This week I speak with maternal-fetal medicine specialist, Dr. Adam Urato, and unpack a growing cultural phenomenon: the weaponization of empathy.

From antidepressants in pregnancy to gender medicine, we explore how emotional appeals are often used to shut down scientific scrutiny and moral dissent. Rather than rationally addressing questions about evidence, risk, and efficacy, critics are accused of lacking compassion altogether.

This episode examines the psychology of fear mongering, moral manipulation, and “conversation stopping” tactics that overwhelm critical thinking with emotional pressure.

What happens when empathy becomes detached from truth? What happens when critical thinking is replaced with authoritarianism masquerading as compassion?

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