Quick Response #5: Women Have the Right to Refuse the Use of Their Bodies—The Violinist Argument

Jen WestmorelandPro-Life Philosophy, Quick Response Series

Quick Response Series

Emily Albrecht responds to Judith Jarvis Thomson’s Violinist thought experiment as presented in Thomson’s paper “A Defense of Abortion.” Is abortion analogous to unplugging from a sick person or refusing to donate your kidney? Is abortion justified because of our “right to refuse” the use of our bodies to others? … Read More

Quick Response #4: My Body, My Choice—A Woman’s Body Is Her Sovereign Zone

Jen WestmorelandPro-Life Philosophy, Quick Response Series

Quick Response Series

Emily Albrecht responds to the pro-choice slogan “My Body, My Choice.” Is a woman’s body really her sovereign zone? Can she do anything she wants with anything inside her body? Watch all the videos in ERI’s Quick Response series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsN8Ay8poS-It-dWSmblq1ZufOH-MVj1L Related Links: 2019 NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll: Jen Westmoreland

Quick Response #3: The Fetus Is a Parasite

Jen WestmorelandPro-Life Philosophy, Quick Response Series

Quick Response Series

Emily Albrecht responds to the pro-choice claim that the fetus is a parasite. What does being a parasite mean, and do the unborn qualify? Watch all the videos in ERI’s Quick Response series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsN8Ay8poS-It-dWSmblq1ZufOH-MVj1L Related Links: Health Benefits from Pregnancy: Pro-Life Apologetics: The Equal Rights Argument: https://youtu.be/louYc-9cvE0 Quick Response … Read More

Quick Response #2: The Embryo Isn’t a Person

Jen WestmorelandPro-Life Philosophy, Quick Response Series

Quick Response Series

Emily Albrecht responds to the pro-choice claim that the embryo isn’t a philosophical person with rights like you and I. How should we think about equal rights and who deserves them? Watch all the videos in ERI’s Quick Response series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsN8Ay8poS-It-dWSmblq1ZufOH-MVj1L Jen Westmoreland

Quick Response #1: The Embryo Isn’t Human

Jen WestmorelandPro-Life Philosophy, Quick Response Series

Quick Response Series

Emily Albrecht responds to the pro-choice claim that the embryo isn’t a biological human. What does the science say? Watch all the videos in ERI’s Quick Response series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsN8Ay8poS-It-dWSmblq1ZufOH-MVj1L Related Links: Pro-Life Apologetics: The Equal Rights Argument: https://youtu.be/louYc-9cvE0 Jen Westmoreland

Muslim Intellectual Debunks Pro-Choice Islamic Scholars

Jen WestmorelandPodcast

Quran with prayer beads

Download MP3 | 1:32:27 In this episode Muslim intellectual Dr. Javad Hashmi refutes pro-choice arguments made by famous Islamic scholars. Javad T. Hashmi is a board-certified emergency physician, former Fellow of Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School, and a PhD candidate in the Study of Religion (Islamic Studies) at Harvard … Read More

A Muslim Intellectual’s Journey from Pro-Choice to Pro-Life

Jen WestmorelandPodcast

Quran with prayer beads

Download MP3 – 1:19:55 This is the first of a two-part series with Muslim intellectual Dr. Javad Hashmi. In this episode Josh interviews him about his journey from pro-choice to pro-life and how Muslims think about moral culpability and human value. They spend the rest of the episode having an … Read More

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

Jen WestmorelandPodcast

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 … Read More

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

Jen WestmorelandPodcast

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 … Read More