Pro-Life Thinking

Clinton talks to Dr. Michael New about his research into the effectiveness of pro-life legislation, and about abortion-choice arguments about how to reduce the number of abortions.

"Analyzing the Effect of State Legislation on the Incidence of Abortion Among Minors" by Michael J. New, Ph.D.:

http://www.heritage.org/marriage-and-family/report/analyzing-the-effect-state-legislation-the-incidence-abortion-among

Clinton briefly discusses an article on Metro regarding some comments that the host of a British talk show found distressing.

"Denise Van Outen chokes up speaking to guest who believes abortion should be treated as contraception", Metro: http://metro.co.uk/2017/08/15/denise-van-outen-chokes-up-speaking-to-guest-who-believes-abortion-should-be-treated-as-contraception-6853950/#ixzz4qVMS3VrB

Transcript:

http://lti-blog.blogspot.com/2017/08/ann-furedis-consistent-views-clinton.html

Clinton analyzes a recent article on Gizmodo regarding artificial wombs and how it might impact the abortion discussion.

"How New Technology Could Threaten a Woman's Right to Abortion", Gizmodo: https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/07/how-new-technology-could-threaten-a-womans-right-to-abortion/

Transcript:

http://lti-blog.blogspot.com/2017/08/gizmodos-war-on-technology-clinton.html

Clinton, Nathan, and Aaron talk about the Equal Rights Argument and what it is that gives us value as human beings.

Clinton talks about a modern example of legal human experimentation with parallels of events in the past.

Articles mentioned in this episode:

"In a first, scientists have edited the DNA of human embryos that could turn into people using CRISPR", Business Insider: http://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-edit-dna-human-embryos-crispr-first-2017-7

Transcript:

http://lti-blog.blogspot.com/2017/08/modern-human-experimentation-clinton.html

Clinton talks about a recent viral video where actor James Franco and philosopher Eliot Michaelson briefly interview a Princeton philosophy professor, Elizabeth Harman, and discusses her argument.

Transcript:

http://lti-blog.blogspot.com/2017/08/professors-arguing-badly-clinton-wilcox.html

Clinton talks about a recent breakthrough in Sydney, Australia, from a research team at Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute that may help prevent miscarriages and several types of birth defects.

Articles mentioned in this episode:

"How Vegemite Led to Australia's 'Greatest' Medical Breakthrough," New Zealand Herald: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11901810

Transcript:

http://lti-blog.blogspot.com/2017/08/a-miscarriage-breakthrough-clinton.html

Clinton and Nathan are joined by Dr. George Delgado to talk about reversing the abortion pill, RU-486.

Clinton interviews the president of Secular Pro-Life, Kelsey Hazzard, regarding some of the projects that they have going on.

Books mentioned in the show:

Abuse of Discretion by Clark Forsythe

Cultivating Weeds by Kelsey Hazzard

Dispelling the Myths of Abortion History by Joseph Dellapenna

Clinton and Aaron discuss the morality of abortions which threaten the life or health of the mother.