Estimated reading time: 10 minutes. Most pro-life people have at least one major goal in common: we want to see abortion become illegal. So why do we disagree so much about how we should get there? Primarily, it’s that we have different beliefs about what is effective. If we all … Read More
What to Do When the Utilitarian Bites the Bullet
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes. Helping someone change their mind about something often comes down to presenting them with a choice: change your mind or bite a bullet. In other words, demonstrate that their position requires them to accept a conclusion they really don’t want to accept. This is why … Read More
“Inconsistent” is Different Than “Wrong”
Estimated reading time: 8 minutes. Those of you who have spent any amount of time on social media lately know that political discourse has been particularly ugly in recent weeks. Ever since the controversy began over separating children from parents caught crossing the border illegally, there have been comments about … Read More
Thanos Would Be Pro-Choice
My wife and I love the Marvel movies. They’re always charming and fun, even if they aren’t profound. But the latest one, Avengers: Infinity War, was an exception. Don’t get me wrong, it was charming and fun. But it was also profound. It was possibly the most effective anti-utilitarian movie … Read More
John Oliver’s Lies about Abby Johnson and Crisis Pregnancy Centers
John Oliver is a tremendously talented comedian. Unfortunately he’s also an abortion extremist and he has no intellectual honesty. Recently on his HBO show Last Week Tonight, Oliver set his sights on Crisis Pregnancy Centers. He painted a very bleak, and very inaccurate, picture of CPCs. He suggested that they’re … Read More
PODCAST: Building Rapport with a Benevolent Dictator
[youtube id=”lXjdufrdZnc”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:04:31 Many conversations about abortion succeed or fail because of your rapport, or lack thereof, with the pro-choice person. Even a perfectly articulated pro-life argument will just glance off of a combative pro-choice mind, so people who are skilled at dialogue use wisdom to … Read More
PODCAST: Fellow Pro-Lifers: Please Stop Sharing This Straw Man Meme
[youtube id=”fSdr8Edzhe8″] Download Audio MP3 | 00:05:44 “My body, my choice” is possibly the most common slogan in defense of abortion right now, and an embarrassing number of pro-life people completely misunderstand it. This misunderstanding is so common, and it is so destructive. For me, and the rest of the … Read More
PODCAST: On Virtue-Signaling
[youtube id=”WxZTcKggEck”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:11:02 Right before we released the Equipped for Life Course, we realized that one of the videos seemed to include Virtue-Signaling. Since Virtue-Signaling is a negative thing, it was rather confusing that this particular instance seemed okay. Finally, after about a year and a … Read More
PODCAST: Four Practical Tips for Responding to the Burning Fertility Clinic
[youtube id=”9nZvS7gl_T8″] Download Audio MP3 | 00:10:17 A couple months ago, a series of tweets about abortion went viral. They used the pro-choice argument involving a burning fertility clinic thought experiment. As a pro-life advocate who occasionally gets questions about abortion issues, I received questions about this thought experiment from … Read More
PODCAST: Planned Parenthood’s Absurd Position on HIV Disclosure
[youtube id=”1zbFdAcNda4″] Download Audio MP3 | 00:10:27 This piece is an unofficial part 3 to the pieces about my conversation with Brent. Those articles ended up touching on the important issue of the role of the right to sex in the argument for abortion. When I came upon an article … Read More