Pro-Life Thinking

Clinton and Nathan interview Eric Sheidler about his late father, Joe, in this tribute to a pro-life legend. Pro-Life pioneer, Joe Scheidler, passed away last week. Clinton and Nathan are joined by Eric Scheidler to discuss the legacy his father leaves behind and how Joe paved the way for pro-life activism today. Find us on Patreon! You can help financially support this podcast and make it the best it possibly can be while getting free pro-life training out to potentially thousands of listeners, and get some great perks while you're at it. www.patreon.com/prolifethinking You can view the tribute to Joe Scheidler here: https://prolifeaction.org/tribute?fbclid=IwAR3fDGTzLY-klHVfpGwHMJ_3ADAw-avDv2azmNnPKECA0BDqgCWxUrStesE Books mentioned on the podcast: Abandoned: The Untold Story of the Abortion Wars by Monica Migliorino Miller Closed: 99 Ways to End Abortion by Joe Scheidler Racketeer for Life: Fighting the Culture of Death from the Sidewalk to the Supreme Court by Joe Scheidler

Clinton is joined by Stacy Trasancos to talk about medical research involving human fetuses. Most of us are aware that fetal cells are often used in the development of vaccines, but there are other ways fetuses are used which pro-life people need to be aware of. Find us on Patreon! You can help financially support this podcast and make it the best it possibly can be while getting free pro-life training out to potentially thousands of listeners, and get some great perks while you're at it. www.patreon.com/prolifethinking Find our broadcast on YouTube for the show notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhO2xITYlkI&ab_channel=Pro-LifeThinking And while you're there, please give a thumbs up and subscribe so you will have access to the exclusive training videos we're going to put together for the YouTube channel.

Clinton and Nathan discuss a recent paper published in Journal of Medical Ethics by Nick Colgrove, Daniel Rodger, and Bruce Blackshaw regarding whether or not pro-lifers are hypocrites and whether or not it matters in the grand scheme of arguments about abortion. Find us on Patreon, where we have some great perks for financial supporters. Help us become the best podcast we can be: www.patreon.com/prolifethinking You can find us on YouTube, where we are going to publish training videos unique to the YouTube channel. The paper we're discussing is Prolife hypocrisy: why inconsistency arguments do not matter, : Colgrove N, Blackshaw BP, Rodger D. J Med Ethics. doi:10.1136/ medethics-2020-106633

Clinton and Nathan are joined by Rebekah Dyer of Justice for All to talk about good tips for discussing abortion with pro-choice people. There's also a bit of a technical issue. For some reason, extracting the audio has cut off the end of the past few broadcasts. I'm working on seeing why that happens to avoid it in the future. Subscribe to our Facebook channel for upcoming exclusive content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM2T5lvj5Do&ab_channel=Pro-LifeThinking Check out Justice for All's website: www.jfaweb.org Check out Rebekah's website: www.knowinggreaterlove.com Books mentioned on this podcast: Scott Klusendorf, The Case for Life Trent Horn, Persuasive Pro-Life Greg Koukl, Tactics

Clinton and Nathan interview Emily and Nathan Berning of Let Them Live, a virtual pregnancy resource center that reaches out to women considering abortion and offers them resources. Check out our Patreon page. There are some great perks available for those who would like to support us financially: www.patreon.com/prolifethinking Check out Let Them Live's website: www.letthemlive.org

The coronavirus vaccine is among us but reports are that at least some of the vaccines developed used cell lines derived from aborted fetuses decades ago. Clinton and Nathan discuss the ethics of taking these vaccines with bioethicist Dr. Helen Watt of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre in Oxford, England. Visit the YouTube page for this podcast episode for the show notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEyLOYY7oYE&ab_channel=Pro-LifeThinking Books mentioned in this podcast: The Ethics of Pregnancy, Abortion, and Childbirth by Helen Watt

Clinton and Nathan discuss items in the news. Topics for discussion: -- Famous pro-choice philosopher, Judith Jarvis Thomson, has passed away. --Human meat being grown for human consumption. --An elderly woman in Canada was euthanized to avoid the trauma of isolation by being locked away inside her room for two weeks due to coronavirus. See our YouTube video for links to the news articles. Books mentions on the podcast: Disputes in Bioethics by Christopher Kaczor Visions of the Anointed by Thomas Sowell

Clinton and Nathan discuss some items in the news related to bioethics. Topics for discussion: -Pfizer has announced a coronavirus vaccine which is 90% effective. Pro-life people are concerned about the use of aborted fetal cells. -Poland is a generally pro-life country but recently outlawed abortions for fetal disability, which pro-choice advocates are not happy about. -The election is still up in the air but Joe Biden has announced bringing in Ezekiel Emanuel to his coronavirus task force, an ethicist who believes life over 75 is not worth living. -UC Berkeley disavows its eugenic research.  

Clinton and Nathan interview Hendrik van der Breggen on his recently published book, Untangling Pro-Choice Arguments. You can find a link to a post on Hendrik's blog about his book here: https://apologiabyhendrikvanderbreggen.blogspot.com/2020/12/untangling-popular-pro-choice-arguments.html?fbclid=IwAR3D5DJZET_TDY92jqVm2m3o_mnjjki1vEEW3ITvWVWWS-McRLmzlftU9Ns

Clinton responds to the remaining eight Biblical arguments against the sanctity of human life that were left on a review of the podcast.

Christopher Kaczor returns to the Pro-Life Thinking podcast to join us in talking about his recently published book, Disputes in Bioethics. There were some sound anomalies in the recording, and we apologize about that. I have a theory what it might be so we'll try to get that corrected in the future. I eliminated as much of it as I could.  

Christopher Kaczor returns to the Pro-Life Thinking podcast to join us in talking about his recently published book, Disputes in Bioethics. There were some sound anomalies in the recording, and we apologize about that. I have a theory what it might be so we'll try to get that corrected in the future. I eliminated as much of it as I could.  

Clinton and Nathan talk about two articles being shared around social media. The first is an article by a former Focus on the Family speaker who considered having an abortion after her husband tragically died on a trip to the beach. Another is a woman who went into labor while taking her bar exam. Then they respond to some arguments from the Bible in defense of abortion they received on their iTunes rate and review page. The portion of the book I quoted from was Medical Ethics: Principles, Persons, and Problems by John M. Frame, pp. 95-102. See those pages for a much more in-depth examination of the passage from Exodus 21. Here's the link to "I was in the pro-life movement. But then, widowed with 6 kids, I prepared for an abortion." by Shannon Dingle https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2020/10/11/abortion-miscarriage-pro-life-choice-widow-column/5909096002/?fbclid=IwAR0jts3beyeNeqMuo2hN09jMJRku8rzMXPHPo07eK6_0GqISoBBvGqqmeZs Here's the link to "Woman goes into labor and gives birth in the middle of taking the bar exam" by Lauren M. Johnson https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/10/us/mom-has-baby-while-taking-bar-exam-trnd/index.html?fbclid=IwAR1N0d1zsgG3PYcvfkp2VGZn9IJ2y6ijTWGmJTZY17iqwvcOmEvgvqpXOHs

Clinton is joined by Chris Christiansen, who recently debated Valerie Tarico. They're going to analyze a video on YouTube by Ryan Chapman called A Politically Neutral Take on When Human Life Begins. Clinton and Chris also discuss the Biblical account of David losing his son and what it says about the pro-life position for Christians. They finish off with a discussion about the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court. Here is a link to Chapman's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM49DB7jgDE&ab_channel=RyanChapman

Lost episode! Clinton and Nathan recorded this episode in July, 2019, but post-production hadn't been done on the episode so it hasn't been released for public consumption. Now it's ready to go (at least as ready as it will ever be, considering audio through BlogTalkRadio isn't the greatest). The topic for discussion in this episode is gradualism, the idea that a human gains value as he develops (either because his capacity to feel pain develops, or for some other reason).

Clinton is joined by Braxton Hunter of Trinity Radio to discuss a debate between Eric Hernandez and "Maxwell Yates" on the existence of the soul. The 19th century rail worker whose name I was trying to remember was Phineas Gage, who experienced pronounced personality changes after having his brain fully pierced by a large iron spike. Here's the link to Pro-Life Thinking's YouTube channel, where you can watch our discussions live: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdQdRwZ92m74SMtz5__ORxA?view_as=subscriber Here is Trinity Radio's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzBRc0afgrS-PCrm6nka1_A Here is the link you watch the debate in its entirety: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAHsXskI3cU

Clinton and Nathan review a recent debate on abortion between Chris Christiansen and Valerie Tarico on the Right to Reason podcast, hosted by Robert Stanley. Here's a link to the debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRiT0grlWcg&t=1s&ab_channel=TheRighttoReason

Clinton interviews Nick Reynosa, Director of Public Policy and Public Relations for Society for Ethical Research, about fetal harvesting going on at UCSF.

Clinton and Nathan are joined by Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life to discuss Norma McCorvey's (the Roe of Roe v. Wade) alleged deathbed confession on the AKA Jane Roe documentary. Fr. Frank knew McCorvey well, so he is here to offer their insights into this confession and how McCorvey has been used by the pro-abortion lobby for their own purposes. Here are some links to statements by various pro-life leaders who knew Norma McCorvey personally: Mark Crutcher of Life Dynamics https://lifedynamics.com/norma-mccorvey-recants/?fbclid=IwAR2GcEEv9G2PpRbwPmUU1QinFro6Nqq6qIo2TotcQj0M--Jb4YTDmdl6mU0 Joe Scheidler of Pro-Life Action League https://prolifeaction.org/2017/norma/ Frank Povone of Priests for Life https://www.priestsforlife.org/norma/documentary.aspx

Clinton and Nathan are joined by Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life and Joe Scheidler of Pro-Life Action League to discuss Norma McCorvey's (the Roe of Roe v. Wade) alleged deathbed confession on the AKA Jane Roe documentary. Frank and Joe knew McCorvey well, so they are here to offer their insights into this confession and how McCorvey has been used by the pro-abortion lobby for their own purposes. Here's a link to Destiny's article in the Dallas Morning News: https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2020/05/21/those-of-us-in-the-pro-life-movement-failed-norma-mccorvey/?fbclid=IwAR3ecAFsEZL3wbECbEOdXO33BOUFAHXNU7FUYpP6kPnulo93Tx2I8vmBZus And here are some links to statements by various pro-life leaders who knew Norma McCorvey personally: Mark Crutcher of Life Dynamics (includes a pretty scathing critique of Destiny's article) https://lifedynamics.com/norma-mccorvey-recants/?fbclid=IwAR2GcEEv9G2PpRbwPmUU1QinFro6Nqq6qIo2TotcQj0M--Jb4YTDmdl6mU0 Joe Scheidler of Pro-Life Action League https://prolifeaction.org/2017/norma/ Frank Povone of Priests for Life https://www.priestsforlife.org/norma/documentary.aspx

The Netherlands have made it legally permissible to euthanize dementia patients. How much longer until prior consent is no longer necessary? The Catholic News Agency report: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/amp/news/dutch-supreme-court-rules-doctors-can-euthanize-dementia-patients-31228?fbclid=IwAR0dS88isyghN69c5OdIGt_C5u-jjtkVemirE0OWCEt5FvcPJEtemT28T90

Clinton is joined by John Elefante, former Kansas frontman and current singer for Jay Sekulow Band, to discuss a pro-life song he released in 2013, called This Time. An article about John's partnership with Online for Life, "Former 'Kansas' Lead Singer Releases Pro-Life Video of Adopted Daughter's Near Abortion" by Christian Post: https://www.christianpost.com/news/former-kansas-lead-singer-releases-pro-life-video-of-adopted-daughters-near-abortion.html John Elefante's website: https://johnelefante.com/ You can buy the album at his website, or at Amazon or iTunes: www.amazon.com www.itunes.com Human Coalition: https://www.humancoalition.org/  House of Ruth: https://hruth.org/

Clinton is joined by John Elefante, former Kansas frontman and current singer for Jay Sekulow Band, to discuss a pro-life song he released in 2013, called This Time. An article about John's partnership with Online for Life, "Former 'Kansas' Lead Singer Releases Pro-Life Video of Adopted Daughter's Near Abortion" by Christian Post: https://www.christianpost.com/news/former-kansas-lead-singer-releases-pro-life-video-of-adopted-daughters-near-abortion.html John Elefante's website: https://johnelefante.com/ You can buy the album at his website, or at Amazon or iTunes: www.amazon.com www.itunes.com Human Coalition: https://www.humancoalition.org/  House of Ruth: https://hruth.org/

Clinton and Nathan are joined by Dr. Fazale Rana of Reasons to Believe to discuss the topic of transhumanism, which he and Dr. Ken Samples discussed in their recent book Humans 2.0.

Clinton and Nathan are joined by Dr. Fazale Rana of Reasons to Believe to discuss the topic of transhumanism, which he and Dr. Ken Samples discussed in their recent book Humans 2.0.

Clinton interviews Greg Koukl of Stand to Reason about the upcoming second edition of his book, Tactics.

Clinton interviews Greg Koukl on his book, Tactics, and the recent updated 10th Anniversary Issue.

Clinton is joined by Stephen Napier to discuss his recent book, as well as his arguments from moral risk and epistemic diffidence against abortion, euthanasia, and embryonic stem cell research.

Clinton is joined by Stephen Napier to discuss his recent book, as well as his arguments from moral risk and epistemic diffidence against abortion, euthanasia, and embryonic stem cell research.

Clinton and Nathan interview Steve Jacobs, who published a paper that showed 96% of biologists agree human life begins at fertilization, and that most pro-choice people believe they should take biologists' word on this question. Resources mentioned: "Balancing Abortion Rights and Fetal Rights: A Mixed Methods Mediation of the U.S. Abortion Debate" by Steve Jacobs, https://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/1883 "Biologists' Consensus on When Life Begins" by Steve Jacobs, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3211703 "I Asked Thousands of Biologists When Life Begins. The Answer Wasn't Popular", Quilette, by Steve Jacobs: https://quillette.com/2019/10/16/i-asked-thousands-of-biologists-when-life-begins-the-answer-wasnt-popular/ "BLOG: 'When Does Life Begin?' and 'Are Fetuses Human?': Two Bad Questions to Ask About Abortion" by Nathan Nobis, https://www.abortionarguments.com/p/blog.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR3qdxmd9p8Nlfr2N-ZLZTHkRHqnqwiRx1sOIc0wL_8Uc3GmrELVlXDUJXM

Clinton and Nathan interview Steve Jacobs, who published a paper that showed 96% of biologists agree human life begins at fertilization, and that most pro-choice people believe they should take biologists' word on this question. Resources mentioned: "Balancing Abortion Rights and Fetal Rights: A Mixed Methods Mediation of the U.S. Abortion Debate" by Steve Jacobs, https://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/1883 "Biologists' Consensus on When Life Begins" by Steve Jacobs, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3211703 "I Asked Thousands of Biologists When Life Begins. The Answer Wasn't Popular", Quilette, by Steve Jacobs: https://quillette.com/2019/10/16/i-asked-thousands-of-biologists-when-life-begins-the-answer-wasnt-popular/ "BLOG: 'When Does Life Begin?' and 'Are Fetuses Human?': Two Bad Questions to Ask About Abortion" by Nathan Nobis, https://www.abortionarguments.com/p/blog.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR3qdxmd9p8Nlfr2N-ZLZTHkRHqnqwiRx1sOIc0wL_8Uc3GmrELVlXDUJXM

Clinton and Nathan are joined by Terrisa Bukovinac of Pro-Life San Francisco to talk about her efforts to make the Democrat party more pro-life and to talk about David Daleiden and the legal issues he's been facing from his undercover sting operation against Planned Parenthood. The song at the end of the podcast is The Instability of Protoman, by Death Therapy. To purchase Death Therapy's music, you can use this link: https://solidstate.lnk.to/VOICES?fbclid=IwAR06Q9Y4JVLsskjtHWbFghY67e_Wh8CNzaqRtJQaSzCA3XSGldSpuwg1giA

Clinton and Nathan are joined by Terrisa Bukovinac of Pro-Life San Francisco and Secular Pro-Life to talk about her efforts to reform the Democratic party to be more pro-life, as well as the recent court judgement in the trial of David Daleiden regarding the Center for Medical Progress videos. Resources mentioned: The source regarding fetal survival can be found in "Labor induction abortion in the second trimester", Society of Family Planning, p. 10, q. 10, second paragraph: https://www.societyfp.org/_documents/resources/guidelines2011-1.pdf Purchase Death Therapy's latest album here: https://solidstate.lnk.to/VOICES?fbclid=IwAR2OE5WcfCvzw-ElUqhoJFeSb31GJ2-rXiqRy4H83rEYTQyXiEKqiRei7ZM

Clinton and Nathan are joined by Terrisa Bukovinac of Pro-Life San Francisco and Secular Pro-Life to talk about her efforts to reform the Democratic party to be more pro-life, as well as the recent court judgement in the trial of David Daleiden regarding the Center for Medical Progress videos. Resources mentioned: The source regarding fetal survival can be found in "Labor induction abortion in the second trimester", Society of Family Planning, p. 10, q. 10, second paragraph: https://www.societyfp.org/_documents/resources/guidelines2011-1.pdf Purchase Death Therapy's latest album here: https://solidstate.lnk.to/VOICES?fbclid=IwAR2OE5WcfCvzw-ElUqhoJFeSb31GJ2-rXiqRy4H83rEYTQyXiEKqiRei7ZM

Clinton and Nathan are joined by their Life Training Institute colleague, Jay Watts, to discuss a viral video released by Students for Life of America, as well as some of the arguments for infanticide.

Clinton and Nathan are joined by Jay Watts to talk about a viral video released by Students for Life, in which they engaged with a student at a college whose arguments gave justification for infanticide.

Clinton will be talking with Michael Buratovich, a professor of biochemistry, about stem cell research and his book The Stem Cell Epistles. Check out Michael's blog, Beyond the Dish: https://beyondthedish.wordpress.com/

Clinton will be talking with Michael Buratovich, a professor of biochemistry, about stem cell research and his book The Stem Cell Epistles.

Clinton will be talking with Michael Buratovich, a professor of biochemistry, about stem cell research and his book The Stem Cell Epistles.

Clinton and Nathan interview Dr. Maureen Condic, a neurobiologist who teaches at University of Utah, about human development, including some of the objections abortion-choice advocates occasionally raise against the science of embryology. Some of the objections discussed in this episode: -Human life doesn't begin until the brain is sufficiently developed. -Some embryos have the capacity to twin or recombine, so we can't say an individual human life begins before that point. -Human life doesn't begin at fertilization, it began thousands of years ago. So life is continuous. Be sure to check out this book by Dr. Condic, mentioned in the podcast: Human Embryos, Human Beings: A Scientific and Philosophical Approach (with Samuel B. Condic)

Clinton and Nathan interview Dr. Maureen Condic, a neurobiologist who teaches at University of Utah, about human development, including some of the objections abortion-choice advocates occasionally raise against the science of embryology.

Clinton and Nathan interview embryologist Dr. Maureen Condic about human development, including some of the objections abortion-choice advocates occasionally raise against the science of embryology.

Scott Klusendorf, president of Life Training Institute, recently gave a talk at CSU San Marcos about what makes us human and what makes us valuable as human beings. We present this talk, in its entirety, including audience Q&A.  Books mentioned in Scott's lecture: Peter Kreeft -- The Unaborted Socrates Scott Klusendorf -- The Case for Life Francis J. Beckwith and Greg Koukl -- Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air Francis J. Beckwith -- Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice Christopher Kaczor -- The Ethics of Abortion, 2nd ed. Patrick Lee -- Abortion and Unborn Human Life Hadley Arkes -- First Things Hadley Arkes -- Natural Rights and the Right to Choose

Clinton and Nathan discuss Mary Anne Warren's essay "On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion" and the criteria she lists for personhood in that article.

Clinton and Nathan discuss Mary Anne Warren's personhood criteria from her essay "On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion." Books mentioned in the podcast: Abortion and Unborn Human Life by Patrick Lee Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice by Frank Beckwith The Ethics of Abortion by Christopher Kaczor The Last Superstition by Edward Feser

Clinton and Nathan hosted a Facebook Live interview with Scott Klusendorf, president of Life Training Institute and author of Pro-Life 101: A Step-By-Step Guide to Making Your Case Persuasively, Stand for Life: Answering the Call, Making the Case, Saving Lives (with John Ensor), and The Case for Life: Equipping Christians to Engage the Culture.  

Clinton talks a bit about clergy blessing abortion clinics. The pastors who blessed the clinic in Washington, D.C. in 2017: http://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/interfaith-blessing-planned-parenthood_us_5873a2a0e4b02b5f8589ee75 The pastors who blessed the clinic in Bethesda, Marylands in 2018: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/01/29/clergy-gather-to-bless-an-abortion-clinic-which-provides-rare-late-term-abortions-in-bethesda/?utm_term=.9c56fa0370d4

Clinton talks about a vote to protect late-term fetuses from 20 weeks on, fetuses that can likely feel pain. The Washington Post article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/abortion-ban-bill-fails-to-advance-in-the-senate/2018/01/29/98ad2c0e-0518-11e8-94e8-e8b8600ade23_story.html?utm_term=.8d7a3223dda4 The Democrat high-five: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/01/30/red-state-democrat-high-fives-shutdown-chuck-after-voting-to-block-20-week-aborti-n2441561 Abortion Stats Overseas: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6235557.stm The Secular Pro-Life article: http://blog.secularprolife.org/2016/07/no-most-late-term-abortions-are-not_13.html

Clinton and Aaron discuss an abortion-choice thought experiment recently brought up by science fiction author, Patrick S. Tomlinson, on Twitter. If you're in a burning IVF lab which is going up in flames, who would you rescue, assuming you can only rescue one: a five-year-old child or a canister filled with a thousand human embryos?

Clinton and Aaron discuss an abortion-choice thought experiment recently brought up by science fiction author, Patrick S. Tomlinson, on Twitter. If you're in a burning IVF lab which is going up in flames, who would you rescue, assuming you can only rescue one: a five-year-old child or a canister filled with a thousand human embryos?

Clinton and Nathan interview Nancy Pearcey, author of Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions About Life and Sexuality. This books covers a host of social issues concerning us today.