Episodes
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Watch our video on YouTube to find the links to the news items featured on today's podcast.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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. But first, they talk about some listener (and non-listener) comments.
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.
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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
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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/ - Show more
