Estimated reading time: 11 minutes. Abortion is not merely immoral, it is obviously immoral. This is why I’m so dedicated to helping pro-life people learn to dialogue well. I want all pro-life people to use the most persuasive arguments and learn to communicate graciously, relationally, and clearly. Those components in … Read More
Why Pro-Life Advocates Are Not Responsible for the Planned Parenthood Shooting
Many pro-choice people have responded to the recent shooting by blaming pro-life advocates. In this article I show why such claims are completely unjustified by analyzing culpability and what it means to incite violence. Estimated reading time: 14 minutes. Last Friday a 57-year old armed man named Robert Lewis Dear walked … Read More
Bring Structure to Your Dialogues by Making Little Agreements
In the spring of 2013 I was standing in front of the Justice For All Exhibit at Colorado State University, trying to start conversations about abortion. I was struggling that day because most of the time I tried to invite someone into a conversation, they reacted suspiciously. I decided to … Read More
Responding to the Astute Observation That I Am a Man
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes. Any time I go to a college campus to do a pro-life outreach, I can count on three things: 1) I will forget to wear sunblock, 2) I will not drink enough water, and 3) I am going to be reminded that I cannot get … Read More
Is Abortion Justified by an Inalienable Right to Sex?
I wrote an article two weeks ago describing the first part of my conversation with a student I’m calling “Brent.” If you haven’t read it yet, I’d encourage you to check that out first. It has the first half of this story as well as four practical dialogue tips I … Read More
Four Practical Dialogue Tips from My Conversation with Brent
Estimated reading time: 12 minutes. I noticed John Paul, one of our volunteers, looked nervous in his conversation with a student in front of our poll table. I walked up and started listening so he could get help if he needed it. John Paul quickly asked me for my take, … Read More
Abortion Images: A Case for Disagreement without Division
We at Equal Rights Institute hardly ever talk publicly about the topic of abortion images. This isn’t because we don’t have opinions; it’s because there is almost no other topic that is as effective at dividing well-intentioned pro-life advocates. But saying nothing at all can also create division of a different sort. … Read More
“Would That Dialogue Tip Work Equally Well for Pro-Life Women?”
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes. We published an article today called “Don’t Be Too Nice,” where we encouraged pro-life advocates to hold people to a higher standard of etiquette if they get nasty. A pro-life friend of mine whom I met in Canada last year asked a really great follow-up question on Twitter: … Read More
Don’t Be Too Nice
This post is adapted from a newsletter I wrote while on staff with Justice For All. Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. “Gracious confrontation” is not a contradiction in terms; it is an essential part of mastering the art of good dialogue. I learned this in April of 2014 at a … Read More
What We Learned in CMP’s Fifth and Worst Video Yet
This morning Center for Medical Progress (CMP) released their fifth undercover video. It is the most visually graphic and disturbing yet, and it is also the most damning to Planned Parenthood. Estimated reading time: 6 minutes. In this post, I’m going to summarize the most important parts of the video, … Read More