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
It’s Her Body
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
Ben Shapiro’s Response to Abortion in the Case of Rape
Editor’s Note – 5/31/17: The Ben Shapiro video Tim comments on was uploaded to the Shapiro Facebook page on April 10th. Four weeks later we published this piece from Tim, encouraging pro-life advocates to avoid imitating some of the things Shapiro does in their one-on-one dialogues regarding rape. Two weeks … Read More
Dialogue Story: Rachel and Chloe at Aquinas College
I want to share one more dialogue story from our outreach last month at Aquinas College. Two fantastic students from the Students for Life club at University of Michigan, Rachel Crawford and Chloe Alberta, spoke to several pro-choice girls. This is what happened. Chloe begins the story this way: Towards … Read More
Responding to the Question of Rape with Wisdom and Compassion
This article is an expanded version of a piece I wrote for Life Matters Journal, in which I answered a question from one of LMJ’s readers. This reader asked for help responding to the question of rape: Estimated reading time: 7 minutes. One of the most common questions I get about … Read More
When a Hypothetical Story Isn’t Hypothetical After All
Sometimes when I talk about abortion with strangers, it feels like I’ve already had that conversation before, because they’re making familiar statements. But the truth is, I haven’t had that conversation before, because I haven’t heard that statement from that person before. Even though some statements are very common, different … Read More
VIDEO: 6 Practical Tips for Having Good Dialogues
My speech from the 2015 Students for Life of America conference in D.C. has been posted! These are six practical tips for having good dialogues with pro-choice people. Six practical tips for having good dialogues: Silence your inner monologue. Rephrase what they said. Find genuine common ground when possible. Acknowledge … Read More
Why Pro-Life People Should Watch “After Tiller”
This is a guest post by my formerly pro-choice friend Deanna Unyk. Read more about how she became pro-life here. Read about our upcoming event in Portland here. Estimated reading time: 5 minutes. “After Tiller” is a documentary that follows the lives of the remaining four late-term abortion providers in the … Read More
My Speech at the 2014 Students for Life Conference: “I’m Pro-Life, But…”
I was asked to give an apologetics speech at the Students for Life of America 2014 West Coast National Conference. I was given a title, “I’m Pro-Life, But…” that I was allowed to do anything I wanted with, so I chose to respond to these four common statements and questions: “I’m pro-life, but … Read More