National Prayer Luncheon for Life Pro-Life Impact Show

Join hosts Karen Garnett and Brett Attebery as they welcome Pierre Koshakji, Chairman of the Board of Heroic Media and Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board of Authentic Leadership Foundation! From a different angle on impact this week, we're excited to share this inspiring conversation with our Board Chair about the incredible Virtuous Leadership and Authentic Leadership training programs we have recently completed – and how transformative they have been in each of our lives – both personally / individually and professionally / organizationally / collectively.     “Definitions are everything” – and “the definition” of virtuous and authentic leadership – to which we are all called! – is “to bring out the greatness in others”!     Learn about Alexandre Havard, the “Virtuous Leadership Pyramid”, the “Quad Chart Challenge”, the importance of understanding and maximizing our primary and secondary temperaments and signature strengths, and how each individual discovering and living out their mission and purpose will yield magnanimous impact on the world!     There's something for everyone – watch, enjoy, and share!

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes Nikki Schaefer, Founder and Executive Director of Heart Of A Child Ministries! Hear Nikki share the incredible Holy-Spirit-filled stories of how Heart Of A Child Ministries was first inspired through the heart of a 7-year-old girl during a prayer service on the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade; how thousands of “Pro-Life Prayer Pillows” have been distributed and ministered to precious mothers in unexpected pregnancies through pregnancy help organizations; how the 4S Model of Education™ was formed – using Scripture, Science with live ultrasounds, Stories, and Service to teach thousands across the country about the gift of life – already in 7 States and now expanding internationally; and the multiple ways God is working through this impactful ministry to “change the heart of the nation by showing the heart of the child™”. Watch and share this deep dose of passion and inspiration!

Join hosts Karen Garnett and Brett Attebery as they give a quick recap of highlights of the June 24th one-year-Dobbs anniversary celebrations last weekend – Brett in Washington, D.C., at the National Celebrate Life Day & Gala events and Karen in St. Charles, Missouri at the 2023 Pro-Life Women's Conference – and as Brett welcomes guest Michael Kenney, President of Pro-Life Partners Foundation, for a thoughtful conversation about strategies to create more unity and effective collaboration in the pro-life movement in our post-Roe landscape. Watch and share!

Join hosts Karen Garnett and Brett Attebery as they welcome David Bereit, Founder of the global 40 Days for Life movement, experienced non-profit CEO, and strategic advisor to numerous high-impact faith-based and pro-life organizations across the country! We owe an enormous debt of gratitude to David for his strategic partnership and advisement to us here at Heroic Media and National Prayer Luncheon for Life! David has been to all 50 States – twice! – and on the ground to help advance the culture for LIFE in 500+ cities. In this special Episode 75 marking the 1-year anniversary of the June 24, 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization overturning Roe v. Wade, we asked David – who hosted the epic Life Beyond Roe nationwide webinar featuring 43 pro-life leaders 5 days after the Dobbs decision last year – and has been in 28 States since! – to share his perspective on the “State of Post-Roe America”: the victories in the last year, and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead – to become more innovative, more strategic, more collaborative, and most effective in accelerating the winning of this war! You won't want to miss this incredible conversation with David. Watch and share!

Join hosts Karen Garnett and Brett Attebery as they welcome Mike Seibel, J.D., Senior Counsel for Abortion on Trial – and now, for the recently launched Reproductive Injustice as well! Mike was our guest last year on June 23rd – the day before the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade was issued by the Supreme Court of the United States! Hear Mike share the incredible updates about battles won over the last year since Dobbs – including working in tandem with Mark Lee Dickson and Jonathan Mitchell to help establish 57 “Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn” and counting – even in abortion-illegal States – and their fascinating and exciting new strategy to bring about a national ban on abortion in America through the enforcement of the Comstock Law of 1873 – garnering the attention of both the abortion industry and MSM. Plus, women injured by abortion – especially through the abortion pill as its use continues to escalate, and with it, complications (4x greater than in surgical abortions!) – can now receive legal representation through Reproductive Injustice. You won't want to miss this informative conversation with Mike! Be sure to not only watch/listen, but also share!          

Join hosts Karen Garnett and Brett Attebery as they welcome Emily Berning, Co-Founder and President of Let Them Live! Let Them Live was founded by Emily and her husband Nathan in 2019 because they were connected with an abortion-minded woman who was homeless because she couldn't pay her bills. They emptied their bank account and gave her the financial assistance she needed to keep her baby. After saving her and her baby from abortion, they founded Let Them Live to help moms and give others the opportunity to experience the same joy that comes with saving a life! Let Them Live envisions a culture where women never feel like abortion is their only option simply because of their financial situation. With 73% of women having abortions due to financial burden, Let Them Live offers them financial support so that they can choose life instead – having already helped save 600 precious Moms and their babies from abortion! Fasten your seatbelt as you hear Emily's passion as she shares about Let Them Live's exponential growth in just 4 years as their mission spreads like wildfire across the country!

Join hosts Karen Garnett and Brett Attebery as they welcome Theresa Burke, Ph.D., Founder of Rachel's Vineyard Ministries! Hear the amazing stories of these beautiful healing ministries' origins and expansion. In 1986, Dr. Burke started one of the first therapeutic support groups for women who had experienced the trauma of abortion after founding The Center for Post-Abortion Healing. Rachel's Vineyard: A Psychological and Spiritual Journey for Post-Abortion Healing was then published in 1994: a unique support group model for counselors, offering a very concrete, emotional experience for women who were grieving the loss of their aborted children. In 1995, Dr. Burke adapted and expanded the curriculum into a format for weekend retreats. Soon individuals seeking healing began to travel from other states to experience this very effective, sensorial healing process. Rachel's Vineyard has now grown to over 1000 retreats annually – for women and men – offered by 375 sites in 49 states and 70 countries! Dr. Burke has additionally created the weeklong Grief to Grace healing program for victims of sexual abuse, as well as the Duty to Heal program for the military community – each with tremendous impact. We could not begin to adequately thank Dr. Burke and her teams for their decades of work in these critical healing ministries – because “Everyone Deserves to Heal!” We pray you will be equally blessed by this inspiring conversation!

Join hosts Karen Garnett and Brett Attebery as they welcome Nikki Biese and Chris Massaro, Executive Director and Director of Mission Advancement of Biking for Babies! Biking for Babies' mission is to provide hope in crisis and transform the culture into one that supports life. Every year, Biking for Babies forms and equips missionaries to take on a long-distance cycling mission that raises awareness and funds for pregnancy centers and maternity homes nationwide to assist women and families experiencing unexpected pregnancies. Much more than a mission trip, Biking for Babies equips young people with the tools to advocate and garner support for life in their communities. Together, pregnancy centers, maternity homes, and Biking for Babies are partnering to build a world that responds to crisis with faith, hope, and love. You don't have to be a cyclist to be inspired by this incredible conversation and hear about the impact Biking for Babies is making!

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes Pastor Bruce Kendrick, NPLL 2023 “Hour of Power” Prayer & Celebration Speaker/Prayer Leader and Director of Life Initiatives at Watermark Community Church! Hear Bruce's story of God calling him and his wife to open their home as young marrieds to lovingly welcome foster children, eventually adopting 5 of their 9 children, and of founding Embrace Texas, an impactful non-profit organization partnering with churches and other non-profits to provide life-changing programs and resources to vulnerable children and their caregivers: helping children lingering in the foster care system find the love and stability of a forever family, ministering to foster parents through respite care, support groups, and valuable training, and supporting teens who “age-out” of foster care without an adoptive family. Bruce also shares the call to become Director of Life Initiatives at Watermark Community Church in 2019 – creating and building out a comprehensive “continuum of care” pro-life ministry integrated into the church – including tangibly supporting women in unexpected pregnancies and facilitating healing after abortion and family restoration. You will be inspired by this eye-opening, Holy Spirit-filled, packed conversation!

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes Aurora Tinajero, NPLL 2023 “Hour of Power” Prayer & Celebration Speaker/Prayer Leader and National Coordinator of Latinos por La Vida! Hear Aurora's personal story of changing her mind about getting an abortion in 1973, when she experienced both an unexpected pregnancy and homelessness; how God first used her and that dramatic, life-altering story as His instrument to help save the life of another baby a few short years later; and how He has raised her up as a national and international FORCE for the Gospel of LIFE – creating and implementing critically needed, breakthrough programs and services – for decades! We congratulate Aurora in being honored with the 2023 People of Life Award from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Pro-Life Secretariat, which she will receive this July! You will be so inspired listening to her Holy Spirit-filled testimonies in this conversation!  

Join hosts Karen Garnett and Brett Attebery as they welcome back and CONGRATULATE Melissa Ohden, Founder & CEO of The Abortion Survivors Network – Winner of the NPLL 2023 Pro-Life Impact Award and $50,000 Pro-Life Impact Grant, joined by her beautiful colleague Delana Brooks! Hear Melissa's reflections about winning this year's top award and grant, and the impact the grant will make in The Abortion Survivors Network's mission moving forward, as well as Delana's sharing her riveting story of discovering she was an abortion survivor, her healing journey through ASN, and how it also plays into her daily work serving abortion-minded clients as executive director of a pregnancy help center. You will be inspired by this heart, mind, and soul-moving conversation!

Join hosts Karen Garnett and Brett Attebery for the NPLL 2023 “Hour of Power” & Pro-Life Impact Awards Replay! on this week's episode! Our profound thanks to each of our amazing Speakers and Prayer Leaders for their inspiring, Holy Spirit-filled remarks and prayers: Catherine Hadro, broadcaster, news contributor, and 2023 emcee; Auxiliary Bishop Greg Kelly, Diocese of Dallas; Aurora Tinajero, National Coordinator of Latinos por La Vida; Christina Bennett, Live Action Correspondent; and Pastor Bruce Kendrick, Director of Life Initiatives, Watermark Community Church; to our 2023 Sponsors; to our phenomenal 2023 Honorees; and to you and the thousands from across the country who voted and joined with us live or through the sharing and watching of the replay. God Bless All – ENJOY watching the replay, and let us continue soldiering forward to accelerate the winning of this war TOGETHER!

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes back emcee Catherine Hadro for our NPLL 2023 Event Countdown! special episode! Thousands of votes have been cast within the U.S. and from friends in 28 additional countries cheering on this year's amazing finalists for the Pro-Life Impact Award & Grants – and now it's time to be SURE you tune in to join us online on Friday, April 21, from 12-1PM CT for the “hour of power” prayer & celebration event featuring inspiring remarks and prayers from this year's speakers and prayer leaders: Bishop Greg Kelly, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Dallas, Aurora Tinajero, National Coordinator of Latinos por La Vida, Christina Bennett, Live Action Correspondent, and Pastor Bruce Kendrick, Director of Life Initiatives at Watermark Community Church! The Pro-Life Impact Award & $100k in Pro-Life Impact Grants will be announced and presented LIVE at the end of the hour! You won't want to miss it!

Join hosts Karen Garnett and Brett Attebery as they welcome back All 6 Finalists for the NPLL 2023 Pro-Life Impact Award & $100,000 in Pro-Life Impact Grants in this special unity Episode before Voting Closes at midnight on Saturday, April 15th! As the excitement continues to build, hear the passion and snapshot mission recaps from Melissa Ohden of The Abortion Survivors Network, Josh Brahm of Equal Rights Institute, Christopher Bell of Good Counsel Homes, Joe Langfeld of Human Life Alliance, Dr. Monique Ruberu of Natural Women's Health, and Levi Hart, sitting in for Bridget VanMeans of ThriVe® Express Women's Healthcare – and please be sure to share!          

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes the sixth of our six NPLL 2023 Pro-Life Impact Award and Pro-Life Impact Grant Nominees: Bridget VanMeans, CEO & Vision Leader of ThriVe® Express Women's Healthcare! ThriVe® Express Women's Healthcare is the country's strategy leader in the “Pregnancy Center Movement”, and has redefined what is now thought as possible. Using a Pro-woman medical model, aimed solely at the abortion-determined woman, ThriVe® has rescued well over 40,000 babies. ThriVe® is set completely apart from all other “pregnancy centers” via cutting edge advertising (extremely), top-tier medical services, state-of-the-art chic centers, Mobile Medical Centers, and now the Nation's Premier Women's TeleHealth brand (pointed right at the abortion pill/Plan C): ThriVe+! ThriVe® is the only life-affirming Women's Healthcare Service pre-Roe (and post) that drove the SHUT DOWN of Planned Parenthood in their entire state. ThriVe® is a proven, tactical threat to Planned Parenthood's heretofore unrestrained brutality, rendering them incapable of sustainability. Notably, Missouri became the first “abortion free” (abortion-facility free) state in October of 2019, nearly 3 years before Roe was overturned! As the recognized catalyst for this historic phenomenon, ThriVe® Express Women's Healthcare is now positioned as the first VIABLE, national counter brand to Planned Parenthood, and will rapidly expand into all 50 states in the next 18-24 months. You'll love this inspiring conversation with Bridget!

Join hosts Karen Garnett and Brett Attebery as they welcome the fifth of our NPLL 2023 Pro-Life Impact Award and Pro-Life Impact Grant Nominees: Josh Brahm, Founder & President of Equal Rights Institute! Equal Rights Institute is an international pro-life apologetics organization that trains pro-life advocates to think clearly, reason honestly, and argue persuasively. Their philosophical and uniquely relational approach helps students refute the toughest pro-abortion-choice arguments and actually change hearts and minds while loving the pro-abortion-choice person in front of them. In addition to ERI's two comprehensive online courses and wildly popular video social media content, ERI's speakers, Josh Brahm and Emily Albrecht, travel internationally to present effective pro-life arguments to both pro-life and pro-abortion-choice audiences, including platform speaking events at conferences in England, Denmark, and Canada in just the next month and a half! ERI has been sought out to present the pro-life position on national and international media, including interviews in 2022 on MSNBC, BBC News, EWTN, and Relevant Radio, which reached millions of pro-abortion-choice people with intelligent and loving pro-life arguments for the very first time. Since 2014, ERI has reached 5,106,795 people with its content through public speaking, consulting, videos, podcasts, and online courses. You'll love this inspiring conversation with Josh!

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes the fourth of our NPLL 2023 Pro-Life Impact Award and Pro-Life Impact Grant Nominees: Christopher Bell, Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer of Good Counsel Homes! Good Counsel Homes has been lovingly caring for homeless, pregnant mothers and babies since 1985, welcoming any pregnant mother with or without older children. Good Counsel never says “no” to a pregnant woman in need. Free day care is provided for the women to be able to work or attend school. With 3 Good Counsel maternity homes in New York and 1 in New Jersey, and through counseling across the country, 8,200+ mothers have been served; 1,290 babies have been born to mothers living in Good Counsel Homes; over 774,607 days of help and nights of shelter have been provided to homeless mothers and their children. Since 2018, 57% of Good Counsel residents have gained employment and 54% have achieved educational advancement! 44,000+ calls have been answered by its 24/7 Helpline since its launch in 1996. The average occupancy in Good Counsel homes has been over capacity, at 101%. In a recent year, Good Counsel mothers received 14,148 professional one-on-one counseling sessions with their case managers. Good Counsel has also helped establish 9 maternity homes in 8 additional states. Further, Good Counsel offers an Exodus program, which is assistance and counseling for former residents, as well as counseling for men, women, and siblings impacted by abortion through its Lumina (which means “Light”) program – effectively helping to break the cycle of repeat and intergenerational abortions. You'll love this inspiring conversation with Chris!

Join hosts Karen Garnett and Brett Attebery as they welcome the third of our NPLL 2023 Pro-Life Impact Award and Pro-Life Impact Grant Nominees: Dr. Monique Ruberu, Founder & Pro-Life OB/GYN of Natural Women's Health! Natural Women's Health is the first local organization to be a finalist for the NPLL Pro-Life Impact Award & Grants. NWH is a 100% God-centered, pro-life, holistic, non-contraceptive-based, root-cause-seeking gynecology and fertility health organization, providing care for over 2,000 patients to date. God uses this group of medical professionals as instruments to save lives through counseling women against abortion and facilitating Abortion Pill Reversal. Free healthcare is provided to the destitute and abortion-vulnerable, and chastity, abortion recovery, marriage, and faith are freely discussed with patients. Fertility challenges are solved without IVF, and countless preborn babies at high risk for miscarriage have been saved through expert progesterone monitoring and support. NWH provides a location where pro-life Physician Assistant students, nursing students, and medical students can do clinical rotations to understand how to practice as a 100% pro-life medical provider. In addition to being a national pro-life public speaker and author, Dr. Ruberu began co-leading two 40 Days for Life Vigils in downtown Philadelphia, helping to facilitate daily coverage at both facilities for the past several years, including a personal commitment to pray and witness outside on a weekly basis. You will love this inspiring conversation with Dr. Ruberu!

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes the second of our NPLL 2023 Pro-Life Impact Award and Pro-Life Impact Grant Nominees: Joe Langfeld, Executive Director of Human Life Alliance! Human Life Alliance has served the pro-life community around the world for more than 46 years. Its comprehensive and compelling materials reach policy makers, single mothers, teens, young adults, medically vulnerable individuals, and their families to save lives. Today HLA presents the truth about abortion and supports life-affirming alternatives to infanticide, euthanasia, assisted suicide, and the so-called “safer-sex” myths. Since launching its printed educational campaigns in 1990, HLA has reached 237.8 million people in all 50 States, 88 different countries, and on all seven continents, beginning with the groundbreaking She's a Child, not a “Choice” newspaper. You'll love this inspiring conversation as Joe shares more about HLA's reach and impact!

Join hosts Karen Garnett and Brett Attebery as they welcome the first of our NPLL 2023 Pro-Life Impact Award and Pro-Life Impact Grant Nominees: Melissa Ohden, MSW, Founder & CEO of The Abortion Survivors Network! The Abortion Survivors Network is the only support and advocacy organization worldwide for the babies who have survived abortion and their families. Its groundbreaking research on Canadian data indicates there were minimally 1,734 abortion survivors in the U.S. alone in 2020. Forty-nine years of Roe would fill more than a Super Bowl stadium! Since 2019, the Abortion Survivors Network has connected with nearly 650 survivors, healing them with healing groups, empowering them with community support, and equipping them to find and use their voice. Where you see abortion survivors in the media, at events, or in policy hearings, the Abortion Survivors Network is the driving force. No one humanizes abortion the way abortion survivors do. In 2023, ASN is launching its Ambassadors program, activating survivors in their states to make them visible and abortion unthinkable. Additionally, ASN is launching collaborative training in how to respond to and support women after failed chemical abortions in this new post-Roe America. You'll love this inspiring conversation with Melissa!

Join hosts Karen Garnett and Brett Attebery for Special Episode 58: NPLL 2023 Preview! as they welcome Catherine Hadro, broadcaster, speaker, writer, founding host of EWTN Pro-Life Weekly, and NPLL 2023 Event Emcee! Hear Catherine's passion and excitement about the vision and invitation of National Prayer Luncheon for Life to pro-lifers across the country to join in this growing grassroots opportunity for prayer and unity through the annual “hour of power” of inspiration and honoring the hard and impactful work of amazing pro-life organizations. We are thrilled to announce the six finalist organizations for the 2023 Pro-Life Impact Award and $100,000 in Pro-Life Impact Grants: (in alphabetical order) The Abortion Survivors Network, led by Melissa Ohden; Equal Rights Institute, led by Josh Braum; Good Counsel Homes, led by Christopher Bell; Human Life Alliance, led by Joe Langfeld; Natural Women's Health, led by Dr. Monique Ruberu; and ThriVe® Express Women's Healthcare, led by Bridget VanMeans. Hear the snapshots about these organizations – and make plans to prayerfully cast your vote (you may only vote ONE time) and register to join us in person or virtually on Friday, April 21, 2023, from 12-1PM Central Time for the “hour of power” prayer and celebration event – when the winners of the 2023 Pro-Life Impact Award and each of the Pro-Life Impact Grant levels will be announced and presented live!          

Join hosts Karen Garnett and Brett Attebery as they welcome Mark Houck, Founder and President of The King's Men, who has most recently become known as the national “pro-life face of the weaponization of the government”. Hear Mark share the story of his recent well-deserved acquittal following the unexpected and harrowing raid on his home by the FBI last September when he was arrested for allegations of violation of the FACE (Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act) following the Dobbs decision overturning Roe. Mark was the guest of Congressman Scott Perry (R-PA) at the State of the Union address this week. Also learn about the mission of The King's Men: Under Christ the King's universal call to serve, men banding together and pledging to unite and build up other men in the mold of leader, protector, and provider, through education, formation, healing, and action. You won't want to miss this informative and inspiring conversation!

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes Greg Schleppenbach, Executive Director of The Culture Project, “an initiative of young people set out to restore culture through the experience of virtue by proclaiming the dignity of the human person and the richness of living sexual integrity – inviting our culture to become fully alive.” Culture Project missionaries don't just give presentations – they also walk with students throughout the year, experiencing regular Q&As, lunches, and after-school visits with other young people who are walking out a virtuous life. Having served in over 1,000 schools already, CP missionaries, trained by experts in the fields of mental health, reproductive health, theology of the body, and pro-life apologetics, talk to high school and middle school students about human dignity, self worth, and how living a virtuous life can change the world. You will be inspired!

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes special guest Mark Roepke! Mark has been serving the pro-life movement for more than a decade and beginning with the leak of the Dobbs decision last May, began sharing his story publicly. His brave birth mother, Cyndy, was the victim of statutory rape at the age of 14, courageously carried Mark to term, and selflessly placed him for adoption into the loving arms of Gary and Mary. God used Mark and his service as God's instrument in a most profound way on the steps of the Supreme Court on June 24, 2022, at the moment the Dobbsdecision overturning Roe, Doe, and Casey was announced – and clips of Mark's message about the intrinsic VALUE of every human life, regardless of the circumstances of their conception, have since gone viral. You don't want to miss this huge dose of inspiration as we continue soldiering forward to win this war!

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes Larry Cirignano, decades-long pro-life activist, leader, and networker, andDC Rep for Choose-Life.org for this episode during “March for Life 2023” week as we approach the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision of January 22, 1973, remembering the 64 million innocent children whose lives have been taken through abortion in this country and the millions of mothers, fathers, and families impacted. As the war rages on following the Dobbs decision overturning Roe in June 2022, we soldier forward, undeterred! Through Choose-Life.org's beautiful messaging through specialty license plates in 35+ states, $29M dollars has already been raised to help support pregnancy centers and promote the beauty of adoption! A special shoutout to all courageous birth moms and birth families, as well as all amazing adoptive families, for your incredible witness to the world!

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes Royce Hood, Founder of Law of Life Summit, and Dena Espenscheid, Senior Director of Coalitions at Leadership Institute, as we discuss our organizations' collaborative efforts to impact the culture for LIFE – with particular focus on “influencing and winning the pro-life argument” through effective messaging and communication. Did you know there has long been an “AP Style Guide” with a dedicated section for “abortion-related coverage”? Join the conversation to learn more about playing offense instead of defense in order to win the cultural narrative war and help empower women to choose LIFE and thrive!

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes The Most Reverend Joseph Strickland, Bishop of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, Episcopal Member of the Heroic Media Board of Directors, and leading pro-life voice among the shepherds of the Church for a strong dose of inspiration as we begin the new year. Hear Bishop Strickland's message of hope, encouragement, and the importance of keeping LOVE at the forefront and maintaining JOY in the Lord in the midst of the daily spiritual and cultural battle for LIFE. You will be inspired!

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes Janine Marrone, Founder and President of the Board of Support After Abortion, and Kristan Hawkins, President of Students for Life of America, for an enlightening conversation where the two leaders share their perspectives on medication/chemical abortion: from the healing space and from the prevention/education/political space. Following a nationwide study, Support After Abortion recently published a white paper titled Study Shows Long-Term Negative Impact of Medication Abortion; Students for Life of America has also published the results of several studies on its Demetree Institute for Pro-Life Advancement website. These leading experts equip all pro-lifers with incredible information regarding getting the truth out about the devastation and destruction this “new priority” of the abortion industry, and also effective messaging strategies depending on the target audiences. You won't want to miss this!

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes Dr. John Bruchalski, Founder & President of Divine Mercy Care andFounder of Tepeyac OB/GYN. In this season of Advent, you will be filled with HOPE as you hear Dr. B joyfully share the story of his transformative experience through God's amazing grace and divine mercy which led him to leave behind committing abortions – in all three trimesters – as well as birth control and IVF – and dedicate his life to providing holistic reproductive medical care for women and their preborn children. Dr. B helped create the Pro-Women's Healthcare Centers (PWHC) network in 2018, and his new book, Two Patients: My Conversion from Abortion to Life-Affirming Medicine, was just released in October. As an OB/GYN, Dr. B also brings clarity to the national confusion regarding “abortions being ‘necessary to save the life of the mother'”: There is no medical situation that would necessitate a direct and intentional abortion to “save the life of the mother.” You won't want to miss this!

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes Jeanne Mancini, President of March for Life. With the overturning of Roe v. Wade through the landmark Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization Supreme Court decision on June 24, 2022, many have been asking: “Will the national March for Life around the Roe anniversary continue?” Jeanne's answer is a resounding: “Yes – We are not done!” Hear Jeanne explain WHY the March for Life will continue in January, where the March route will now end, the theme for the 2023 March for Life and information on 2023 MFL Rally speakers, and March for Life's work nationally and in the States in our new post-Roe landscape – where the lives of preborn children continue to be lost through abortion in America each day.

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes Mark Lee Dickson, Founder of Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn. Mark walks through his efforts which began in 2019, leading over 50 cities across the United States in the passing of enforceable ordinances outlawing abortion within their city limits. Mark explains how these enforceable ordinances interface with state and federal law in both abortion-restricted and abortion-unrestricted states, and how local communities can be successfully mobilized to get these enforceable ordinances passed to protect both preborn children and their mothers and families from the evil of abortion. Mark was recently the only non-government actor named as a defendant in the federal lawsuit regarding the Texas Heartbeat Act which recently went before the Supreme Court of the United States. All nine Justices agreed the case against Mark should be dismissed.

Join host Karen Garnett for this Special Episode 46: The Importance of Voting – sharing two short, educational and inspirational video messages from our friend and colleague Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life and EndAbortion.US, from his Elections video series. The video series explores why we have a duty to vote, and what the principles of America, the teachings of the Gospel and the Church, and the dictates of common sense compel us to do as elections draw near, exploring both the theoretical and the practical aspects of elections, and how you as a voter can fulfill your own responsibility and enable countless others to do the same! With the critical 2022 midterm elections next Tuesday, November 8, today we share “Voting: An Aspect of Loving God and Neighbor” and “Don't ‘Sit Out' the Elections!” Please watch and share with others, pray, serve, and be sure to VOTE!

Join hosts Karen Garnett and Brett Attebery as they welcome Valerie Huber, Founder and President/CEO of The Institute for Women's Health – the only organization of its kind in the country. Valerie served in the last Federal Administration as the Special Representative for Global Women's Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Global Affairs and as Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs, Senior Policy Advisor, and Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary of Health. Founding The Institute for Women's Health in early 2021, Valerie and her team promote authentic women's health priorities both domestically and globally by empowering women to thrive and achieve optimal health outcomes from their first 1000 days – from the moment of conception – and continuing through every stage of their lives. A centerpiece of The Institute's work is reclaiming the narrative that has been “co-opted” by abortion advocates, showcasing the truth, among many truths, that abortion is not healthcare and abortion does not empower women. Valerie is a master educator – you will not want to miss a word of what she shares!

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes Joe Langfeld, Executive Director of Human Life Alliance. Human Life Alliance promotes awareness of the inherent dignity and personhood of human life, born and preborn, without exception or compromise. HLA has served the pro-life community around the world for more than 45 years by pioneering educational initiatives, working with policymakers, assisting mothers, reaching teens, and saving the lives of young women and their babies – especially young women between the ages 15 and 24 most vulnerable to abortion in our culture. Since beginning printed educational campaigns in 1990 – starting with the famous She's a Child, Not a “Choice” magazine, HLA has reached 236.1 million people in all 50 States, 88 different countries, and all 7 continents, with a strong emphasis on college campuses. HLA's amazing and impactful printed materials are available to pregnancy centers, churches, organizations, and individuals at little to no cost! Let's help blanket our country and the world with the TRUTH about the beauty of LIFE!

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes Allan Parker, President of The Justice Foundation. Hear the incredible story of how the Holy Spirit inspired Allan to represent Norma McCorvey, the “Jane Roe” of the Roe v. Wade decision, and Sandra Cano, the “Mary Doe” of the sister Doe v. Bolton decision, asking the United States Supreme Court to reverse their cases' decisions, and how abortion is defined as a crime against humanity along with slavery and segregation. Through its Operation Outcry initiative, the testimonies of 4,000 women hurt by abortion have been entered into legal records and have made a measurable impact. The Justice Foundation's amicus curiae brief was cited in the Dobbs decision overturning Roe. Also learn about the work of TJF's Center Against Forced Abortion and avid promotion of Safe Haven laws as a protection for preborn children in all 50 states. You will be inspired!

Join hosts Karen Garnett and Brett Attebery as they welcome Bridget VanMeans, President/Vision Leader of ThriVe Nation, for an update on the national launch of ThriVe+ Express Women's Healthcare – “Telehealth Everywhere”.Bridget shares the most recently learned tactics of “the Plan C Team” – the chilling fact that they have obtained the cell phone numbers of millions of young women 18-24 across the country and have already sent targeted text messages straight to their phones, “pre-advertising” to “click here” to get your abortion pills “when you need them.” This new tactic of the abortion industry to try to “eliminate the search option” – essentially to eliminate connections to life-affirming alternatives – further proves the need for ThriVe+ to seize this unprecedented moment and proactively advertise the beautiful, empowering choice of life. ThriVe+ offers 24-second “speed to nurse” telehealth service in this groundbreaking, cutting-edge new nationwide model, rather than Planned Parenthood and “the Plan C Team's” disempowering “solution” of abortion. Watch and share!

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes Lauren Muzyka, Esq., President & CEO of Sidewalk Advocates for Life.Hear Lauren's updates on how the ever-shifting landscape in our post-Roe/post-Dobbs America and how sidewalk advocates teams are “staying the course” – continuing their effective presence outside abortion facilities in “abortion legal” states and outside  abortion-referral facilities in “abortion-illegal” states. The demand for abortion remains high, with statistics showing some abortion facilities in “abortion-legal” states seeing triple the number of clients, and other states reporting a projected quadrupling of the number of abortion facilities in their states. Even as many battles have been won, the war rages on, requiring our committed engagement and participation until it has been won!  

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes Dr. Michael J. New, Associate Scholar at Charlotte Lozier Institute, the research “think tank” arm of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America. Professor New, with a Master's degree in Statistics and Ph.D. in Political Science from Stanford University, as well as service as a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard-MIT, is known and appreciated as “the Pro-Life Movement's Social Scientist”. Hear Dr. New share about the service work of the Lozier Institute and his insights and analysis of Planned Parenthood's most recent Annual Report, “quietly dumped” on Friday afternoon, citing the alarming statistics of its record number of abortions committed in 2020 – 383,460 – an 8% increase over 2019; 41% of abortion “market share”; and a record $1.7Billion income. In our “post-Roe/post-DobbsAmerica,” the war to win the culture for life and end the demand for abortion rages on. We press on!

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes Brandy Meeks, newly named President of Vitae Foundation. Vitae has been working tirelessly in the pro-life movement for 30 years, leading the world in its right-brain research of abortion decision-making, striving to perfect the right messages to effectively reach women, and producing life-saving results that encourage a culture of life. Brandy brings extensive expertise to her new role as President, having served as a pregnancy center Director, Director of Research and Programming for Vitae, VP of Operations for Abby Johnson's And Then There Were None, and alongside her husband Matt at Cornerstone Marketing Strategies. Hear Brandy passionately articulate exciting program updates at Vitae and her vision and mission for the next chapter as she takes the helm!

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes Tracy Winsor, Co-Founder and Parent Program Director of Be Not Afraid. Be Not Afraid is serving a critical need, offering a proven model of success to support parents carrying their pre-born babies to term following a prenatal diagnosis. In a world where abortion is “recommended to be ‘legal in cases of fetal anomaly'” – even in states where abortion is now illegal following Dobbs – completely disrespecting every pre-born baby's inherent value and unalienable right to life from the moment of his or her existence – statistics show that 80% of parents who receive a serious prenatal diagnosis end the pregnancy. Yet, if offered a service of comprehensive support, 80% decide to carry to term instead! Offering trainings across the country to educate and equip pro-lifers, BNA collaborates with Heartbeat International, the Charlotte Lozier Institute, Her PLAN, the National Catholic Bioethics Center, the American Association of Pro-Life OBGYNs, the American College of Pediatricians, and Sidewalk Advocates for Life. Tracy gives us a tremendous education in this conversation!

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes Omar Aguilar, Director of Latinos Por La Vida. Learn about Latinos Por La Vida's mission as one of the few national pro-life organizations dedicated to educating and mobilizing the Latino community to defend itself from the abortion industry – in order to counter the staggering loss of 250,000 Latino/Hispanic preborn children annually by abortion in the U.S.

Join hosts Karen Garnett and Brett Attebery as they welcome Jennifer Roush, Executive Director of SperaVita Institute. SperaVita Institute helps pregnancy centers become highly effective at rescuing women and children from abortion through its specialized “FOCUS” Training method for pregnancy centers: a 15-step linear patient process designed to reach and serve the abortion-minded, abortion-determined, and at-risk woman. Having already trained 64 pregnancy centers nationwide – with skyrocketing choose-life results carefully tracked through metrics – SperaVita's vision is to train 250 centers in the FOCUS method and see 1 million lives saved from abortion by 2030. We encourage all who work or volunteer at or support your local pregnancy center to contact Jennifer for this amazing training if your center is not among the 64 already trained!

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes Brian Westbrook, Executive Director of Coalition Life. Hear Brian share the exciting story of Coalition for Life's major role in “The Missouri Miracle” – helping Missouri to essentially become “the first abortion-free state” well before the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Brian details effective strategies undertaken to “break down silos” and build a functioning coalition and network with fast-flowing communication and mobilization throughout Missouri, and the recent decision to change from a local to new national organization, “Coalition Life,” with its first expansion into the Chicago, Illinois area. Coalition Life has a proven structure in place for helping staff the sidewalks outside of abortion facilities with paid sidewalk counselors to increase impact, as well as “30 fundamentals” to live by for achieving greatest cultural impact. You will be inspired!

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes Dr. Pat Castle, President & Founder of LIFE Runners and Co-Founder of the Law of Life Summit and A-Cross America Relay. A retired Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force, graduate of and former Professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy, and faculty member of the Encounter School of Ministry-Omaha campus, Pat is an inspiring and unifying force for pro-life through faith, activism, and education.  Hear Pat's story of the founding of LIFE Runners, “the world's largest Pro-Life Team” with over 19,600 teammates who wear “REMEMBER The Unborn” jerseys as a public witness in over 3,300 cities – and the invitation to ALL to become part of this exciting, now-international “All in Christ for Pro-Life” team! You don't need to be a “runner”!  

Join hosts Karen Garnett and Brett Attebery as they welcome Jason Jones, author, speaker, film producer, President of H.E.R.O. (Human Rights Education Organization), Movie to Movement, and I Am Whole Life, Director of The Vulnerable People Project, and host of The Jason Jones Show. Hear Jason's riveting story of how the trajectory of his life changed when his high school girlfriend became pregnant and they tragically lost their pre-born daughter, Jessica, in a third-trimester abortion her mother was forced to undergo in the late 80s – and Jason's vow that he would spend the rest of his life working to end abortion. Jason wrote a “40-year plan” in 1991 to “end abortion in 40 years” – including Roe falling in 2022! With that “first major domino now having fallen,” Jason is confident that a Personhood Amendment securing the legal protection for ALL pre-born children nationwide by the year 2031 IS achievable as “the great campaign in support of life” continues full steam ahead with each of us doing our part. You will be inspired and encouraged!

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes Rebecca Kiessling, attorney and Founder and President of Save The 1. Rebecca is an expert speaker in the pro-life industry on the so-called “acceptable exceptions” – even misunderstood by many pro-lifers and certainly by many candidates running for office and elected officials: that abortion “should be legal” in the “hard cases” of when the mother has been a victim of rape or incest, or when parents receive a challenging prenatal diagnosis. Hear the story of how Rebecca, as a precious child of a rape victim whose birth mother almost aborted her two times, changed the hearts and minds of Governor Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich, and many legislators across the U.S., Canada, and Europe on these “exceptions”, and learn tips and talking points from Rebecca on how to effectively address these “exceptions” – effectively advocating for the full legal protection of every preborn child while having sincere compassion for their mothers who have been crime victims and parents and families facing challenging prenatal diagnoses and being pressured to abort.

Join host Karen Garnett as she welcomes co-host Brett Attebery, President and CEO of Heroic Media – “on the other side of the mic” – and Bridget VanMeans, President/Vision Leader of ThriVe Nation, for an exciting early update on the official launch of the national expansion of ThriVe+ Express Women's Healthcare and Women's Telehealth on July 4th! Hear the story of how the Holy Spirit “arranged” for Bridget to receive insider information about the abortion industry's “Plan C” move-to-online strategy months before the fall of Roe; Brett's and Bridget's executive business backgrounds that prepared them for the creation of the ThriVe+ joint venture project winning business strategy; and why, using the proven successful business model in Missouri, and following the proven successful testing, we are witnessing the creation of the first national pro-life brand in 49 years that can successfully counter the Planned Parenthood brand – empowering young women to choose life rather than Planned Parenthood's disempowering “solution” of abortion through this groundbreaking, cutting-edge new nationwide telehealth model.