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A trait that has always been essential to the core of ERI is being open-minded. But, what does that actually mean? Is there ever a time that we shouldn’t be open-minded? In this episode, Emily Geiger and Dr. Rebecca Carlson do a deep dive into the concept of open-mindedness, talk … Read More

A frame has four corners. But after 50 years of ‘pro-life’ work, we’ve abandoned three corners of the frame—or, at best, let them deteriorate. Many are left clutching an important top corner, but the picture has become distorted, damaged, and is dangling in the wind. That remaining corner is important. … Read More

In this installment of the Equipped for Life Podcast, Emily Geiger and Dr. Rebecca Carlson dive deeper into what it means to express compassion in conversation, particularly when discussing difficult topics like abortion, rape, and poverty. Note: Although this episode does not describe rape or sexual abuse in detail, it … Read More

What do you do when pro-choice talking points feel so stupid or so evil that you don’t even know what to say? I talked in my last blog post about what to do when something is so far beyond the pale that even most pro-choice people would agree with you … Read More

Imagine that you wake up tomorrow in a hospital bed. You have no idea how you got there. Scary, right? You look around and see that there is a tube coming out of your side and going into the side of a mysterious person lying in the bed next to … Read More

In this podcast, join me and Rebecca Carlson as we share some of the most creative forms of outreach that we’ve heard from the ERI Affiliate Groups program and also share some insights on how to manage proper self-care when participating in outreach.   Chapters: Related Links: Website Equal Rights … Read More

At a speaking gig last week, someone asked me a really good question: “What do you do when a pro-choice person says something, and it’s so dumb you don’t even know how to respond?” Sometimes an argument can be hard to rebut because it’s so smart. But sometimes an argument … Read More

“The youth.” How do we reach them? What are they thinking? Who is influencing them? How do we get them off their phones and actually doing something?  Maybe it’s because I’m barely 5’1” and look a lot younger than I am, but the number of times I’ve been asked some … Read More

It was 2020 (that dumpster fire of a year!) and I was extolling the importance of empathy in a conversation with a friend. I was shocked when he pushed back, calling the term “woke” and “politically correct.” It was the first time I learned that some people view empathy as … Read More

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if there were a pro-choice version of ERI that taught pro-choice advocates how to effectively talk to pro-lifers? In Part 2 of “How to Talk to Pro-Lifers,” Josh Brahm and Emily Geiger live react to three more TikToks where pro-choice advocates … Read More

The tiny town of Russell is so small that it only has one barber, a man named Jim-Bob. Since Jim-Bob is the only barber around, he shaves all the men in town who don’t shave themselves. And of course it would be silly to shave a man who already shaves … Read More

Last week, I had the privilege of watching Rebecca successfully defend her dissertation in front of an audience of peers, supporters, and of course, the committee of expert faculty who came prepared to test her with big, complicated questions. Her committee grilled her for an hour and a half, recessed … Read More

I have some important news to share, and I want you to hear it directly from me. After 12 years as ERI’s co-founder and President, I am stepping down. My last day will be June 12th. I spent months considering this from every angle and getting advice from my most … Read More

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if there were a pro-choice version of ERI that taught pro-choice advocates how to effectively talk to pro-lifers? In this episode, Josh Brahm and Emily Geiger live react to a popular new TikTok trend that does just that, as pro-choice advocates … Read More

“No. The definition literally says a parasite must be a different species than its host.” When a pro-choice person in my social media comments claims that a fetus is a parasite, I watch countless pro-lifers pounce on them with the “just Google it” mic-drop.  There’s two big problems with this … Read More

MP3 Download | 1:03:21 Josh Brahm and Emily Geiger welcome Ali Rak back to the Equipped for Life Podcast to discuss pro-life political activism, now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned. Much has changed since 2020 when Ali was last on the podcast, and the main focus of this … Read More

Ever since Roe was overturned, we’ve seen a number of news stories where women have tragically died due to pregnancy complications or complications from an abortion. Abortion advocacy groups and sympathetic media outlets are quick to blame these deaths on state abortion restrictions, whether or not those restrictions actually had … Read More

MP3 Download | 59:41 Josh Brahm and Monica Snyder wrap up their series of recent discussions by addressing denial-of-care stories. In this episode, Monica and Josh define what a denial-of-care story is, explain why abortion bans are often blamed for causing pregnancy-related deaths, identify the actual problems behind the most … Read More

It’s our responsibility to hold politicians to a higher standard. Tomorrow, Vice President JD Vance will be headlining the March for Life rally, and I’m really concerned about what that says about our movement. You see, the March for Life isn’t like voting. I can understand a pro-life person looking … Read More

MP3 Download | 1:06:08 Josh Brahm and Monica Snyder return to discuss the question: “Do You Need Religion to be Pro-Life?” The conversation touches on practical and philosophical points, including discussion about objective and subjective morality and its relationship with deism, as well as Monica’s experiences responding to both pro-life … Read More

I’ve never been very good at a traditional ERI-style outreach or active sidewalk counseling. I’ve always struggled to strike up a conversation with a random stranger. No matter how many times I rehearse an opening line, when the moment comes, my voice chokes off before I can get a word … Read More

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes A couple weeks ago, we asked our awesome subscribers to email us and tell us how they’re feeling about the current state of the pro-life movement, and we were blown away by your responses. 77 of you replied, and it was so encouraging for our … Read More

MP3 Download | 1:19:04 After much anticipation, Josh Brahm FINALLY gets to interview Monica Snyder from Secular Pro-Life about her background and expertise in Forensics. Monica explains how her work in forensics and DNA analysis affects her view on the abortion issue, particularly when it comes to questions about the … Read More

MP3 Download | 1:16:24 Content warning: This whole episode is about sex. It’s probably not the episode to listen to around your kids. Secular Pro-Life’s Monica Snyder returns to the Equipped for Life Podcast for another series of episodes, beginning with the topic, “It’s About Babies, Not Your Sex Life.” … Read More

MP3 Download | 1:30:52 We brought the entire staff on for our 100th episode! The team planned the outline without Josh, and the result was a fun, retrospective celebration of the podcast.

Fetus. Baby. Clump of cells. Preborn. Unborn. In the abortion debate, there are a number of different ways people refer to the entity in the womb, and they all come with different baggage.  It probably won’t surprise you that there are disagreements between pro-choice and pro-life advocates as far as … Read More

Have you read Dr. Seuss’s Horton Hears a Who? If you’re pro-life, you might have quoted its most famous line: “A person’s a person, no matter how small.” But the story as a whole is…kind of intense. Horton the elephant is in the middle of a relaxing swim, when he … Read More

MP3 Download | 1:22:27 It’s October, and 40 Days for Life campaigns are in full swing! Josh, Emily, and Rebecca share and react to short video tips sent in from pro-life activists from around the country on how to effectively participate in your local 40 Days for Life campaign. (SPOILER … Read More

MP3 Download | 1:06:31 LIGHTNING!!! (in slow motion). In this podcast, Josh Brahm and Monica Snyder from Secular Pro-Life sort through listener mail from SPL’s mailbag and give quick responses to several questions and requests. Part 2 of 2 addresses eight main topics, to include the biological case for the … Read More

MP3 Download | 1:11:57 LIGHTNING!!! (in slow motion). In this podcast, Josh Brahm and Monica Snyder from Secular Pro-Life sort through listener mail from SPL’s mailbag and give quick responses to several questions and requests. Part 1 of 2 covers seven main topics, namely, whether the “pro-life movement” should actually … Read More

Charlie Kirk was shot and killed yesterday. His wife, Erika, lost her husband yesterday. His two children, both under the age of five, lost their daddy yesterday. Lord, have mercy. I was on Twitter yesterday between when he was shot and when he was pronounced dead, looking at how people … Read More

MP3 Download | 59:13 We recorded another episode with Secular Pro-Life’s Monica Snyder, our favorite practically co-host, to discuss Secular Pro-Life’s recent survey on the differences between how both sides of the issue define abortion. A critical part of clear communication is making sure you and your dialogue partner are … Read More

MP3 Download | 1:13:13 Yes, abortion pills are harmful to women and unborn children. We’re pro-life. But when you take an honest look at the evidence, there is no evidence that abortion pills are poisoning our wastewater. Content warning: If you have experienced pregnancy loss, this may not be the … Read More

31:08 Josh Brahm gives an update on what’s going on behind the scenes at ERI. He’s got good news, pretty good news, bad news, and then some good news. Have a connection to a school or diocese? Email Josh

Imagine you wake up one day and find yourself in a hospital bed. You have no idea how you got there, and there are cords running out of your body and into the body of a person who’s lying back to back with you on the bed. You understandably start … Read More

This article is a shortened version of a story published by The Pro-Life Review, an Equal Rights Institute Affiliate Group dedicated to “persuasively arguing against abortion using the written word.” We highly encourage you to check out the full piece here and subscribe to their blog for more inspirational stories, … Read More

MP3 Download | 0:57:13 Trent Horn forwarded us a great question, so Josh brought ERI Club Coach/Video Editor Joshua Head onto the show, as Joshua is also a professional musician. Joshua went above and beyond, creating a list of tips for musicians in college as well as post-college. This is … Read More

MP3 Download | 1:18:40 ERI’s Affiliate Groups have been busy working with their coaches on practical dialogue tips for talking about IVF, now that it’s in the news more often. First, Emily and Rebecca present to Josh for the first time what our groups have been working on. Afterward, they … Read More

Abby Johnson said in a recent interview that organizations like ERI (and like most other pro-life organizations) that do want to prosecute doctors who perform abortions but do not want to prosecute women who have abortions must not really want to end abortion. Her exact words were, “I just find … Read More

MP3 Download | 1:29:48 The Equipped for Life Podcast is back! After a long hiatus due to the production of Equipped for Life Academy, we’ve begun recording new episodes. We also have some old episodes in the archives we’ll be publishing as well. We loved this episode as our first … Read More

Pro-choice people: “You pro-lifers don’t actually want to help women and babies, you just want to take away abortion rights.” Pregnancy centers: *exist* Pro-choice people: “You’re manipulating women!” On the one hand, that’s a little bit of a caricature—I’ve never seen a conversation quite that blatant. But on the other … Read More

On February 18, 2025, President Trump signed the executive order “Expanding Access to In Vitro Fertilization,” setting off a firestorm of comments, criticisms, and confusion among pro-life and pro-choice people alike. “We want to make it easier for mothers and fathers to have babies, not harder, you know that…that includes … Read More

Tell me if this story sounds familiar— you’re going about your day, maybe tapping through your friends’ Instagram stories or scrolling through funny cat videos on TikTok, when you see a headline in bold print: “PRO-LIFE LAW CAUSES HORRIFIC CHAIN OF EVENTS” You’re strongly pro-life. You’ve taken the Equipped for … Read More

Want to hear one of the more unbelievable things I’ve ever heard at an outreach? No, it has nothing to do with a super-extremist pro-choice position or some high-octane philosophical argument. It wasn’t even an “open mouth, insert foot” moment by another pro-life activist. Instead, it was a display of … Read More

Election night. After weeks of hearing from almost every major pollster that this election would be unprecedently close and maybe wouldn’t be called for days, it just…wasn’t. It wasn’t close at all. Harris supporters are reeling, and it’s probably no surprise to you that college campuses are a rough place … Read More

Last week, I wrote an article about the election (always a fraught thing to do). I argued that who pro-lifers should vote for is an important question and that not all answers are equally correct, but I also argued that how we think of and treat fellow pro-lifers who vote … Read More

If you don’t vote for THIS CANDIDATE, you’re not really pro-life. Just kidding. I have good friends whom I know to be thoughtful, intelligent, caring, and passionately pro-life people who have all of the following plans in November. In random order (I literally used a list randomizer): Planning to vote … Read More

In this update video, ERI President Josh Brahm announces the recent launch of Equipped for Life Academy, shares details on what comes with it, and pulls the curtain back a little at the technical nightmare that completing the course was. Finally Josh shares about the future of ERI, our 10th … Read More

I don’t know about you, but there was a time in my life when I was absolutely terrified to tell anyone that I was pro-life. Let me back up. I grew up Catholic, went to K-12 Catholic school, the whole nine-yards. I knew that I was supposed to be pro-life, … Read More

Last week, I wrote an article responding to ProPublica’s deceptive, manipulative, and in places straight-up lying piece about Amber Thurman. Amber died of sepsis, a complication of her medication abortion, after doctors waited more than 20 hours to perform the D&C she needed to remove the parts of her dead … Read More

This week, ProPublica published an article blaming Georgia’s 2022 abortion law for the death of Amber Thurman. Amber was a 28-year-old medical assistant and the single mother of a 6-year-old boy. In the summer of 2022, she found out she was pregnant with twins and decided she needed to have … Read More

If you’re an American, it’s almost guaranteed that you know someone who cares a lot about football. (Maybe that someone is you!) Imagine watching that person watch their favorite team play their biggest rival. The quarterback makes a pass, both a receiver and a defender jump up toward the ball, … Read More

The following article is a reflection about abortion in the context of resurrection, as told by the Easter story. While the vast majority of ERI’s training content is secular in nature, we believe it’s valuable for each individual to speak to those who share a more specific worldview because they … Read More

I’m pregnant. Thank you for all the well wishes; my husband and I are indeed thrilled to be awaiting the birth of Baby Geiger in August. (In case you missed the byline, this is your favorite ERI gal Emily Geiger, formerly Emily Albrecht. I got married last November!) Anyways, I’m … Read More

As an officer of Titans for Life at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (one of our wonderful Affiliate Groups across the country), Sally Windler knows ERI apologetics forward, backward, and inside out. Recently, on the way out of a pro-choice panel discussion on her college campus, Sally stumbled upon an … Read More

I just sat down for coffee with my pro-choice US congresswoman and had the best abortion dialogue of my life. Read that again. Having productive dialogues with your representatives about abortion is possible. Estimated reading time: 7 minutes

Over the summer, the Whatever Podcast hosted two debates on YouTube with streamer and political commentator Destiny defending the abortion-choice position. His first debate featured Live Action’s Lila Rose and Students for Life’s Kristan Hawkins defending the pro-life position, and his second debate was with pro-life apologist Trent Horn. In … Read More

The Case of McFall v Shimp If you have engaged in the abortion debate at all, you have definitely come across certain arguments for abortion known as bodily-rights arguments. These arguments attempt to demonstrate that abortion is permissible even if an unborn child is a human person with a right … Read More

I’ve said before on this blog (and I’m not the first to say it) that the “right” to abortion is not the “right to choose” but the right to a dead baby. That is to say, for all of the pro-choice hand-wringing about “unplugging” and maternal safety, pro-choice advocates are … Read More

Pro-choice is pro-violence. If you’re pro-life, this probably feels obvious to you. You might be surprised I even bothered to type it out. If you’re pro-choice, though, this is likely an explosive, even offensive, statement to you. But this statement happens to be accurate, and it doesn’t depend on a … Read More

MP3 Download | 1:33:06 Josh’s favorite Christian apologist, Dr. Randal Rauser, joins the show. Randal describes himself as “progressively Evangelical and generously Orthodox.” Josh asks him about open-mindedness, his observations about the pro-life movement, when it’s appropriate to call leaders out publicly, and the difference between an “agitation apologetics model” … Read More

Dobbs was a victory for the pro-life movement, ending a nationwide judicial ban on legislation to protect unborn humans. However, while it allowed the states to pass pro-life legislation, that’s all it did—allowed the unborn to be protected. Instead of being at the mercy of nine unelected justices, unborn humans … Read More

MP3 Download | 1:33:06 Josh Brahm and Monica Snyder have an open conversation about biology, philosophy, and how they interact with persuasion in the abortion debate. Monica has a STEM background so she and Josh compare notes on how STEM professionals and philosophers feel about each other, and why many … Read More

Right now, the Illinois House and Senate have just passed a bill which would go after pregnancy centers in a way unmatched even by California and Massachusetts. SB 1909 attempts to criminalize, as fraud, attempts by a PRC to convince a woman to choose them over an abortion facility or … Read More

MP3 Download | 1:26:24 Monica Snyder shares a very emotional story about going undercover in a late-term abortion facility in Washington DC while being 28-weeks pregnant. She talks about what was harder than she expected and the perspective she gained about the employees at the clinic. She also helps Josh … Read More

MP3 Download | 24:19 Josh Brahm gives an update on what we’ve been working on at ERI, including recent speaking trips in Europe, progress on Equipped for Life Academy, and hiring our new administrator.

MP3 Download | 1:04:31 Recorded in late 2022, Monica Snyder from Secular Pro-Life joined Josh to film a few episodes on what the pro-life movement should be doing right now. It took us a while to get back to regular podcast editing due to a TON of travel, but everything … Read More

Now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned, states can once again legislate directly on abortion. Following the Dobbs v. Jackson decision, laws restricting or upholding abortion access triggered in several states. More legislation and legal battles across the country followed soon after. Partisans on both sides of the abortion … Read More

MP3 Download | 57:04 Recorded in late 2022, Monica Snyder from Secular Pro-Life joined Josh to film a few episodes on what the pro-life movement should be doing right now. It took us a while to get back to regular podcast editing due to a TON of travel, but everything … Read More

MP3 Download | 12:23 Josh explains how some upgrades to our podcast equipment will save us time editing the episodes later and how that will affect our listeners.

It’s a dark and stormy night when your plane touches down in Analogyland. You, a pro-life apologist, have been invited to give a speech about bodily autonomy and abortion at a local convention center. You get into your rental car and begin to drive to your hotel. The storm worsens. … Read More

Recently, some pro-choice people and organizations have moved away from focusing on bodily autonomy as grounding a right to an abortion and instead frame the issue as one of “reproductive freedom.” This might sound like a rhetorically powerful move—who could be against freedom? However, it is a self-defeating strategy that … Read More

Download MP3 | 40:07 Josh Brahm was invited to answer questions about abortion late last year at Fusion City Church in Kannapolis, NC. Pastor Brian Duncan had preached on abortion the week prior and asked Josh to help field the questions that came from the congregation afterward. *Sorry for the … Read More

“There’s a burning fertility clinic, and you see a briefcase with 1000 frozen embryos and a toddler; you can only save one.” Yep, it’s the burning IVF lab thought experiment, intended as a mic-drop to prove that pro-life people don’t really believe the embryo is an equal human being. In … Read More

Download MP3 | 1:48:13 We’ve received hundreds of messages and comments about Emily’s appearance on MSNBC last week! By popular demand, Josh and Emily are joined by Tim Hull to discuss the behind-the-scenes story of how Emily ended up discussing abortion with the president of NARAL on national television live … Read More

We were thrilled to watch Emily present the pro-life position on MSNBC last Sunday, and we hope you had the chance to see it live! If you didn’t watch the live broadcast, or you’d like to share the segment with people you know, here’s the link to a 12-minute version … Read More

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Recently, we’ve gotten comments asking us to address whether or not “selective reduction” is an ethical practice (or perhaps more to the point, to explain why it is not). On one hand, this makes sense; we don’t have material specifically addressing selective reduction or assisted … Read More

MP3 Download | 1:31:33 Josh and Emily share interesting stories from their last two semesters of campus outreach, and some of the trends they’re noticing among pro-choice college students. This is part two of the series, and includes the story of protesters apologizing to us, why we might change the … Read More

Suppose that while you’re driving home from work, you get into a car accident, and the other person is severely injured. He’ll die unless you give him a kidney. It would be morally admirable of you to donate your kidney to him, but many people find it doubtful that you … Read More

Judith Jarvis Thomson is famous for the Violinist argument from her paper “In Defense of Abortion,” but she actually begins it with another well-known analogy: since an acorn isn’t an oak tree, a fetus shouldn’t be considered a child. Emily Albrecht explains why Thomson’s acorn analogy, while popular, is a … Read More

Download MP3 | 1:18:10 Josh and Emily share interesting stories from their last two semesters of campus outreach, and some of the trends they’re noticing with respect to abortion dialogue among pro-choice college students. This is part one of a two-part series, and includes the story of a young woman … Read More

Talking about abortion with pro-choice people can already feel scary. Multiply that by a million, and that’s how it feels for most of us to talk to pro-choice press! We have so much empathy for pro-life people who’ve been caught flat-footed in interviews, especially in this post-Roe era when tensions … Read More

Estimated reading time: 9 minutes Pro-life people really don’t like abortion. Shocking, right? But I don’t just mean that pro-life people believe abortion is morally wrong, which we do; pro-lifers have a strong emotional reaction—a moral aversion—to abortion which is often right and healthy.

Josh Brahm gives an update on what we’ve been working on at ERI, especially as it relates to optimizing the pro-life movement for a post-Roe world. Related Links: ERI LIVE: What Should I Say in a Post-Roe America? https://youtu.be/0eGpYM1I-5Y The Pregnant 10 Year-Old: Thinking Well About This Tragic Story (with … Read More

 Download MP3 – 1:19:17 Transcript here It’s the question we’re asked more often than any other, and we want to answer it carefully. The question is, “What should I do about the pro-life activist near me who is being difficult? Should I approach them differently than I do my … Read More

Download MP3 | 1:38:10 Everyone has been talking about the tragic case of a 10-year-old who was raped, became pregnant, and driven across state lines to get an abortion. Even President Biden referenced her story in public. Multiple ERI followers have asked us how pro-life people can answer questions about … Read More

Estimated reading time: 13 minutes Pastors very often, I think, would rather not speak publicly about abortion, even if they personally support the pro-life cause. This isn’t usually because they want to hide from the issue or because they don’t think it’s a truth worth defending, but because they are afraid … Read More

Download MP3 – 2:44:29 The days after Roe v. Wade’s overturning have been riddled with confusion, panic, anger, protests, and misinformation. There has never been a more important time for pro-life advocates to provide clarity, explain what overturning Roe v. Wade really means, and describe how we want to see … Read More

We do not believe that women should be prosecuted for abortion, because the state of public thought about abortion precludes us from assuming women understand what they are doing in an abortion. Estimated reading time: 7 minutes

The Supreme Court has officially ruled, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, to overrule its holdings in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. States are now free to pass laws banning or restricting abortion for the first time in almost 50 years. Millions of hours of work … Read More

Please help us welcome Joshua Head to the ERI team as our new Video Editor / Coach! After serving as Co-President of the pro-life groups at both Johns Hopkins University and St. Olaf College, Joshua takes great excitement in sharing what he has learned from his experiences and helps current … Read More

Author’s Note – June 29, 2022: I’m happy to report that 53 days after the vandalism began and after multiple tweets from us and others calling for Planned Parenthood to condemn it, they finally did. On June 24, the day that Roe and Casey were overturned and the day that … Read More

Download MP3 – 1:03:51 It’s the question we’re asked more often than any other, and we want to answer it carefully. The question is, “What should I do about the pro-life activist near me who is being difficult? Should I approach them differently than I do my dialogues with pro-choice … Read More

 This quick response video addresses one of the most challenging pro-choice dialogue points, what we call the “human-plus” argument: that you need something like human nature, plus another feature like sentience or consciousness, in order to have personhood. As Emily Albrecht explains, the human-plus argument isn’t challenging to respond … Read More

Download MP3 – 1:01:03 In this podcast, two authors discuss recent research regarding fetal pain: John Bockmann, co-author of “Reconsidering Fetal Pain” (2020) and Dr. Bridget Thill, MD, MS, author of “Fetal Pain in the First Trimester” (2021). Here’s a link to the five slides Bridget Thill discussed, including working … Read More

People often have trouble recognizing when two seemingly contradictory statements are both true and not at all contradictory. (Christians ought to have a bit more practice with this, since the nature of the Trinity, for one, is a hallmark example of this kind of thing.) But it’s not enough for … Read More

Some people argue that, if for no other reason, we need broad abortion access because of situations in which a child won’t survive the birth process or other cases of poor prenatal diagnosis. In this quick response video, Emily Albrecht argues that euthanasia by abortion isn’t actually the compassionate option, … Read More

Download MP3 – 51:52 This is a continuation of Josh’s conversation with Gary Freeman on crossing the racial divide in pro-life work. In this episode they discuss the high abortion rate in the African-American community and why that is, and how we should think about the debate over Planned Parenthood … Read More

A while ago, we published a blog article featuring a dialogue I had over email with Chloe, a reader of my friend Isaac Saul’s Tangle newsletter. It was a great dialogue, and Isaac was also gracious enough to publish a condensed version of it for his readers. Today, after last … Read More

I could see them coming from a mile away. Let me rephrase that: everyone could see them coming from a mile away. They were impossible to miss, and they wanted it that way. Estimated reading time: 13 minutes

Download MP3: 42:17 This is a continuation of Josh’s conversation with Gary Freeman on crossing the racial divide in pro-life work. In this episode they contrast Gary’s position with those who say that you can’t be pro-life unless you agree with them on other social issues, why people in black … Read More

I love my colleagues at ERI. We pride ourselves on innovation and flexibility, so you’ve probably noticed that we’re constantly experimenting with new arguments, formats, video styles, designs, etc. But here’s the thing: we’re a really small team, so when we determine we need a new strategy, a new program, … Read More

 In this Quick Response video, Emily Albrecht debunks the idea, floated by some prominent politicians like Bernie Sanders (and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, to a lesser extent), that the world is at a critical stage of overpopulation, so we need abortion as a means of population control. Script: For at least … Read More

Download MP3 | 1:02:23 This is the first of a three-part series of conversations with Josh and Gary Freeman, a former guest on our podcast. In this episode they discuss Gary’s new ministry, on relationships being key to white and black people understanding each other better and successfully crossing the … Read More

Editor’s note: This guest post by Muireann Lynch was originally published on the blog of The Minimise Project and can be found at this link. Photo by Kelly L on Pexels.com Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Have you ever heard of an elevator pitch? It’s where you try to condense a topic down to … Read More

In this quick response video, Emily Albrecht explains why the idea, commonly cited by pro-choice people, that just providing more birth control will end the perceived need for abortion is false. Just as increased contraception in the last 50 years has not eliminated or radically reduced abortions, providing even more … Read More

Download MP3 – 37:54 While at our AirBnb in Washington, D.C. we filmed a set of podcasts with Emily, Jacob, and Meredith Maloley. Meredith helped Emily run the pro-life club at St. Olaf, and now volunteers as an ERI Club Coach and works at a Pregnancy Resource Center. In this … Read More

I’m excited to share with you an actual email exchange I’ve been having with a very thoughtful pro-choice person named Chloe, with her permission. The conversation is ongoing, so we’ll continue to add to this post as the exchange continues. The content has only been lightly edited for clarity, and … Read More

As a pro-life advocate, have you ever experienced this situation: you’re having a dialogue about abortion, and the person you’re talking to begins lecturing you about how you’re not REALLY pro-life and all the things and causes you’d support if you were? In this Quick Response video, Emily Albrecht explains … Read More

We are sad to announce that Jacob Nels is no longer employed at ERI. He is starting his own organization, “Peace in the Storm Ministries”, and we wish him well in his future endeavors. If you would like to support his work, you can do so by clicking here.

Download MP3 – 1:05:06 While at our Airbnb in Washington, D.C. we filmed a set of podcasts with Emily, Jacob, and Meredith Maloley. Meredith helped Emily run the pro-life club at St. Olaf, and now volunteers as an ERI Club Coach and works at a Pregnancy Resource Center. In this … Read More

Estimated reading time: 10 minutes I don’t think it’s controversial to say each person is more inclined to certain errors based on his or her personality and temperament. For example, an anxious person would likely be more inclined to passivity or inaction, while a more gregarious person might be less likely … Read More

Pro-choice people often charge that the only reason for someone to be pro-life is because they’re religious. In this video, Emily Albrecht explains why this is both factually untrue and logically fallacious (in this case, using an ad hominem to distract from the real argument).

Download MP3 –  1:13:33 Download a PDF transcript of this podcast here Jacob interviews Missy Stone, CEO of Reprotection, a new organization that helps pro-life advocates protect women and children from harm by investigating and closing down dangerous abortion providers. In this interview you will learn about how Reprotection works, … Read More

Pro-choice people who identify as Christian or Jewish sometimes use the supposed silence of the Bible on abortion as a reason to defend it as consistent with their faith. In this Quick Response video, Emily Albrecht explains why the Bible has plenty to say about abortion, even if it doesn’t … Read More

Josh Brahm shares why the podcast was on hiatus for three months, our surprising success on TikTok, and the top 5 videos, podcasts, and articles of 2021. Chapters: 00:00 Intro and why we haven’t published podcasts lately 05:35 Surprisingly fast success on TikTok! 08:22 Top 5 videos of 2021 13:30 … Read More

Pro-life people are sometimes, usually mean-spiritedly, called “pro-birth” or “forced birthers.” Emily Albrecht explains why this is a totally inaccurate representation of what pro-lifers believe about abortion and why they believe it, as well as showing that pro-life support systems for women disprove the label. Watch all the videos in … Read More

In this Quick Response video, Emily Albrecht explains that the idea that we can reduce abortion significantly by legislating against poverty and allowing abortion is a red herring. Even if financial motivators are a commonly cited reason for choosing abortion, that doesn’t tell the whole story. NOTE: We had a … Read More

Emily Albrecht responds to the pro-choice concern that abortion is necessary because of problems with the foster care system. The foster care system is certainly in need of improvement, but does that justify abortion? Watch all the videos in ERI’s Quick Response series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsN8Ay8poS-It-dWSmblq1ZufOH-MVj1L Related Links: Statistics on the … Read More

Emily Albrecht responds to the pro-choice concern that every child should be a wanted child. No one wants children to be unwanted, so how should that effect how we think about abortion? 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 … Read More

Emily Albrecht responds to the pro-choice charge that men shouldn’t talk about abortion. While men can’t get pregnant, does that mean that they shouldn’t be allowed to share their opinion about abortion, or is there a good response to “no uterus, no opinion”? Watch all the videos in ERI’s Quick … Read More

Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is widely considered to be the most important Supreme Court Case on abortion in nearly three decades. We want you to understand what’s happening in real-time and equip you with tools to discuss it effectively. ERI staff members Josh Brahm, Andrew Kaake, and Emily … Read More

Trigger Warning: The following paragraphs contain a description of a case of sexual assault. Estimated reading time: 9 minutes

Emily Albrecht responds to the pro-choice concern that women shouldn’t be stuck when fathers get away. The results of sex are incredibly asymmetrical, so how should that effect our thoughts about abortion? Watch all the videos in ERI’s Quick Response series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsN8Ay8poS-It-dWSmblq1ZufOH-MVj1L Related Links: Quick Response #6: Consent to … Read More

Emily Albrecht responds to the pro-choice concern concern that abortion is more humane for children with disabilities. Is it really better to abort a fetus with a disability than to allow it to be born? Related Links: Watch all the videos in ERI’s Quick Response series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsN8Ay8poS-It-dWSmblq1ZufOH-MVj1L

Sara Winter grew up around violence and drugs; now she lives with her son in a loving home. She used to protest naked in front of churches; now she says that feminists should learn from religious women. Once Brazil’s most famous feminist, Winter is now a recognized pro-life activist in … Read More

Emily Albrecht responds to pro-choice concerns about maternal mortality rates and abortion when the life of the mother is at risk. How should we handle those tragic situations, and how does that apply to abortion law? Watch all the videos in ERI’s Quick Response series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsN8Ay8poS-It-dWSmblq1ZufOH-MVj1L

Emily Albrecht responds to the pro-choice concern about abortions in the case of rape. How should the horrendous violence of rape effect our laws about abortion? Watch all the videos in ERI’s Quick Response series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsN8Ay8poS-It-dWSmblq1ZufOH-MVj1L Related Links: News story about cities failing to process rape kits: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/08/an-epidemic-of-disbelief/592807/ Pro-Life … Read More

Emily Albrecht responds to the pro-choice claim that banning abortion won’t stop abortions from happening. What would happen if we banned abortion, and how should that potential outcome affect our laws? Watch all the videos in ERI’s Quick Response series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsN8Ay8poS-It-dWSmblq1ZufOH-MVj1L Related Links: Abortion Rate Statistics: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5212a1.htm

Emily Albrecht responds to the pro-choice concern about back-alley abortions. Pro-choice advocates claim that, if abortion becomes illegal, more women will die in “back-alleys” trying to have dangerous abortions. How should this effect our thinking about the legality of abortion? Watch all the videos in ERI’s Quick Response series here: … Read More

Emily Albrecht responds to the pro-choice slogan “Abortion is Healthcare.” How is healthcare defined, and how does abortion fit into that picture? Watch all the videos in ERI’s Quick Response series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsN8Ay8poS-It-dWSmblq1ZufOH-MVj1L Related Links: “Abortion is Healthcare”: A Misogynistic Non-Argument https://equalrightsinstitute.com/abortion-is-healthcare-a-misogynistic-non-argument/

Emily Albrecht responds to the pro-choice claim that abortion is necessary for women’s equality. The results of sex seem incredibly unfair, so does that justify abortion? Watch all the videos in ERI’s Quick Response series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsN8Ay8poS-It-dWSmblq1ZufOH-MVj1L Related Links: Woman in Labor Meme: Pro-Life Apologetics: The Equal Rights Argument: https://youtu.be/louYc-9cvE0

Emily Albrecht responds to the pro-choice charge that banning abortion forces women to stay pregnant. Are pro-lifers guilty of using force? Watch all the videos in ERI’s Quick Response series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsN8Ay8poS-It-dWSmblq1ZufOH-MVj1L

Emily Albrecht responds to the pro-choice claim that consent to sex is not consent to pregnancy. As education about sexual consent becomes more prevalent, do these ideas apply to pregnancy as well? Watch all the videos in ERI’s Quick Response series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsN8Ay8poS-It-dWSmblq1ZufOH-MVj1L Related Links: Consent FRIES: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/relationships/sexual-consent

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

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:

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

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

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

We’re excited to share our newest video series with you! Our Quick Response series is designed to provide answers for many of the most common pro-choice objections in under five minutes. We’re launching this series in a YouTube playlist with a dozen videos, but we have many more that we … Read More

The University of California is beginning a study into public demand for “missed-period pills.” The pills are just misoprostol—half of the typical chemical abortion regimen—and what they are designed to do is procure a chemical abortion without the woman needing to know whether or not she’s pregnant. In other words, … Read More

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

Estimated reading time: 11 minutes In our discussions as pro-life advocates about abortion, we often run into bodily autonomy arguments. These maintain that, because people have a right to control what happens to or in their bodies, or—at the very least—have the right to refuse to allow someone else to use … Read More

The Texas heartbeat law, about which I previously wrote, is polarizing—go figure. That’s neither surprising nor particularly interesting in and of itself. What is, to me, much more interesting is the type of rhetoric which has proliferated in response to the existence of an enforced abortion ban in one of … Read More

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

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

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

Josh Brahm gives an update on what’s been going on at ERI from his hotel room at the national Care Net conference in San Antonio, Texas. Related Links: ORTL Launch video: https://youtu.be/P0xBdW-Rtn0 How One Student Group Radically Changed Their Campus Culture (Interview with Emily Albrecht and Meredith Maloley about their … Read More

On September 1, a new heartbeat law (SR 8) went into effect in Texas. If you’ve read our information on heartbeat bills before, you may have assumed that Texas passed a similar law and it was immediately enjoined like all the others. No, the Texas law went into effect. Right … Read More

“No uterus, no opinion.” Yeah, we’ve all heard that one before. I spent years training my male pro-life club members how to respond to the charge that men shouldn’t have an opinion about abortion. It came up in every single outreach we did; I’d overhear my co-president Joshua or male … Read More

Are you in a pro-life group? Interested in starting one? Learn from our team of expert pro-life advocates how your group can make an impact for life in your community. ERI Affiliate Groups are pro-life groups of all sizes and types who come together around ERI’s unique approach and apologetics … Read More

This book review of After Virtue by Alasdair MacIntyre is part of our series of reviews of books touching on the abortion debate. For more information about this series, read our introductory article, “Why Is ERI Doing Book Reviews?” Estimated reading time: 9 minutes

Name-calling isn’t new. It’s been a classic bullying and teasing tactic amongst children for centuries, and while our education system tries to eradicate such childish behavior before adulthood, we’ve clearly failed on this one. If you’ve sneaked a peek at any social media website, you’ve certainly noticed that adults show … Read More

Photo credit: Suzanne Hamilton – flickr.com Estimated reading time: 10 minutes One deeply unfortunate requirement for publishing useful online content is staying informed of current events. I generally despise the modern news media—not even primarily for its ideological slant, but because the constant churn of the “news cycle” and the need … Read More

The Latin American Perspective  Estimated reading time: 5 minutes The debate on abortion has only recently come to Latin America. Only six of the 34 Latin American countries allow abortion without limitations in the first weeks of gestation, and many still consider it a crime. In countries where abortion is … Read More

Download MP3 | 55:05 Download a PDF transcript of this podcast here Robin Atkins is back to discuss mental health, informed consent, abortion risks, the level of counseling in abortion facilities, and more. Robin is a licensed mental health counselor, specializing in reproductive issues. She also has a philosophy degree. … Read More

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes I don’t like to be wrong. I suppose no one likes to be wrong, but I have a particular revulsion to it. (I’m sure there’s some deep-seated reason for that which my wife, the mental health counselor, could explain, but that’s beyond the scope of this … Read More

By Steenaire, Flickr Estimated reading time: 24 minutes It would be an understatement to call this year’s Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) meeting turbulent. It was marked by the departure of a key leader, moral failures of many leaders who remained, a contentious presidential election, another leader threatening to leave if he … Read More

Download MP3 | 1:01:26 Robin Atkins is back to discuss psychology in debate. Robin is a licensed mental health counselor, specializing in reproductive issues. She also has a philosophy degree. She spent four years doing home-based therapy with the Department of Children’s Services. She’s a pro-life advocate with an atypical … Read More

Estimated reading time: 15 minutes Boonin’s Bodily Rights Argument In his recent book, Beyond Roe: Why Abortion Should be Legal—Even if the Fetus is a Person, philosopher David Boonin develops a pro-choice argument that appeals to the legal case McFall v. Shimp. Here is Boonin’s description of this case: Robert McFall … Read More

Robin Atkins is a licensed mental health counselor, specializing in reproductive issues. She also has a philosophy degree. She spent four years doing home-based therapy with the Department of Children’s Services. She’s a pro-life advocate and has very interesting thoughts on the topic of abortion. This is the first of … Read More

In a series of papers—”Lady Parts,” “Were You a Part of Your Mother,” and “Nine Months”—Elselijn Kingma develops and defends the parthood view of pregnancy: that human fetuses are literally a part of the gestating woman’s body. If your mouth is slack and your eyes are squinting, yes, that was … Read More

Download MP3: 57:16 Jonathon Van Maren joins the podcast for the second part of a discussion on what is going on with a hostile anti-abortion group called Abolish Human Abortion (AHA). In this episode, Jonathon discusses the history of the pro-life movement and why it needs to be understood, AHA’s … Read More

Download MP3 – 31:00 Josh sits outside the ERI office to share our May 2021 update on what has been going on behind the scenes at ERI, including a recent speaking trip featuring two new seminars and an expansion to the Equipped for Life Course. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:59 Speaking … Read More

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Yesterday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization by granting a writ of certiorari. When the Court hears oral arguments in October, they will be answering this question: are all pre-viability abortion bans unconstitutional? The Mississippi law at … Read More

Does induced abortion affect future fertility and pregnancy complications? This question often cannot be answered without individuals, perhaps even inadvertently, wading into political commentary on abortion. Answers are often clouded by political agendas and funding sources, and co-opted and spun by either side of the abortion debate to push their … Read More

Download MP3 – 56:54 Jonathon Van Maren joins the podcast to discuss what is going on with a hostile anti-abortion group called Abolish Human Abortion (AHA). This is the first of a two-part series. In this episode, Jonathon discusses AHA’s origin, their slander of the pro-life movement, how they are … Read More

Estimated reading time: 12 minutes Charges of “pro-life hypocrisy” abound on the internet. Unfortunately, they also exist in professional philosophy journals in the form of “inconsistency arguments.” These take the following form:          P1: Were pro-life people consistent, they would X.          P2: Pro-life people … Read More

Download MP3 – 1:20:27 Emily pulls back the curtain to explain the ways that her pro-life club leaders overcame hostility, established a good working relationship with their college administrators, dealt with vandalism, connected with the pro-choice club, and more! Even if the campus is a hostile environment, students can take … Read More

Pro-choice people often bring underlying assumptions to the table when discussing abortion. Most of the time, while these assumptions play an important part in how they justify their position, they won’t say them out loud and may not even be able to articulate them. If we don’t reveal and confront … Read More

Download MP3 | 52:16 Now that she has talked about the initial outreach mistakes the Oles for Life club at St. Olaf made, Emily discusses their initial dialogue mistakes. Toward the beginning, she blows Josh’s mind by explaining how many of their member’s musical backgrounds made it easier for them to … Read More

Estimated reading time: 11 minutes Social media brings out the worst in people. Many people take the opportunity to spew their thoughts onto the screen with relative anonymity and little self-reflection. This has wreaked havoc on civil communication for the past decade, leaving hateful comment threads and a tendency to always … Read More

Download MP3 | 55:31 Our regular listeners have heard by now about the great successes of Oles for Life, the pro-life student club at St. Olaf College. In this episode, Emily Albrecht pulls the curtain back to share five mistakes their club made when they began doing outreach. This episode will … Read More

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes This book review of Prenatal Child Support Across the United States, 2nd Edition by Daniel Gump is part of our series of reviews of books touching on the abortion debate. For more information about this series, read our introductory article, “Why Is ERI Doing Book … Read More

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes As part of our mission to equip pro-life people, we’ve decided to start doing book reviews. This is something we’ve been thinking about behind the scenes for a little bit, but we’ve come to a point now where we’re reading and rereading several pro-life books, so … Read More

If you’ve read our blog before, you’re hopefully familiar with the Equal Rights Argument. We’ve seen it change more minds than any other pro-life argument we’ve used. It’s so effective, we named our organization after it! Just because the Equal Rights Argument is convincing doesn’t mean it has no pitfalls … Read More

Download MP3 | 1:02:32 Josh Brahm interviews comedian Josh Harris about how he got into sidewalk counseling, how he uses humor on the sidewalk, and some practical tips for you to use to add more humor and friendliness to your conversations about abortion!

Estimated reading time: 9 minutes “Connecting the pro-life movement and special needs community one story at a time.”  That’s the mantra at my pro-life and special-needs-awareness blog Especially Pro-Life. To live up to that, I wanted to talk about the area where the pro-life and disability rights movements most closely meet: … Read More

The National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman, made a splash at President Biden’s inauguration when she became the youngest poet to write and recite a piece at a presidential inauguration. She is known for focusing on issues of race, oppression, marginalization, and feminism in her art, and her performance at … Read More

Download MP3 | 50:12 Josh Brahm and Jacob Nels, ERI’s Sidewalk Counseling Trainer, finish reacting to videos sent in by Rebekah Dyer while sidewalk counseling. If you haven’t seen part one yet, please watch that first for more context: https://youtu.be/rqdQO_nFsGg PARENTAL ADVISORY NOTE: Unlike the previous episode, the videos we review … Read More

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes There are times in my life that I look back and think, “Wow, I really wish I knew then what I know now.”  One such time was a few years ago when I had a conversation with my pro-choice friend. Back then, I was not involved … Read More

Download MP3 | 1:02:37 Josh Brahm brings Jacob Nels, ERI’s Sidewalk Counseling Trainer, to react to videos sent in by Rebekah Dyer while sidewalk counseling. Rebekah works with Justice For All, which includes her sidewalk counseling, and has benefitted from our Sidewalk Counseling Masterclass. Rebekah has had multiple run-ins with police … Read More

If I hear the words “Zoom meeting” one more time, I think I might scream. Let me tell you, doing college over Zoom is NOT FUN. Nope. Not at all. Now, don’t get me wrong; I’m grateful to be able to go to school without endangering my classmates and professors, … Read More

As is our tradition at the end of the year, here is a list of the five most-read articles we wrote this year, as well as the five most-watched/heard podcasts from this year and the three most popular articles that were written before this year. The article analytics all came … Read More

Download MP3 | 36:14 We bring you the extended interview of Emily Albrecht (our newest team member!) from the recent ERI Pajama Gala. Emily explains how she got involved in the pro-life movement, and how her campus club used their training from the Equipped for Life Course to transform the culture … Read More

There’s a post making the social media rounds in which a liberal pastor takes pro-life people to task, essentially calling the religious ones fake Christians. In so many words, he states that pro-lifers advocate for unborn humans out of convenience and hatred. Estimated reading time: 10 minutes. Barnhart’s post says: … Read More

It’s here! The new Equal Rights Argument module is ready for you to watch! There’s a cool thing that’s been going on behind the scenes at the ERI office this year. We decided that we wanted to find a better way to train students in the most persuasive pro-life argument, … Read More

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Editor’s Note 12/15/20: We’ve expanded the conclusion to clarify how we use thought experiments in conversation. Editor’s Note 12/11/20: We’ve changed the original adjective about the worldview we discuss here from “weird” to “unorthodox”, which has a less negative connotation. Here’s the bad news up front: sometimes … Read More

Download MP3 | 1:05:08 Jordan Warfel is our guest today because he discovered a conspiracy theory that NARAL promoted in a recent virtual conference. The theory is based on a book by Ilyse Hogue that argues the pro-life movement doesn’t actually care about babies, but is a front for evangelicals … Read More

Download MP3 | 1:24:44 It’s our first podcast with Emily Albrecht, the co-president of St. Olaf Students for Life and our next speaker/writer/coach! Josh and Emily discuss the recent HBO film “Unpregnant” because there are themes taught in this movie that may influence some of your conversations with pro-choice people who … Read More

I think the most interesting question you can ask someone who identifies as pro-choice is whether they think abortion should have any restrictions at all. The phrase “pro-choice” means something different to almost everyone, and nothing reveals that quite as quickly as asking about when it’s okay to restrict abortion. … Read More

Josh responds to three pro-choice people who pushed back against our recent video about the Responsibility Objection, one of the pro-life counter-arguments to Judith Jarvis Thomson’s famous violinist thought experiment. Is this pro-life argument a red herring? Did we strawman Thomson? Related Links: One of the Violinist Argument’s Biggest Flaws: … Read More

Download MP3 | 1:16:26 Josh Brahm interviews Ali Rak, an incredibly effective community organizer and activist in Maryland, to explain the nuts and bolts of how she gets people involved in contacting their political representatives in order to accomplish pro-life goals.

An abortion advocacy group, Reproaction, has a national campaign called “Abortion Pills are Magic.” As you browse their website, you find they label their stance on abortion as “progressive.” They unapologetically push for easier access to abortion and an absolute right to abortion. They represent the extreme of the pro-choice … Read More

Download MP3| 1:21:23 Josh interviews Family Therapist Julie Dodson to discuss the “Showing Understanding Skill” technique she’s been trained in. Pro-life advocates can use this skill to grow in their empathy and navigate conversations better, especially the ones that turn to particularly emotional aspects of the abortion debate. The four … Read More

The abortion-choice lobby has moved on from just dehumanizing unborn persons. They’ve now shifted their primary focus to dehumanizing pro-life people. It sounds ridiculous for me to say that pro-choice leaders are less concerned about arguing that the unborn aren’t valuable persons. Here’s the thing: unborn humans aren’t visible, and … Read More

Download MP3 | 1:27:33 Josh interviews Gary Freeman from Care Net. They talk about how Gary went from being a preacher’s kid to serving fathers in pregnancy centers, including the struggles of trying to figure out the best way to do that!

“Don’t like abortion? Don’t have one!” We’ve probably all heard this evergreen slogan before from a pro-choice advocate. There are even shirts and bumper stickers for it. Just like “no uterus, no opinion,” it’s short, it’s snappy, and it can catch new or young pro-life people off-guard in how to … Read More

Download Audio MP3 | 00:44:19 Content warning: This conversation necessarily includes some thought experiments that relate to sexual abuse, as well as the real-world example of Jeffrey Epstein. As usual, the discussion isn’t graphic, but we want our listeners who are survivors of sexual assault to know that and make … Read More

“White House Press Briefing” by The White House is marked with CC PDM 1.0 Estimated reading time: 10 minutes The other day, I saw a clip from an old White House Press Briefing. Reporters were barraging the press secretary with leading questions, reciting statistics that directly challenged the effectiveness of the new policy, and … Read More

  Download Audio MP3 | 19:58 Josh took a walk around Crabtree Falls to shoot our latest video that talks about our main goals for 2020. Enjoy!  

Download Audio MP3 | 00:54:04 Transcript PDF Josh and Rachel discuss the common pro-choice phrase, “consent to sex is not consent to pregnancy” in greater detail than we covered in our recent video on the “Abortion as Self-Defense” argument. There is a version of this argument that is so strong, … Read More

Several months ago, we asked people who follow us and a number of other pro-life groups to take a survey about dialogue habits. We wanted to analyze the ways people approached conversations about abortions on different platforms and see if there were measurable relationships between medium, conversation length, and effectiveness. … Read More

 Download Audio MP3 | 00:31:56 Josh and Rachel share several observations they’ve recently made about what is REALLY going on when pro-choice advocates bring up the topic of rape, that may completely change the way you think about those discussions! They also include why Josh makes sure that he covers … Read More

As somewhat of a follow-up post to my analysis of the deciding vote in Russo v. June Medical Services, I want to caution optimists and pragmatists on the pro-life side. There has long been an implicit deal whereby we are granted court appointees who will (theoretically) protect life and religious … Read More

Download Audio MP3 | 00:47:40 Josh Brahm and Rachel Crawford dive deeper into the pro-choice argument regarding back-alley abortions than we ever have before on ERI. Topics include understanding why this argument is particularly persuasive to pro-choice people, the most persuasive responses, several bad pro-life responses, and how some pro-abortion-choice … Read More

The decision of the Supreme Court in June Medical Services v. Russo, a case which was previously covered in this blog, was a blow to pro-lifers trying to use the legislative process to chip away at abortion-on-demand. Chief Justice John Roberts, once again, joined with the liberal bloc to deliver … Read More

Download Audio MP3 | 00:40:02 Josh, Rachel, and Elijah Thompson from Dank Pro-Life Memes discuss the various ways pro-life advocates tend to define the word “abortion,” and how this can be confusing to pro-choice people. They also talk about tips for responding to life of the mother cases, and explain … Read More

I am sad to announce the resignation of Rachel Crawford as Director of Training, which becomes effective on July 24th, 2020. Rachel would like to thank all of our followers who support our work and have helped to bring our message to pro-life individuals who benefit from our content. She … Read More

Editor’s Note (1/26/21): A pro-life philosophy professor, who wishes to remain anonymous at this time, has provided an addendum to our argument against abortion as self-defense which presents the pro-choice argument in a logically valid form (stating the premises and the resulting conclusion). This should help clarify both a) what … Read More

[youtube id=”dy6_6ktel2c” height=”316″ width=”560″] Download Audio MP3 | 01:08:49 Josh and Rachel interview Elijah Thompson from Dank Pro-Life Memes to compare and contrast his messaging with ERI’s. Topics include the potential value of snark, whether it’s possible to make memes that aren’t strawmen, whether Dank Pro-Life Memes feeds people’s vice, … Read More

Let’s talk about having disagreements for a second. Disagreements about topics that make you so angry you feel like your passion could start a fire, or give you a heart attack. The ones that break your heart, that keep you up at night. Issues that have personally touched people you … Read More

Scientism is not merely wrong, but dangerous. This is the claim I want to make to conclude our series on scientism. It probably seems like an aggressive claim; perhaps it is. But it’s also right there in the subtitle of JP Moreland’s book: Learning to Respond to a Dangerous Ideology. … Read More

This week marked the six-year anniversary of the launch of Equal Rights Institute! I failed to make a five-year anniversary post happen last year because it was right around the time of Tim’s transition out of ministry, and there was just too much going on. My apologies! If you want … Read More

One of our not-so-secret missions at ERI is to help pro-life advocates to think well about philosophy as it relates to the abortion debate. The problem with scientism is it says that philosophy isn’t a valid way to reach truth or discover facts. According to this position, our philosophical case … Read More

Scientism is the belief that truth, insofar as it exists, is only (or best) discovered by using the scientific method. In other words, scientism says that fields like biology, chemistry, and physics are superior ways (or the only ways) of knowing what is true and that philosophy or theology can … Read More

A few years ago, I used to enjoy watching popular political commentators debating or responding to questions from college students after speeches. I gained a lot from the videos because they provided me with new ways to think about complicated political issues. The arguments and responses I watched tended to … Read More

Estimated read time: 8 minutes. You’ve likely heard about the documentary that premiered on FX, AKA Jane Roe, claiming to offer the true story of Norma McCorvey, the “Jane Roe” in Roe v. Wade. Pro-life and pro-choice people are interested in this story, regardless of how relevant it actually is (or … Read More

[youtube id=”tb0b9NLe0qo” height=”316″ width=”560″] Download Audio MP3 | 01:03:10 After the entire ERI staff watched the “AKA Jane Roe” documentary, we processed our thoughts together and in this nearly unedited discussion, Josh and Rachel offer their analysis of the film, including: Why this story is relevant to pro-choice people and … Read More

[youtube id=”VhQ8f-iI9PM” height=”316″ width=”560″] Download Audio MP3 | 01:25:02 Josh Brahm interviews Isaac Saul, political journalist and founder of Tangle, an independent, ad-free, non-partisan politics newsletter that offers both sides of the biggest news stories every day. They start by discussing Isaac’s background and the experiences that led him to … Read More

My first pro-life display wasn’t a complete disaster, but it was pretty close. My goal was to get the ball rolling and build up some campus presence. It bugged me that no one seemed to know my pro-life club existed, and I wanted to change that. One way to do … Read More

[youtube id=”jlwHUrqmPpQ” height=”316″ width=”560″] Download Audio MP3 | 00:43:20 Rachel Crawford interviews Jacob Nels from ERI’s Sidewalk Counseling Masterclass. Topics include: – Should sidewalk counselors talk about adoption with abortion-minded women? – How to accurately keep track of lives saved vs. “hopefuls”; – How there are no silver bullets or … Read More

When I talk with people about abortion it is usually on a college campus at a free speech table that asks the broad question “Should abortion remain legal?” At my most recent visit to campus, I wanted to try something new. I asked people their thoughts specifically about the availability … Read More

[youtube id=”rVj9Y0LckOY” height=”316″ width=”560″] Download Audio MP3 | 00:31:23 Josh and Rachel discuss a new outreach table question that the ERI team tested during a college visit in South Carolina. Subscribe to the Equipped for Life Podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Subscribe to ERI’s other podcast on Apple Podcasts … Read More

When I teach pro-life apologetics, I usually explain that there are two primary disagreements between the pro-life side and the pro-choice side and then a bunch of distracting arguments that are about other issues that do not address abortion ethics. Most pro-life people are familiar with the first primary disagreement. … Read More

[youtube id=”s32bWD57rGc” height=”316″ width=”560″] Download Audio MP3 | 00:35:30 During Josh’s speaking trip in Ireland, he sat down with Ben Conroy and Muireann Lynch from The Minimise Project, an awesome young pro-life organization. They talk about how abortion recently became legal in Ireland, dealing with different factions of the pro-life … Read More

In February 2020 Josh Brahm was invited to speak at multiple pro-life events in Ireland. This is from a Q&A session after one of those events. Download Audio MP3 | 00:55:01 You can download the speech audio above or listen to it on your phone by subscribing to the Equal … Read More

In February 2020 Josh Brahm was invited to speak at multiple pro-life events in Ireland. This is the edited audio from a speech he gave made particularly for their pro-life movement based on what is going on right now in their country, but includes helpful advice for movements in other … Read More

[youtube id=”ezgkmTOnZPA” height=”316″ width=”560″] Download Audio MP3 | 00:53:06 Josh and Rachel look at a research article published by the Association for Psychological Science (APS) in 2019,  Perspective Taking and Self-Persuasion: Why “Putting Yourself in Their Shoes” Reduces Openness to Attitude Change, and discuss how it should influence the way we … Read More

One windy Saturday morning, I was downtown doing a Students for Life display with a few other college students. My dialogue training at that point was minimal, so I wasn’t very hopeful about my ability to help people change their minds. Sure, I knew some general apologetics and how to … Read More

Botched abortions. Filthy medical instruments. Unlicensed staff administering controlled substances. These are some of the frightening practices that have pervaded abortion facilities across Louisiana. Women deserve to be safe from negligent practices like this. But in Louisiana, patients weren’t sufficiently protected—some of them paid a terrible price. Tomorrow, the Supreme … Read More

Editor’s Note 9/8/21: The author has added a paragraph and made minor edits under the section “Manipulated Statistics” to clarify the relationship between the CDC and RG data sets. Pregnancy and childbirth are not easy. Besides the effects on the mother’s body, her career plans, her relationships, and her identity, … Read More

Download Audio MP3 | 00:23:33 Josh Brahm took a walk along the cliffs of Ireland to share with you what the ERI staff are up to lately. We’ve intercut the footage with a lot of beautiful pictures and videos Josh took around Ireland.

I’ll be honest, I’m not the biggest fan of the March for Life. Still, I’d never been, so I was excited to take the opportunity to go for the first time last year. Now, big gatherings aren’t exactly my thing, and the March is roughly 20 times the size of … Read More

I found the top 5 articles by checking the Google Analytics for the ERI blog, instead of complicating the process by incorporating stats from LifeNews.com, where many of our articles are later republished. (We didn’t do this annual post last year because we had lost two months of analytics due … Read More

In case you missed our fundraising letter, let me break down the top 10 ERI accomplishments of 2019: Finishing the Sidewalk Counseling Masterclass, an online course training pro-life advocates to effectively save lives in front of abortion facilities. The course includes 14 lessons (making up about 6 hours of content), … Read More

We have added eight new lesson videos to the Equipped for Life Course that will help you take the pro-life defense of fetal personhood to the next level. This 90-minute module is the result of a four-year research project that our philosophy team has been working on behind the scenes. … Read More

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes. You’ve probably seen people on social media sharing harsh articles like this one titled, “Anti-Abortion Extremism Goes Full Psycho“. You should know what this bill says. Many people are stating Ohio House Bill 413 would require doctors to attempt reimplantation of ectopic pregnancies, which is … Read More

Download Audio MP3 | 00:22:53 I recently sat in our new studio to give you an update on what’s been going on behind the scenes at Equal Rights Institute. There are a lot of visuals in this video, so it’s best watched instead of listened to on the podcast, but … Read More

Pastor Dan Burrell from Life Fellowship Church invited ERI President Josh Brahm to be interviewed for a four-episode series on pro-life dialogue for their podcast, LifeTalks. This is the fourth episode in that series, where Dan plays a hostile pro-choice advocate in a mock debate with Josh!

Pastor Dan Burrell from Life Fellowship Church invited ERI President Josh Brahm to be interviewed for a four-episode series on pro-life dialogue for their podcast, LifeTalks. This is the third episode in that series. They discuss Josh’s journey to create ERI and what his team has learned along the way. … Read More

Did you know that if you repeat the same phrase over and over on social media, it will suddenly manifest as an articulate syllogism? You may need to use capitalization or the universal “hands clapping” emoji which converts your unfounded 👏 assertions 👏 into 👏 sound 👏 arguments that are … Read More

Pastor Dan Burrell from Life Fellowship Church invited ERI President Josh Brahm to be interviewed for a four-episode series on pro-life dialogue for their podcast, LifeTalks. This is the second episode in that series. They address when to talk about abortion in this day and age, our responsibilities as pro-life … Read More

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes. It might surprise you to know that tech giants Elon Musk (Tesla, SpaceX) and Jack Ma (Alibaba) think the world is heading towards a population collapse. It would certainly surprise Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, who gave a speech on her Instagram account earlier this year about how … Read More

Download Audio MP3 | 01:05:08 On October 1st, 2019 the city of Jackson, Mississippi passed a buffer-zone law prohibiting free speech near healthcare facilities, which includes the last remaining abortion facility in the state of Mississippi. By looking at the events leading up to this ordinance being passed, pro-life advocates … Read More

One of our best tools in conversations about abortion is Trot out a Toddler (TOAT). It’s really helpful because it communicates how we need to think about unborn humans if we admit that they’re persons. Once you accept the conclusion that the fetal human is a valuable person like us, … Read More

Often pro-life advocates who have never done sidewalk counseling before are hesitant to get started because they feel like they don’t know what to say or do. The most common excuse I hear from people who have considered sidewalk counseling but have not tried it is that they are afraid … Read More

[youtube id=”Dru6Z9MuU8k” height=”316″ width=”560″] Download Audio MP3 | 00:24:37 Rachel Crawford and I discuss the abortion episode in the third season of “13 Reasons Why,” how it misrepresents the pro-life movement, and what pro-life people ought to say when they hear people bring it up. Related Links: Blog Article: “Sometimes … Read More

Netflix recently published the third season of 13 Reasons Why, a show whose first two seasons were criticized for aiming graphic, mature content at a young intended audience. In the second episode of the third season, there is an abortion subplot that misrepresents the pro-life movement and sidewalk counseling so … Read More

Sidewalk counseling is a life-saving ministry of the pro-life movement, but not all pro-life advocates feel ready or called to sidewalk counsel. Many instead serve as peaceful witnesses through prayer outside of abortion facilities. This non-talking role is massively important but often underestimated because pro-life advocates do not fully understand … Read More

I have decided to share with you a transcript of an email exchange I had over the course of a few weeks with a woman from Canada; the emails have been lightly edited for clarity. At different points, I’ll be sharing my thought process about what’s going on in the … Read More

I’ve spent the last hour reading various stories about the Marshae Jones case, and I’d like to try to provide a few facts worth noting, since rarely did any of the stories include all of them. Mainstream media outlets are clearly jumping on the story and being flagrantly misleading with … Read More

The rhetoric of the pro-choice position has long been a hands-off approach to abortion, arguing that every individual should be able to do as they please in regards to abortion. Pro-choice advocates have long criticized pro-lifers for “forcing their morality” on other people. Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. Interestingly, the … Read More

Pastor Dan Burrell from Life Fellowship Church invited ERI President Josh Brahm to be interviewed for a four-episode series on pro-life dialogue for their podcast, LifeTalks. This is the first episode in that series, where they discuss ERI’s dialogue style and how it contrasts with the way many pro-life advocates … Read More

Editor’s Note 9/8/21: More of these memes are circulating since the Texas heartbeat law went into effect on Sept. 1. We have updated the article with a few new photos and two new categories of pro-choice memes in order to bring it up to date with current events. Your social media … Read More

The Kansas Supreme Court dropped a controversial 6-1 decision that overturned a state abortion restriction and cemented a right to abortion into the Kansas Constitution. This prevents Kansas from enacting any further abortion restrictions for the time being; however, there is still a way for the pro-life people of Kansas … Read More

Estimated reading time: 10 minutes. Several states passed abortion restrictions in the last calendar year, and more are entertaining similar bills right now. Most of these laws, dubbed “heartbeat bills,” seek to restrict abortion after the fetus has a detectable heartbeat. All of these laws are in conflict with the … Read More

Are you pro-life? Then your social media timeline has probably been filled with angry pro-choice posts and memes lately. Do you sometimes wonder how best to respond to the arguments in these statuses? Then this webinar is for you! Josh Brahm and Rachel Crawford from Equal Rights Institute will go … Read More

Published May 9, 2019 It is with a heavy heart that I announce the resignation of Timothy Brahm as Director of Training, which became effective on May 3rd, 2019. Tim feels that God is leading him somewhere else, and we wish him the very best. We temporarily delayed making this … Read More

The Equal Rights Amendment is one of the most polarizing topics in American politics. Ostensibly, the purpose of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is to ensure that men and women are guaranteed the same rights by law. The core text of the ERA is short and simple: Equality of rights … Read More

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes. “Ben Shapiro DESTROYS Socialism” “Don’t Apologize to the Mob” Do titles like this sound familiar? Sure, the content inside might be entertaining to those who agree, but if you spoke like that in a conversation, would you convince anyone? It’s really easy to forget the … Read More

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes. Last year, California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed SB 320, a bill that would have required every public university in the state to provide abortion pills. Unfortunately, California is trying to pass this legislation once again, and it has been reintroduced in the new legislative session … Read More

Are you a student leader who wants your club to have better attendance at outreach events? As a former leader of a pro-life organization at my university, I faced a similar predicament until I learned to add a critical step to my club’s outreaches: create a space where students can … Read More

American abortion laws are among the most radical in the world. Unfortunately, though almost everyone knows that Roe v. Wade made abortion legal at the federal level, few people understand exactly how the case changed the country’s abortion laws. This gives me the opportunity to educate people when dialoguing about … Read More

New York’s broad new abortion law, dubbed the “Reproductive Health Act,” was sold to the public as merely enshrining Roe v. Wade into state law. On the surface, it seems to do just that by extending abortion-on-demand to 24 weeks and allowing for exceptions beyond that point in cases where … Read More

When we first launched the course in the Fall of 2016 we decided to format it as an annual membership because we wanted to best serve our main demographic: pro-life student club leaders who want to train their new incoming students every year. After asking for feedback from course members, … Read More

This post is to catch you up on the most exciting developments at Equal Rights Institute, where we’re headed next year, and how I’d like you to prayerfully consider partnering with us financially. It’s been a busy season of speaking at ERI! Last year we gave 36 speeches and seminars … Read More

Mastering the art of pro-life advocacy requires a delicate balance of candor and affability. Estimated reading time: 10 minutes. We should not be so afraid of making people uncomfortable that we are unwilling to share the truth. I have seen this happen in some Christian churches when leaders want to … Read More

[youtube id=”eVAS6Xbsn1E” height=”315″ width=”560″] Download Audio MP3 | 00:22:01 I give an update on what’s been going on behind the scenes at the ERI office, regarding recent speaking trips, making the video series analyzing “Reversing Roe,” and an update on the sidewalk counseling course. Related Links: Click here to watch … Read More

Author’s note: This is part two of a two-part series on being an effective pro-life advocate at family holiday gatherings. Part one is here: 6 Things Every Pro-Life Advocate Needs to Know Before the Holidays. Editor’s Note 11/27/24: Political discussions have become more and more heated over the last decade, … Read More

Author’s note: This is part one of a two-part series on being an effective pro-life advocate over the holidays. Editor’s Note 11/27/24: This article has been updated with a new section, listed as #6. Estimated reading time: 14 minutes. I’ve been speaking about relational apologetics more often lately, a phrase … Read More

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

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes. On September 18th, Netflix released a documentary about abortion called “Reversing Roe.” I watched it, hoping that it was made in an unbiased way, fairly showing both sides of the debate. Unfortunately, as with most documentaries about abortion, this one was edited in a very … Read More

Estimated reading time: 1 minutes. Josh Brahm analyzes the documentary “Reversing Roe” and exposes the biased editing tricks and responds to the pro-choice arguments made. Click on the embedded playlist below to watch the video series, or click on the button on the top left of the player to pick … Read More

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

Editor’s Note: With his permission, today we’re sharing the first in Steve Wagner’s recent series of posts on how to dialogue about bodily rights. Steve Wagner is the Executive Director of Justice For All and serves on ERI’s Advisory Board. It is extremely easy for pro-life advocates in a conversation … Read More

Estimated reading time: 10 minutes. Bioethics is a broad and expanding field of ethical inquiry into questions concerning human life, its beginning and end, and its interaction with medicine and other technologies. When I began my formal study of bioethics, I noticed that many issues were interrelated, and the issue … Read More

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes. Do you want to discuss abortion with your pro-choice friends, but can’t figure out where to start? Abortion is an uncomfortable subject, so most people are reluctant to initiate a conversation about it. If you want to have a productive dialogue, then you don’t want … Read More

Estimated reading time: 10 minutes. When we make the Equal Rights Argument, pro-choice people tend to respond with an alternative definition of personhood, usually an attribute that they believe humans must have in order to be considered valuable persons, such as sentience, brain activity, self-awareness, or the ability to feel … Read More

In November of 2017 the Holy Family Respect Life Committee, in conjunction with Charles County Right to Life, invited Josh Brahm and David Bereit to speak at their annual pro-life conference in Southern Maryland. After the keynote sessions, Josh and David did a panel discussion and Q&A, joined by Michele … Read More

Estimated reading time: 9 minutes. Imagine there is an eager pro-life high school student named Jared. He has spent hours talking with his pro-choice friends on Facebook, but their conversations never seem to go anywhere. Although he sometimes thinks that his friends make good points, he doesn’t always know how … Read More

[youtube id=”R4yMs9DLTSQ” height=”315″ width=”560″] Download Audio MP3 | 00:30:57 I recently sat in the conference room in our new office to give you an update on what’s been going on behind the scenes at Equal Rights Institute: 01:41 – Sidewalk Counseling Course production update; 02:58 – Why following us on … Read More

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

[youtube id=”Lt3N2-q-83g” height=”316″ width=”560″] Download Audio MP3 | 00:05:39 Timothy Brahm explains how now more than ever, pro-choice advocates are turning to the back alley abortion argument. Watch this video to learn how to respond graciously and persuasively. Related Links: Audio Blog: Bodily Rights Arguments Necessitate Extremism Blog Article: Bodily Rights Arguments … Read More

Estimated reading time: 20 minutes. There is a long list of steps pro-life advocates would like to see their pastor take to stop abortion, and, unfortunately, pastors find that list intimidating. They can’t do everything, and they often don’t feel like anything that they can do would actually make a … Read More

Last week marked the four-year anniversary of the launch of Equal Rights Institute. It’s been a busy year! We spoke to 2,465 people in 29 speeches and one all-day seminar, representing a 17% increase in how many people we spoke to in the last year. (We rarely do seminars now … Read More

What does it mean to be a father? What does the tragedy of miscarriage tell us about the unborn? And does this give us insight about abortion? Estimated reading time: 7 minutes. This question — am I a father? — is one whose answer matters a great deal to me, … Read More

I give a mini ERI update because we’re making some changes that will impact the ERI podcast schedule. Download Audio MP3 | 00:06:17 Click here to subscribe to the ERI podcast in iTunes. Subscribe to the Equipped for Life Podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Subscribe to ERI’s other podcast … Read More

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

[youtube id=”YSXAtSeoOYs”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:12:52 When the first Women’s March happened in 2017, I was a senior in College. I was taking women’s studies classes, so I was surrounded by people who were promoting, organizing, and going to the Women’s March. I felt immersed in that culture, and … Read More

If pro-life advocates want to help pro-choice people change their minds about abortion, then they must understand arguments about bodily autonomy and how to respond to them in a persuasive way. In his recent video, How To Destroy The “Best” Reproductive Rights Argument, Matt Walsh draws attention to these types … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[youtube id=”dRulvkh9Vuw”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:32:38 At the 2018 Students for Life of America Conference, Timothy Brahm gave a never-before-heard speech on social media dialogue. After the presentation, Tim answered some questions from the audience along with Josh Tijerina from Halcyon, another social media presenter at the conference who … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[youtube id=”SoaR_wYb5h0″] Download Audio MP3 | 00:06:10 This is the last in a series of three pieces that I wrote on the topic of fetus tunnel vision. The first piece defines fetus tunnel vision and gives four arguments for why pro-life people should not have it. The second responds to … Read More

Imagine a world without abortion. Estimated reading time: 5 minutes. I don’t mean just a world where abortion has become illegal or unthinkable. I want you to imagine a world where abortion doesn’t exist at all, because it’s not possible. In this alternate universe of Fantasia, the uterus is different … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[youtube id=”aLD8529LmL4″] Download Audio MP3 | 00:31:09 I walk around a botanical garden in Denmark and share about what’s been going on behind the scenes at ERI lately: 00:00 – What I did in Denmark 13:02 – Why I had to completely rework the way we do webinars 17:07 – … Read More

[youtube id=”bY_2lXTatRk”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:06:29 The previous audio blog, “Fetus Tunnel Vision: 4 Reasons Pro-Lifers Need to Stop Doing This,” was a relatively controversial piece that I wrote about 5 years ago. Some people loved it, some hated it, and some had really good questions. I ended up … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[youtube id=”SrMaXEpF28o”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:09:59 Here at ERI we like to help pro-life people not be weird. About 5 years ago, a Students for Life staff person reached out to me asking for an example of a weird thing pro-life people do. The first thing that came to … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

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

[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

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[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

Estimated reading time: 11 minutes. Debate is fun for me, but I’m odd like that. I’m an academic and ethics teacher, so I’ve debated abortion formally and informally, in academic settings and elsewhere. The subject arises most every time I’m in a panel discussion, too. In that time, I’ve come … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[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

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[youtube id=”AQhYOIQHkww”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:05:11 Even before ERI officially began, Tim and I cared a lot about helping pro-life people to think well and take pro-choice arguments seriously. We don’t think every single pro-choice argument is a good argument (there are a lot of really bad arguments on … Read More

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. Imagine you were talking to someone about child abuse, and they said, “You know, I understand that you’re personally against it, but I think we should trust parents to make the right decisions for their families.” Would you feel like their comment about trust was … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[youtube id=”d6zYO97XldA”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:12:32 Sometimes it is tough to be a pro-life college student. Most challenges students face are found on campus during a tabling event or with the administration, but sometimes they are inside the classroom. Far too often when pro-life students dare to speak up … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[youtube id=”8ckDj5qBzkI”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:12:59 This piece is an outreach dialogue story. Despite my not being excited to write it, it went viral on lifenews.com. We suspect this had to do with the title, which could give the impression that this is one of those “The brilliant pro-life … Read More

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. When I have conversations about abortion with pro-choice college students, they regularly express concerns about what would happen if abortion were to become less accessible or even illegal in the United States. One of the concerns I am hearing more and more frequently is about … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[youtube id=”A77shQ3Wx5Q”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:09:30 I wrote this piece a few years ago. Someone had asked me a really tough question in an email, so I decided to address the question in a blog post in case others were interested. I addressed the need to respond to this … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[youtube id=”8RMJa53AJv4″] Download Audio MP3 | 00:31:47 I give an update on the main things that have been going on at ERI in the last month and what we’re working on next. Highlights from Josh’s Canadian speaking tour; Rachel is in Charlotte, and we hired Andrew Kaake and John Ferrer; … Read More

[youtube id=”cNvi6DidIS0″] Download Audio MP3 | 00:14:30 When I was president of Students for Life at the University of Michigan, we tried to do an outreach at least once per month because we felt that once per semester wasn’t quite enough. With that experience and help from the rest of … Read More

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes. Discrimination? Microaggression? Propaganda? These are common labels against pro-lifers. Anyone arguing for the rights of the unborn can expect to be characterized as enemies of women, of liberty, and of human rights. Sometimes we can learn from these accusations and pick better terms or listen … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[youtube id=”ODwBQMav2X0″] Download Audio MP3 | 00:16:40 If you are a part of a dialogue-oriented outreach, you should be paying attention to who should be in a given conversation, and who should not be. This is one of those advanced practical outreach tips that you just learn by doing outreach … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[youtube id=”hLAG_Yq5iNk”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:04:45 This is a follow-up piece to my previous audio blog on logical fallacies and the danger of accusing people of fallacies they did not commit. This piece focuses on how to effectively expose logical fallacies that are committed during a dialogue. Because this … Read More

All pro-life organizations ought to have some presence on social media, but there are some common mistakes that can drastically reduce the effectiveness of a Facebook page. Speaking as someone with experience as a Students for Life leader, running an effective Facebook page is not as difficult as it looks. … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[youtube id=”vRe-h-uXHZ4″] Download Audio MP3 | 00:06:12 This is a piece that I wrote a few years ago. I was responding to an annoying trend that I had been seeing, at least among pro-life people. We are tempted to talk about fallacies all the time in conversation, but one danger … Read More

[youtube id=”Bbdk_15yelU”] Download Audio MP3 | 01:00:30 Tim, Rachel, and I sat down to share some of our favorite stories from the people we talked to at the 2018 Students for Life East Coast Conference. We walked away from that conference glowing, excitedly telling each other stories, because that was … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[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

Whether you are participating in legislative efforts, sidewalk advocacy, volunteering at a Pregnancy Resource Center, or leading a Students for Life group, you should be talking about your pro-life work. Pro-lifers need to talk more about what we are doing for the movement because building awareness is half the battle … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[youtube id=”J2XXxvC8SJo”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:51:52 I spoke at Stonebridge Church in Charlotte again last November after they finished going through the Equipped for Life Course, to answer their questions. I’ll list the topics below in case you want to jump around:

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[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

I regularly hear people complain about Virtue-Signaling, but I haven’t yet found a balanced attempt to clarify what it is and what it isn’t. Mostly I’ve noticed that people are quick to accuse people outside of their own political tribes of doing it. Without any definitions, how is a fair-minded … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[youtube id=”9_G1VTrF_oE”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:09:40 Unfortunately, there may be a time when threats or acts of violence against you become a reality while sidewalk counseling. It is important to know how to handle such a situation, and, in particular, when and how to involve the police. Jacob shares … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

I found the top 5 articles by checking the Google Analytics for the ERI blog, instead of complicating the process by incorporating stats from LifeNews.com, where many of our articles are later republished. I based the podcast stats by combining each episode’s Libsyn stats (pushes the podcast episodes to iTunes) … Read More

[youtube id=”6mdjVNgPqLU”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:10:06 This is a continuation of my previous post “Four Practical Dialogue Tips from My Conversation with Brent.” That piece was focused on specific dialogue strategies I used in that conversation. This one is focused on a major aspect of Brent’s view that we … Read More

This is post is to catch you up on the most exciting developments at Equal Rights Institute, where we’re headed next year, and how I’d like you to prayerfully consider partnering with us financially. Here are some of the highlights from 2017: We gave 25 speeches to about 4,000 people. … Read More

If you are a part of a dialogue-oriented outreach, you should be paying attention to who should be in a given conversation, and who should not be. Estimated reading time: 16 minutes. It was our second day of outreach at Davidson College and after having had several conversations, a lull … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[youtube id=”CXWGCo_3Hfs”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:13:20 Often, as pro-lifers, we can assume that if we’re going to have people outside an abortion facility reaching out to those walking in, women will be far more effective than men. Women might seem less intimidating and easier to trust, and we want … Read More

[youtube id=”U203kyu79z8″] Download Audio MP3 | 00:21:56 I give an update on the main things that have been going on at ERI in the last month and what we’re working on next. Click here to subscribe to our email list. Click here to email us if you want to get … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[youtube id=”h_AlHuNA0hw”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:14:50 A couple years ago, I had a conversation with a student that I call Brent. This conversation became very useful as a teaching tool. He was a very interesting person and we had a long conversation that allowed us to cover a lot … Read More

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes. Imagine you’re out hiking with a friend in the beautiful (and fictional) country of Florin, as depicted in The Princess Bride. You’re both clueless tourists but you’ve casually looked at some maps and you think you can handle yourselves. As you’re walking by a ravine, … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[youtube id=”BATfoheYaAQ”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:34:59 I spoke at Stonebridge Church in Charlotte last month after they finished going through the Equipped for Life Course, to offer some practical tips on relational apologetics and take their questions. This is the audio from the Q&A portion of that event. I’ll … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[youtube id=”9lYfVac0GpY”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:15:37 I’ve written a series of blog posts on what pro-lifers should say to someone who wishes they had been aborted, is happy about her abortion, or has post-abortive friends. But what should pro-lifers say to someone who performs abortions? I received this question … Read More

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes. The character of Aaron Burr in Hamilton: An American Musical stands in stark contrast to the title character. Alexander Hamilton is brash, aggressive, tactless, and always reaches for what he wants, while Aaron Burr is polite, careful, and hesitant. When he initially meets Hamilton, Burr … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[youtube id=”yrs32b86TXs”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:04:50 Millennials are terrified of offending people. They are surrounded by a world of trigger warnings and microaggressions. They worry that they’ll be shouted down if they say something that could be perceived as racist, sexist, homophobic, or somehow bigoted. They also really don’t … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[youtube id=”fexWI5Fy3x8″] Download Audio MP3 | 00:03:26 This is a short story about an early pro-life experience I had. When I shared it in a podcast, others thought it was a great story, so I decided to write this piece. Related Links: Click here to share the original article. Click … Read More

Employ this dialogue tactic to build rapport with a pro-choice person and increase the likelihood that your conversation about abortion will be successful. Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. Many conversations about abortion succeed or fail because of your rapport, or lack thereof, with the pro-choice person. Even a perfectly articulated … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[youtube id=”2wVaiFpogJY”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:11:33 In my early pro-life apologetics days I tended to think that changing someone’s mind about abortion was primarily about making good arguments, being clear, being fast on your feet, and maybe having a little bit of relational skill. The more that I actually … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[youtube id=”QlI_7kmSo6w”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:06:31 This is a short follow-up piece to the article I wrote about Richard Dawkins and his views on abortion and Down Syndrome that I read in last week’s audio blog. The response that we got from that piece when it was published was … Read More

A pro-choice argument in the form of a series of arrogant tweets recently went viral. You would think that with all that bravado, there would have been something new or interesting, but, no, it was just the same argument that has been around for decades. Disappointing as the argument was, … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[youtube id=”EjNv0Wi_Avc”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:12:37 Several years ago, Richard Dawkins tweeted something that became very controversial and blew up in pro-life and pro-choice circles. He was attempting to explain why, given the choice, he would abort a baby with Down Syndrome. Dawkins published a very helpful article the … Read More

[youtube id=”Fi1FWrCX2NY”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:21:20 I give an update on the main things that have been going on at ERI in the last month and what we’re working on next. Note: Sorry about the heavy breathing. I was hiking around 8,600 feet above sea level, and I hadn’t … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[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

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

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[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

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[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

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

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[youtube id=”q_4tpNqKUCY”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:15:14 It’s not often that I am pleasantly surprised by the way pro-choice people act on the internet. This is the story of a pro-choice redditor who looked into the details of an Indianapolis woman’s conviction for feticide and discovered that many media stories … Read More

Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from … Read More

[youtube id=”h3fDfD5FF8g”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:14:14 These six tactics not only helped me navigate a 90-minute debate with three LDS missionaries when I didn’t know anything about Mormonism, they can also help you have better conversations with pro-choice people. Related Links: Josh Brahm: Why We Should Accurately Describe Other … Read More