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You may have never considered the influence your date of birth has had on the course of your life, but it's almost certainly more significant than you realize. This is even more true for those born prematurely. According to Scientific American, all sorts of chronic health problems in adults can be traced back to their experience in the womb—and though Scientific American doesn't realize it, this has all sorts of ramifications for abortion.

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A discussion of John Rawls' articulation of "justice as fairness"—specifically his veil of ignorance—and how it relates to the justice or injustice of abortion.

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It turns out there’s a reason why so many abortionists don’t have hospital admitting privileges—and can’t necessarily get them. We'll talk about why that is. And about the fact that most abortionists in America are old men.

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To those who oppose abortion, the abortion lobby argues that legal prohibition has no impact on its frequency. But to those who support abortion, they argue that regulating it in any way creates an undue burden. So which one is it?

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Planned Parenthood publicly calls American police departments racist institutions of white supremacy. All the while, Planned Parenthood kills upwards of 130,000 black babies each year. Planned Parenthood, in fact, aborts more black babies each year than white—which is a disparity worth thinking about.

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The government's response to COVID changed everything. And not in a good way. Abortion was no exception. When our collective fear of the future is heightened, abortions increase right along side it. Ironically—or perhaps tragically, many of the same arguments so frequently eschewed in the context of abortion suddenly became unassailable in the context of COVID.

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What is the gospel? How is it articulated and proclaimed? Have you ever thought about that at any real length? And how is it defined according to the gospels themselves? Finally, where does abortion fit in? Is combatting the violent destruction of unborn humans a gospel venture or a social addendum? If those kinds of questions interest you, listen in!

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Women's rights and abortion rights have become synonymous in the cultural zeitgeist, but is it possible that men have been pulling the strings all along? Because who does a radically-permissive abortion policy benefit most? Men or women? And who have been the most active and vehement opponents of abortion throughout history? It may not be who you think.

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Chances are, you've never heard of or seen the movie Blue Jay, a 2016 Netflix offering produced by Duplass Brothers Productions and starring Sarah Paulson and Mark Duplass. But now that you've heard of it, you should also see it. It's a gem. And it offers profound insights into the hidden grief of abortion—as experienced by both the mother and the father.

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For decades, the abortion industry in North America has insisted that abortion is safer than childbirth. Safer for the mother, that is. But is that true? And does the fact that they only monitor negative health outcomes for the few weeks following abortion influence their findings? It certainly does, which is why so many people are surprised to learn that aborting your first child may actually make things worse for your second child.

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