott Klusendorf The Ethics of Abortion by Christopher Kaczor Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air by Frank Beckwith and Greg Koukl Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion,and Naturalism by Alvin Plantinga
Clinton and Aaron begin a three-part series on Willie Parker by responding to the scientific claims in his book.
Books mentioned:
Life's Work: A Moral Argument for Choice by Willie Parker
Clinton examines an open letter by an organization called Having Kids, petitioning Prince William and Duchess Kate not to have a third child.
The open letter: http://havingkids.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/PrinceWilliamOpenLetter.pdf?
The Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/12/want-to-fight-climate-change-have-fewer-children?
Clinton takes a look at the misguided relief efforts of pro-abortion organization Lilith Fund.
Clinton and Nathan talk about how to engage with arguments intellectually and how to tell when someone is simply making an emotional appeal.
Clinton addresses the fallacious arguments made against the Sanctity of Human Life Act by Ken Burrows, writing for The Humanist.
Articles mentioned in this episode:
"Politicians Playing God," Ken Burrows, The Humanist: https://thehumanist.com/magazine/september-october-2017/up-front/sanctity-human-life-act
H.R. 586, the Sanctity of Human Life Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/586
Transcript:
http://lti-blog.blogspot.com/2017/09/a-humanists-response-to-sanctity-of.html
Clinton and Nathan discuss the pro-life syllogism, what goes into making an argument, and how to appropriately respond to an argument.
Books mentioned in this episode:
Critical Thinking: An Introduction to Analytical Reading and Reasoning by Larry Wright Cold-Case Christianity by J. Warner Wallace God's Crime Scene by J. Warner Wallace
Clinton talks to Dr. Michael New about his research into the effectiveness of pro-life legislation, and about abortion-choice arguments about how to reduce the number of abortions.
"Analyzing the Effect of State Legislation on the Incidence of Abortion Among Minors" by Michael J. New, Ph.D.:
http://www.heritage.org/marriage-and-family/report/analyzing-the-effect-state-legislation-the-incidence-abortion-among
Clinton briefly discusses an article on Metro regarding some comments that the host of a British talk show found distressing.
"Denise Van Outen chokes up speaking to guest who believes abortion should be treated as contraception", Metro: http://metro.co.uk/2017/08/15/denise-van-outen-chokes-up-speaking-to-guest-who-believes-abortion-should-be-treated-as-contraception-6853950/#ixzz4qVMS3VrB
Transcript:
http://lti-blog.blogspot.com/2017/08/ann-furedis-consistent-views-clinton.html
Clinton analyzes a recent article on Gizmodo regarding artificial wombs and how it might impact the abortion discussion.
"How New Technology Could Threaten a Woman's Right to Abortion", Gizmodo: https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/07/how-new-technology-could-threaten-a-womans-right-to-abortion/
Transcript:
http://lti-blog.blogspot.com/2017/08/gizmodos-war-on-technology-clinton.html
Clinton, Nathan, and Aaron talk about the Equal Rights Argument and what it is that gives us value as human beings.
Clinton talks about a modern example of legal human experimentation with parallels of events in the past.
Articles mentioned in this episode:
"In a first, scientists have edited the DNA of human embryos that could turn into people using CRISPR", Business Insider: http://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-edit-dna-human-embryos-crispr-first-2017-7
Transcript:
http://lti-blog.blogspot.com/2017/08/modern-human-experimentation-clinton.html
Clinton talks about a recent viral video where actor James Franco and philosopher Eliot Michaelson briefly interview a Princeton philosophy professor, Elizabeth Harman, and discusses her argument.
Transcript:
http://lti-blog.blogspot.com/2017/08/professors-arguing-badly-clinton-wilcox.html
Clinton talks about a recent breakthrough in Sydney, Australia, from a research team at Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute that may help prevent miscarriages and several types of birth defects.
Articles mentioned in this episode:
"How Vegemite Led to Australia's 'Greatest' Medical Breakthrough," New Zealand Herald: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11901810
Transcript:
http://lti-blog.blogspot.com/2017/08/a-miscarriage-breakthrough-clinton.html
Clinton and Nathan are joined by Dr. George Delgado to talk about reversing the abortion pill, RU-486.
Clinton interviews the president of Secular Pro-Life, Kelsey Hazzard, regarding some of the projects that they have going on.
Books mentioned in the show:
Abuse of Discretion by Clark Forsythe Cultivating Weeds by Kelsey Hazzard Dispelling the Myths of Abortion History by Joseph Dellapenna
Clinton and Aaron discuss the morality of abortions which threaten the life or health of the mother.
Clinton, Nathan, and Aaron are joined by Megan Almon and Jannique Stewart, also with Life Training Institute, to discuss the hard cases of rape and incest and how to talk about these issues with compassion and truth.
Jannique's CARE acronym stands for:
Common ground/Compassion
Acknowledge the suffering
Respond with logic
Establish the primary issue
Books mentioned in this podcast:
The Moral Question of Abortion by Stephen Schwartz Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice by Francis J. Beckwith
Clinton interviews Russell DiSilvestro, a philosopher at Sacramento State University, regarding his book Human Capacities and Moral Status. They will talk about the concept of capacities, what it means to be human and have a human nature, and how all of this relates to the abortion issue.
Books mentioned on the podcast:
Human Capacities and Moral Status by Russell DiSilvestro Human Identity and Bioethics by David DeGrazia The Human Animal: Personal Identity Without Psychology by Eric T. Olson Body and Soul: Human Nature and the Crisis in Ethics by J.P. Moreland and Scott B. Rae
Articles mentioned on the podcast:
"Why Abortion is Immoral" by Don Marquis
Clinton, Aaron, and Nathan discuss one of the hard cases regarding abortion: is abortion justified when the fetus is severely deformed or disabled, or won't survive long after birth?
Books mentioned in this episode:
Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice by Francis J. Beckwith Love Unleashes Life by Stephanie Gray The Unaborted Socrates by Peter Kreeft
Articles mentioned in this episode:
"The Infant With Anencephaly," New England Journal of Medicine, N Engl J Med 1990; 322:669-674
Clinton and Aaron talk about a philosophical argument for the pro-life position, an argument that shows that our identities remain the same through all of the changes we undergo.
You'll also notice the audio quality getting clearer. The audio quality going through Blog Talk Radio sounds a bit muffled so we've started recording our parts in Audacity to clear it up.
Clinton is joined by Stephanie Gray, an international pro-life speaker to talk about her recent book Love Unleashes Life, as well as her recent talk at Google, Abortion: From Controversy to Civility.
Books mentioned on this episode:
Love Unleashes Life by Stephanie Gray. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl Persuasive Pro-Life by Trent Horn
Articles alluded to on this episode:
"On the Very Idea of Criteria for Personhood" by Timothy Chappell -- this is the article I was alluding to, in which Chappell argues that personhood isn't something to just happen to a person, but like our human development, it matures and develops over time and we need good examples of persons in our lives in order to fully flourish as persons.
Clinton and Nathan join with Patti Smith in this episode to talk about how to heal after an abortion.
Books mentioned in this episode:
I didn't mention the book, specifically, but I mentioned David Reardon. He wrote a book called Aborted Women: Silent No More. To my knowledge, despite the name of his book, he is not affiliated with the Silent No More Awareness Campaign.
Clinton, Nathan, and Aaron discuss Stephen Schwartz' SLED test, a technique to test abortion-choice claims of personhood.
Books mentioned:
The Moral Question of Abortion by Stephen Schwartz
Last week, Clinton, Nathan, and Aaron discussed the scientific evidence for the pro-life position. This week, we talk about objections that are commonly raised from people who aren't particularly knowledgeable regarding the science of embryology. Some of the objections we respond to are "An acorn is not an oak tree," "the unborn entity is just a parasite," and the burning research lab thought experiment.
Books mentioned:
Life's Work: A Moral Argument for Choice by Willie Parker Embryo: A Defense of Human Life by Robert P. George and Christopher Tollefsen The Case for Life by Scott Klusendorf The Stem Cell Epistles by Michael Buratovich The Ethics of Abortion by Christopher Kaczor
Today I talk with Elijah Thompson of The Fetal Position podcast. We talk about his podcast, his pro-life stance grounded in his Libertarianism, then we'll have a friendly discussion over genetic enhancement.
Clinton, Aaron, and Nathan discuss the scientific facts of embryology and how we know that the unborn human being is one of us, biologically.
Sources used:
Keith Moore and T.V.N. Persaud, The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology, 7th ed.
Ronan O'Rahilly and Fabiola Müller, Human Embryology and Teratology, 3rd edition. New York: Wiley-Liss, 2001. p. 8.
Maureen Condic, Ph.D., A Scientific View of When Life Begins, On Point, Charlotte Lozier Institute, June 2014 https://lozierinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/On-Point-Scientific-View-of-When-Life-Begins-Condic-2014.pdf (accessed 6/12/17)
Trent Horn will be joining me today to talk about his book, Persuasive Pro-Life, and his recent debate with David Boonin.We'll talk about some of the types of people Trent mentions in his book, some of the arguments that he makes for the pro-life position, and some of the statements he made in his debate. We will also take callers who have questions for Trent.
Books mentioned in the interview:
By Trent:
Persuasive Pro-Life Answering Atheism
Hard Sayings
Why We're Catholic
Other:
Human Embryo Adoption by Rev. Thomas V. Berg, L.C. and Edward J. Furton The Ethics of Abortion by Christopher Kaczor The Case for Life by Scott Klusendorf Love Unleashes Life by Stephanie Gray Defending Life by Francis J. Beckwith Abortion and Unborn Human Life, 2nd ed. by Patrick Lee
In this episode, Clinton, Nathan, and Aaron talk about framing the issue. We discuss why the central issue is what the unborn entity is and give some examples that show why this is the issue that must be discussed.
I apologize for the scratching in the background. I was using a different set of headphones, and the cord kept rubbing against my beard. The issue should be resolved in our next episode.
Books mentioned in this podcast:
Precious Unborn Human Persons by Greg Koukl Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Questions by Randy Alcorn
Welcome to our very first episode! In this episode, your hosts Clinton, Aaron, and Nathan discuss why we should even talk about this very controversial topic. Nathan also talks about an ongoing legal battle with his university. The three talk about the Justice for All outreach and why we should reach out to college students on campus.
Here's the link to the Christian Post article: http://www.christianpost.com/news/70-of-women-who-get-abortions-identify-as-christians-survey-finds-150937/page2.html
Here's the link to the Guttmacher Institute fact sheet: https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/induced-abortion-united-states
Here's the link to the ADF press release: http://www.adflegal.org/detailspages/blog-details/allianceedge/2017/05/18/this-is-what-happens-when-universities-favor-certain-student-groups-over-others
Francis J. Beckwith, Politics for Christians