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Josh and Emily share interesting stories from their last two semesters of campus outreach, and some of the trends they’re noticing among pro-choice college students.

This is part two of the series, and includes the story of protesters apologizing to us, why we might change the way we promote Emily’s speeches, the creative ways the pro-choice students at St. Olaf are now countering our outreaches there, an innovative pro-life response to a Jainist, and an improved response to people who bite the squirrel bullet! Then they discuss trends and recommendations for future pro-life outreaches.

Abortion Dialogue on Campus: Outreach Stories and Trends – Part 1:

How One Student Group Radically Changed Their Campus Culture:

The Equal Rights Argument:

How Josh Should Have Dealt with a Hostile Audience in Canada:

Firebombings and Vandalism: Planned Parenthood Must Condemn Jane’s Revenge:

How Should Conservatives Respond to the Disturbing Trend of Campus Censorship?

Six Ways I’ve Seen Pro-Choice People Try to Censor Pro-Lifers:

Abortion and Medical Necessity: Improving the Pro-Life Approach:

ERI LIVE – What Should I Say in a Post-Roe America?

Defining the Word “Abortion” Will Change Your Dialogues (with Dank Pro-Life Memes):

A Simple Change That Instantly Communicates a Nuanced Approach to the Abortion Debate:

Why I Changed My Pro-life Elevator Pitch:

Abortion Images: A Case for Disagreement without Division:

Godwin’s Law Wikipedia:

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Josh and Emily share interesting stories from their last two semesters of campus outreach, and some of the trends they’re noticing with respect to abortion dialogue among pro-choice college students.

This is part one of a two-part series, and includes the story of a young woman who chewed Josh out in Wisconsin, how Emily varies her “elevator pitch” based on who she’s talking to, the way Josh thinks about swearing at outreach, and more!

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It’s the question we’re asked more often than any other, and we want to answer it carefully. The question is, “What should I do about the pro-life activist near me who is being difficult? Should I approach them differently than I do my dialogues with pro-choice people?”

Josh and Emily invited ERI Lead Editor Andrew Kaake and Secular Pro-Life’s Executive Director Monica Snyder on the show for a two-part discussion on the way they think about responding to online comments, eight common types of difficult pro-life people, and how you can respond to them.

Click here to listen to part 1.

Note: Sorry for the occasional distortion with Josh and Emily’s mics. They’ve had a good six-year run, but we’re replacing them before the next time we record (the mics, not Josh and Emily). We also had technical issues with Monica and Andrew’s video streams due to technical issues. All of their audio is here, but the video is missing.

Secular Pro-Life:

AHA: The Anti-Abortionists Who Fight Other Pro-Lifers (with Jonathon Van Maren – Part 1)

AHA: The Anti-Abortionists Who Fight Other Pro-Lifers (with Jonathon Van Maren – Part 1)

AHA Fails to Understand Pro-Life History (with Jonathon Van Maren – Part 2)

AHA Fails to Understand Pro-Life History (with Jonathon Van Maren – Part 2)

Abolitionists Are Going to Get People Killed, and the SBC Just Helped Them

Fellow Pro-Lifers: Please Stop Sharing This Straw Man Meme

ERI Bodily Rights Materials Landing Page

Speech: Monica Snyder on Deconstructing Three Pro-Choice Myths

Deconstructing Three Pro-Choice Myths

Speech: Monica Snyder speaks at the Dobbs #EmpowerWomenPromoteLife rally

SPL post asking why people became pro-life

Should Pro-Lifers be Snarky? (with Dank Pro-Life Memes)

Should Pro-Lifers be Snarky? (with Dank Pro-Life Memes)

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Everyone has been talking about the tragic case of a 10-year-old who was raped, became pregnant, and driven across state lines to get an abortion. Even President Biden referenced her story in public. Multiple ERI followers have asked us how pro-life people can answer questions about this story without sounding like a moral monster.

Josh and Emily invited licensed mental health counselor Robin Atkins to discuss the story with us. Our conversation included the rules regarding public discussion of patient information, particularly in CHINS cases, and the damage done if the rules are violated as well as how pro-life people should talk about this story.

Bio: Robin is a licensed mental health counselor, specializing in reproductive issues. She also has a philosophy degree. She spent four years doing home-based therapy with the Department of Children’s Services. She’s a pro-life advocate with an atypical perspective on some of the issues surrounding abortion.

Note: There were some major technical difficulties on the day of recording, including some camera issues, so we just used screenshots in place of our cameras for the last bit of the episode.

The source that Robin read from about laws governing confidentiality in CHINS cases:

Reprotection:

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The days after Roe v. Wade’s overturning have been riddled with confusion, panic, anger, protests, and misinformation. There has never been a more important time for pro-life advocates to provide clarity, explain what overturning Roe v. Wade really means, and describe how we want to see our society move forward. Josh, Emily, and Andrew went live on YouTube and Facebook to help you think clearly and respond effectively to the most contentious issue of the moment.

After summarizing what the Dobbs decision did, the staff pull the curtain back on what their experience was like on the day that Dobbs came out, and their emotional reactions to the situation since.

Then they discuss the question of whether pro-lifers should be even trying to get into dialogues right now, given the heated emotions right now.

Finally they respond to these common pro-choice arguments right now:

Finally the staff discuss the three steps for the pro-life movement now before taking questions from the audience.

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It’s the question we’re asked more often than any other, and we want to answer it carefully. The question is, “What should I do about the pro-life activist near me who is being difficult? Should I approach them differently than I do my dialogues with pro-choice people?”

Josh and Emily invited ERI Lead Editor Andrew Kaake and Secular Pro-Life’s Executive Director Monica Snyder on the show for a two-part discussion on the way they think about responding to online comments, eight common types of difficult pro-life people, and how you can respond to them.

Note: Sorry for the occasional distortion with Josh and Emily’s mics. They’ve had a good six-year run, but we’re replacing them before the next time we record (the mics, not Josh and Emily).

We also had technical issues with Monica’s video stream due to technical issues. All of her audio is there, but the video is missing sometimes.

Secular Pro-Life:

Monica Snyder for Secular Pro-Life: “Nine months of inconvenience.”

First episode of our two-part podcast with Jonathon Van Maren on AHA:

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This is a continuation of Josh’s conversation with Gary Freeman on crossing the racial divide in pro-life work. In this episode they discuss the high abortion rate in the African-American community and why that is, and how we should think about the debate over Planned Parenthood being an allegedly racist organization.

Learn more about Major League Dad here:

Alan Guttmacher Institute article that Josh referenced: “Abortion and Women of Color: The Bigger Picture”:

https://www.guttmacher.org/gpr/2008/08/abortion-and-women-color-bigger-picture

Audio recording of Josh’s “Planned Parenthood Unveiled” presentation from before ERI, including his explanation of why Planned Parenthood is not a racist organization:

Audio recording of a Q&A session from another recording of the “Planned Parenthood Unveiled” presentation with more discussion on the racism question:

Live Action’s investigation on Planned Parenthood systematically covering up sexual abuse:

ERI’s coverage of the Center for Medical Progress videos:

Live Action’s investigation into “racially-motivated donations”:

Angela Franks’ book “Margaret Sanger’s Eugenic Legacy: The Control of Female Fertility”:

Josh Chatraw’s book “Telling a Better Story: How to Talk About God in a Skeptical Age”:

Disclosure: The books above are Amazon affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, ERI will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the links and finalize a purchase.

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This is a continuation of Josh’s conversation with Gary Freeman on crossing the racial divide in pro-life work. In this episode they contrast Gary’s position with those who say that you can’t be pro-life unless you agree with them on other social issues, why people in black churches are distrustful of Gary as soon as he calls himself “pro-life”, and how the church could have possibly made Black Lives Matter irrelevant.

If you haven’t listened to the first part of this conversation, do that first for this section to make sense in context.

Learn more about Major League Dad here:

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This is the first of a three-part series of conversations with Josh and Gary Freeman, a former guest on our podcast. In this episode they discuss Gary’s new ministry, on relationships being key to white and black people understanding each other better and successfully crossing the racial divide, as well as the need to serve people well in spite of cultural differences.

Learn more about Major League Dad here:

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While at our AirBnb in Washington, D.C. we filmed a set of podcasts with Emily, Jacob, and Meredith Maloley. Meredith helped Emily run the pro-life club at St. Olaf, and now volunteers as an ERI Club Coach and works at a Pregnancy Resource Center.

In this episode they discuss (and refute) the most common myths that organizations like NARAL and Planned Parenthood spread about pregnancy centers. They then finish by talking about the most helpful (and least helpful) things pro-lifers can do to help PRCs.

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