[youtube id=”Is58byOmn3k”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:14:15 How do you get someone to change their mind about something? When I’ve had long conversations about abortion, I have often gone through a process of figuring out any possible creative way to communicate my idea or argument in a way that the … Read More
Fellow Pro-Lifers: Please Stop Sharing This Straw Man Meme
Editor’s Note (4/17/24): There are two major problems with the meme this article uses as an example. First, it straw mans the pro-choice view; this is the logic problem explained in the article. Second, it’s derisive toward the pro-choice view it fails to understand; this is a tone problem. Some … Read More
PODCAST: Pro-Lifers Aren’t “Forcing” Women to Stay Pregnant
[youtube id=”4-k8Z6Vq-jA”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:06:29 Wording and phrasing significantly influence discussion. Pro-choice advocates constantly describe the intentions of pro-lifers with the language of “forcing” women. I explain why this is dishonest rhetoric, whether it’s intentional or not. Click here to share the original article. Click here to subscribe … Read More
PODCAST: Responding to the Astute Observation That I Am a Man
[youtube id=”7Crl3wampzM”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:07:15 Any time I go to a college campus to do a pro-life outreach, I can count on being reminded that I cannot get pregnant. Inevitably, then the pro-choice person will ask, “How can you have an opinion about abortion when you can’t get … Read More
How Your Brain Tricks You into Thinking the Other Side Is Stupid
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes. Sometimes your brain plays tricks on you. For instance, when you look at a stick in the water, it looks bent, even though it isn’t. Or, when you’re driving on a hot day, it looks like there is water on the road at the horizon, … Read More
The Anonymous Pro-Life Volunteer Who Changed My Life
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes. In 2004 an arrogant pro-life high school student attended a pro-life outreach at the University of Georgia. When he learned that the Center for Bioethical Reform was going to set up large signs with abortion images that day, the arrogant student saw it as an … Read More
PODCAST: Bring Structure to Your Dialogues by Making Little Agreements
[youtube id=”7Ne_TLJWb9E”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:04:38 Little conversational agreements create clarity about the kind of conversation you’re having. This is especially helpful with difficult people, because it clarifies for you and for them that they’re being difficult and calls them to a higher standard of dialogue. Related Links: Click … Read More
Pro-Lifers Aren’t “Forcing” Women to Stay Pregnant
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. Pro-choice advocates constantly describe the intentions of pro-lifers with the word “force.” “Pro-lifers want to force women to stay pregnant, force them to have babies, force them to go through pregnancy, force them to be a parent.” All of these statements are common, and all … Read More
How to Turn the Tables on Four Pro-Choice Arguments
Imagine you and a good friend decide to play a game of chess. As you sit down, your friend takes your queen off the board and puts it back in the box with no explanation. You say, “Uh, what are you doing?” Your friend replies, completely unironically, “Only I’m allowed … Read More
PODCAST: Six Ways I’ve Seen Pro-Choice People Try to Censor Pro-Lifers
[youtube id=”pFOhjEi-JCE”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:13:14 Censorship is at its strongest when it is hidden in the shadows, so I share six experiences where I have seen attempts to censor pro-life people. Related Links: Click here to read about how ERI uses graphic abortion images in our brochure and … Read More