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Christa Brown, BSN, RN, is Director of Medical Impact at Heartbeat International. Christa received her Bachelor of Nursing degree from Purdue University-North Central Campus and her Bachelor of Science degree from Valparaiso University. She is currently based in Columbus, Ohio. For 14 years, she was Director of Nursing & Internet Communication at Women’s Care Center of South Bend, Indiana. She also managed Nursing Services at Dungarvin. Christa served pregnancy assistance centers as a counselor and as Director for eight years. Heartbeat International’s life-saving mission is to reach and rescue as many lives as possible, around the world, through an effective network of life-affirming pregnancy help, and to renew communities for life.

Carol Tobias from National Right to Life weighs in on pro-life politics.

In the final episode of Season 4, we sit down with Tim Graham, Executive Editor of NewsBusters, to discuss the pro-abortion media, media bias, and engaging the media. Tim Graham is the Executive Editor of NewsBusters and is the Media Research Center’s Director of Media Analysis. His career at the MRC began in February 1989 as associate editor of MediaWatch, the monthly newsletter of the MRC before the Internet era.Tim is co-author with MRC President Brent Bozell of the books Unmasked: Big Media's War Against Trump (2019), Collusion: How the Media Stole the 2012 Election and How To Prevent It From Happening Again in 2016 (2013), and Whitewash: What The Media Won’t Tell You About Hillary Clinton, But Conservatives Will (2007). He is also the author of Pattern of Deception: The Media's Role in the Clinton Presidency (1996).Tim is a regular talk radio and television spokesman for the MRC and has made television appearances on MSNBC, CNBC, CNN, Newsmax, Fox News, and the Fox Business Channel. His articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, National Review, and other publications.Tim left the MRC to serve in 2001 and 2002 as White House Correspondent for World, a national weekly Christian news magazine. He returned in 2003. Before joining the MRC, Tim served as press secretary for the campaign of U.S. Rep. Jack Buechner (R-Mo.) in 1988. In 1987, he served as editor of Organization Trends, a monthly newsletter on philanthropy and politics by the Washington-based Capital Research Center.Enjoy Tim’s NewsBusters Podcast every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

In this episode, we chat with Reprotection CEO, Missy Martinez-Stone, on rules and regulations within abortion clinics and they need to be held more accountable. Missy Martinez-Stone became involved with the pro-life movement when she was just 14 after attending the National March for Life. She earned a degree in political science in 2012 with the intent of dedicating her life to ending abortion. Missy joined Students for Life of America in 2013 as the National High School Program Coordinator. Missy has traveled the country working with young people, training and equipping them to be revolutionary pro-life activists.Missy helped launch Reprotection, an organization created to investigate and shutter abortion facilities that violate state health and medical codes, in 2019, where she began as the Director of Operations and Senior Analyst. She transitioned to CEO in September of 2021.

We sit down with Lauren Muzyka from Sidewalk Advocates to discuss positive and effective ways to reach her.

Season 4 Episode 3 | We sit down with the CEO of CompassCare Pregnancy Services, Rev. James R. Harden, M.Div, to speak on ethical principles within healthcare and working with women in terms of reproductive health and unplanned pregnancies, and with his latest work, "Ethical Theory and Pertinent Standards in Women’s Reproductive Health: The Foundational CRHSS Medical Ethics Manual."

We sit down with the leader of Priests for Life, Fr. Frank Pavone to discuss what he's been doing since being defrocked and how that has affected his work in the pro-life movement, as well as where the Catholic Church actually stands on abortion, and what the pro-life movement does poorly in the fight for life. Pro-Life Leader Frank A. Pavone is one of the most prominent pro-life leaders in the world. Originally from New York, he was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1988 by Cardinal John O’Connor and has dedicated his entire life and ministry to ending abortion. In 1993 he requested and received permission to serve as the National Director of Priests for Life, which, under his leadership, has become the most prominent Catholic organization focused on ending abortion. He is also the President of the National Pro-life Religious Council and the National Pastoral Director of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign and Rachel’s Vineyard, the world’s most significant healing ministry after abortion.

We sit down with Leah Jacobson, who founded The Guiding Star Project in 2011 after feeling called to help women and families by providing resources that honor Natural Law and promote holistic feminism. Hailing from central Minnesota, Leah has been working with young people and mothers since 2000. She seeks to create Guiding Star Centers to serve as beacons of hope, joy, and truth — safe havens that uphold human dignity in all stages of life. Leah lives in Minnesota with her family and works as a board-certified lactation consultant. As a mother to seven children, she is special interested in supporting young women as they transition into their roles as new mothers. Her first book, Wholistic Feminism was published in June 2021 and is available at lumenpress.org.