Download | Duration: 00:00:00

I apologize for the length of this episode, but trust me, it's well worth it! Steve Wagner from Justice For All and I have an indepth discussion on the following topics:

• Steve's book, "Common Ground Without Compromise;"
• The difficulties of dialoguing with people online;
• Why we shouldn't use the terms "biogenesis" and "brainwaves" anymore;
• Why it takes so much time and effort to communicate well with those that are different from us;
• Steve's thoughts on the personhood versus incrementalism debate, how BOTH sides have sophisticated arguments, and how they should treat each other.

Related Links:

• Steve referred to Hadley Arkes' book, "Natural Rights and the Right to Choose." Buy it on Amazon.com.
• This is the website Josh referred to with the personhood video implying that the incrementalist's hands are covered in blood.

Note from Josh: Steve and I recorded this conversation last November. Towards the end of our discussion we talk about the personhood vs. incrementalism debate, and I made the comment that I've seen a lot of harsh criticisms like "you're not really pro-life if that's your strategy," and that they've mostly come from one side of the equation, the personhood side. That has been true from my personal experiences, but I just had a phone conversation with Walter Hoye who is part of a personhood campaign in California, and he told me that he's heard many equally harsh things said to him by incrementalists. I'm disturbed when these kind of comments are made by both sides, and now that I have evidence that they're coming from incrementalists too, I wanted to correct the record, and as always on our podcast, stay fair to both sides.

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Download | Duration: 00:00:00

Josh, Kyle and Jon conclude their discussion of the infamous Superbowl ad. Was it "pro-life enough," or was it masterfully innocent? After the break, they talk about pro-life voting guidelines, particularly as it relates to the controversial election of Scott Brown in Massachusetts, a pro-abortion-choice Republican.

Bloopers and stuff:

• Click here to download a string of hilarious bloopers from today's Link of the Week, where Kyle just couldn't say the name "Forsyth" to save his life!
• Click here to download a little blooper/behind the scenes moment when Josh tries to look up something in the middle of recording, and Jon and Kyle talk about college experiences of writing papers at the last minute.

Related Links:

• Click here for the RedState.com article Josh quoted from: "Focus on the Family and Pam Tebow Play the Pro-Abortion Left like a Stradivarius"

Link of the Week: "Overturning and Undermining Roe v. Wade: An Interview with Clarke Forsythe"

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Download | Duration: 00:29:55

After giving Josh a hard time for not coming on his station often enough, Ken Adams asks Josh about the podcast, as well as the murder of Dr. Tiller, the use of "new media" in the pro-life movement, faulty pro-life arguments, how to have effective dialogues with pro-abortion-choice people, and Fresno Right to Life's upcoming Walkathon fundraiser.

If you're interested in having Josh speak to your group, download his Bio/Vitae and get in touch with him!

        

Download | Duration: 00:42:12

It's a testosterone-packed podcast with Josh, Kyle and Jon discussing the Superbowl Ad controversy! Just HOW insane was the reaction of the National Organization of Women on this one? Did the Tim Tebow ad venture into the problems Josh had with the "Imagine the Potential" CatholicVote ads from his infamous debate with Jon last year? These questions are definitively answered in this episode.

Next week we discuss whether the ad was too soft, or "not pro-life enough."

Related Links:

• NOW's original response to the Tebow ad in the Associated Press
• Pro-abortion-choice Sally Jenkins skewers NOW in the Washington Post
• ScrappleFace parody in Washington Examiner
• Watch the Tebow ad yourself
• NOW says ad glorifies violence against women
• Jimmy Kimmel parody

Link of the Week: YouTube: "How to Defeat a Pro-Abortion Argument"

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Download | Duration: 00:03:05

I've always loved the bloopers compilations on DVD's, so I figured, why not do the same thing for a radio show? If you enjoy the fact that we don't always sound intelligent in the making of our show, then you're going to love this. To listen to more bloopers, go to http://prolifepodcast.net/bloopers/index.html.

        

Download | Duration: 00:46:48

Josh, Liz and Carrie respond to listener emails and a voicemail in one of the funniest episodes we've recorded in months! Don't forget to check out the bloopers!

Note from Josh: Sorry about the coughing in the background. I was really sick the day we recorded this episode.

Listener Mail:

1. "What do you think of this bumpersticker?  'Ich bin ein Embryo.'"
2. "I disagree with Josh on the use of the word 'murder' in the abortion debate."
3. "If fertilization is a 12-24 hour process, does this mean that the morning after pill is technically OK, since it would happen before fertilization is complete?"
4. "I heard a faulty argument for animal experimentation on MythBusters, and it sounds like the same arguments for human cloning."
5. "What do you think about trigger statutes that would make abortion illegal in a state in the event that Roe vs. Wade were overturned?"

Sex-Selection Abortion Resources from Liz:

• These first 4 facts are cited in Steve Wagner's wonderful book, "Common Ground Without Compromise."
  • A British medical journal, The Lancet, estimated in 2006 that 10 million girls, who should have been born in India in the previous twenty years, were missing. (Source: Prabhat Jha, et. Al., “Low male-to-female sex ratio of children born in India: national survey of 1.1 million households,” The Lancet, 2006; 367:211-218.)
  • That is a rate of 500,000 girls per year. The authors attribute these missing girls to abortions that followed sex determination tests. Sex determination techniques include chorionic villus sampling, ultrasound, and amniocentesis. The techniques are constantly being refined. The Province reported in 1990 that an ultrasound tech in the United States had developed a non-invasive procedure for determining the sex of the fetus as early as fourteen weeks. See Glen Schaefer, “Ultrasound Tests Determine Sex of Fetus,” The Province, 11/25/1990.
  • An accompanying Lancet article by Shirish Sheth affirmed these assessments and referenced additional evidence that sex-selection abortions are common in India and China. In both countries, boys are much preferred to girls for cultural and socio-economic reasons. (Source: Shirish S. Sheth, “Missing female births in India,” The Lancet 2006; 367:185-186.)
  • A 2003 Lancet article also called attention to this problem: Dinest C. Sharma, “Widespread concern over India’s missing girls,” The Lancet 2003; 362:1553  
• Liz cited this study about US sex selection (Full-Text PDF Available)
• Liz cited this Boston Globe article
• And check out this New York Times article

Josh was right about Americans United for Life, or AUL being the organization that puts out an annual book with state pro-life legislative guides.

Link of the Week: "You Shouldn't Have Been Born."

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Download | Duration: 00:32:39

Josh starts the show by telling one of the most important news stories of 2009 for pro-lifers to be aware of. After the break, we respond to some listener mail in response to a recent discussion on pro-life voting guidelines.

Listener Mail:

1. "Wouldn't a pro-lifer voting for Giuliani simply give the GOP reason to stop nominating 100% pro-life candidates?"
2. "Shouldn't we avoid saying that we might be willing to vote for a pro-abortion candidate in the future?"

Related Link: Click here to see WSLS's coverage of the story from the first break.

Link of the Week: StemCellResearchFacts.org

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Download | Duration: 00:47:11

Steven Ertelt, Founder and Editor of LifeNews.com takes on the Life Report Questionnaire. Here are the 9 questions that we ask EVERY "pro-life celebrity" we interview on our show:

1. What did you get in trouble for as a child?
2. What is your favorite movie, and why?
3. What has been the pro-life movement’s greatest victory (or victories) so far?
4. What has been the pro-life movement’s greatest failing or weakness?
5. Graphic Pictures: Should we use them, and if so, how, when, and where?
6. Stem Cell Research & Human Cloning: What should pro-lifers be doing about this, and why?
7. Assisted Suicide & Euthanasia: What should pro-lifers be doing about this, and why?
8. How should pro-lifers interact with those who are pro-abortion-choice?
9. What single thing should pro-lifers be doing that most are NOT doing right now?

Highlight: Steven's careful responses to question #4 were excellent, and added some thoughts we haven't heard on this show yet.

Link of the Week: ClinicQuotes.com

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Download | Duration: 00:12:06

Q&A from the first part of Josh's "Defending Life" series he's hosting in Fresno, CA once a month. The first presentation was "Making Abortion Unthinkable: The Art of Pro-Life Persuasion." Click here to listen to a similar presentation.

Questions:

1. "Doesn't the Supreme Court now recognize that life begins at conception?"
2. "Should we point out to pro-choicers that their arguments sometimes sound like the arguments segregationists once used?"
3. "How do you get into logical discussions on abortion with pro-choice people?"

        

Download | Duration: 00:31:37

Josh, Liz and Carrie catching up on listener mail.

Listener Mail:

1. A response to our continuing discussion around whether there are good non-religious arguments for grounding for pro-life point of view.
2. Voicemail on same topic.
3. An email to Carrie asking for her perspective on responding to those that say men shouldn’t talk about abortion.
4. “Isn’t pro-life a liberal view, since liberals stand up for the little guy?”
5. A thought about Planned Parenthood and the assault that took place there last Fall.

Want More?

• Download bloopers from this episode.
• Download deleted scenes from this episode, cut for time purposes.

Related Links:

• The video Carrie mentioned on abortion recovery.
• Josh's "Excerpts From An Email Exchange With an Abortion Advocate" series he referenced.

Link of the Week: Live Action's new investigation, "The Rosa Acuna Project."

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