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Abort73 has published more than 700 stories of abortion regret and heard from upwards of 50 women who don’t regret their abortion. But we’ve never heard from anyone who regrets giving birth. Why is that? And does the paradigm-shifting work Israeli psychologists Amos Tversky and Danny Kahneman offer anything in the way of explanation?

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A discussion of Mark Regnerus' book Cheap Sex—which posits that three technologies have fundamentally altered human sexual relationships. They are: the birth control pill, streaming pornography, and online dating apps. Their impact on marriage, pregnancy, and abortion is profound, but hardly anyone is talking about it.

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Over the last two years, Abort73 has received 37 testimonies from women who purportedly do not regret their abortion. This represents 13% of the whole. But many of the women who insist they have no regrets make statements that call such claims into question. Take a listen to their stories to see what you think.

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The Frankenstein Chronicles are dark and violent, and they deal implicitly with the issue of abortion. That's probably not a recipe for mainstream appeal. But even if you're not a fan of the macabre, this is a production well worth your consideration. Mere escapist fiction it is not.

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Though J.K. Rowling's horcrux is a fictional convention—a literal rending of the human soul—it connects to the violence of abortion in a fairly straightforward way. Voldemort attempted to secure his own future by killing an innocent child. As you may have noticed, abortion promises much the same thing. Call it the freedom and autonomy of an unencumbered life. But even in this world, you cannot do fatal harm to an innocent human being without seriously compromising your own soul. And we have the testimonies to back that up.

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Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger was unequivocally devoted to eugenics, but was she a racist? Well, that's complicated. Lots of people have made her out to be a white supremacist, but there's not much evidence for the claim. Sanger's racism, if you want to call it that, was far more subtle—and progressive.

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Margaret Sanger was the founder of the birth control movement in America and the founder of the organization that became Planned Parenthood. She predicted in 1916 that it would only take two generations for birth control to eliminate poverty and mental illness—along with war, crime, ignorance, and disease. Four generations in, that vision hasn't been remotely realized. So why are we still all in on birth control?

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Did you know that Planned Parenthood was founded to combat abortion but now sells abortion? In fact, Planned Parenthood operates the largest abortion business in America—accounting for roughly a third of all abortions. Is that a problem? Its founder, Margaret Sanger, certainly would have thought so.

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No matter how familiar you are with the life and ministry of John the Baptist, there's a very good chance you've never given thought to one of his central offices. And it's one that has plenty of ramifications for the issue of abortion.

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Is it racist to suggest that the black community bears some culpability for its exceedingly high abortion rate—or is it racist not to? That's at the heart of the discussion in this episode.

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