The weDignify Podcast

The weDignify Podcast is going to take a break, but we'll be back! Keep up to date with weDignify at weDignify.org - stay tuned!

In the meantime, hear from some of the students who travelled with weDignify to the national March for Life in DC! Lives were changed - check it out!

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What would compel someone to work for the largest abortion provider in the U.S.?

Furthermore, what makes a person realize they need to quit their job at Planned Parenthood?

Today's episode features Linda Couri who once worked at the Planned Parenthood in Champaign, IL and is now an ardent pro-life activist.

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Roe v Wade has been the law of the land for 47 years and there's nothing you can do to overturn it...

...right?

Think again!

Allan Parker from the Justice Foundation joins the show today to discuss how YOU can help to overturn Roe v Wade and 5 reasons why we can have hope for a reversal of this bad law.

Mentioned in this episode:

The Moral Outcry petition - click to sign!

National Safe Haven Alliance - website

The Justice Foundation - website

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The weDignify team is very familiar with risk-taking for the sake of building a culture of life.

As we venture into a new year, we challenge you take risks with us!

Joining the show for a roundtable discussion are weDignify Executive Director, Kevin Grillot, Philanthropy Advisor, Anna Kinskey, and Campus Mentor, Francesca Kearney.

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In September, the weDignify Conference empowered students to go back to campus and stand up for life by going beyond their comfort zones and speak for the lives of the unborn and their mothers.

Today, hear Melissa Ohden's testimony given at the conference as someone who was born through a failed saline abortion.

May her testimony remind you who we are standing up for and inspire you to act boldly.

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"I'm personally pro-life, but I can't tell others what to think."

"Well, I'd never have an abortion, but it's not my place to tell others not to."

"The only way I live out my pro-life beliefs is through prayer."

Today, Francesca Kearney is our guest to discuss these three phrases and their flaws.

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weDignify works with incredible students who are willing to step outside of their comfort zones, deepen their understanding of the tragedy of abortion, and bring their peers into the movement.

Madeline Griffin from weDignify at the University of Illinois joins the show today to share how her involvement with weDignify has built her confidence to stand up for life and led her to teach others to do the same.

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Pro-life AND Democrat?

Is this possible?

Today, Congressman Dan Lipinski, a democratic representative from Illinois joins the show to discuss why he is pro-life and how he lives this out every day.

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Are abortion rates dropping?

What causes a decrease in abortion?

Does contraception actually impact abortion rates?

Dr. Michael New joins the show to share the research showing what does and doesn't decrease abortion.

Resources from this episode:

Abortion rate drops to lowest rate since Roe v. Wade (CBS) - link

U.S. Abortion Rate Continues to Decline, Hits Historic Low (Guttmacher Institute) - link

Unintended Pregnancy in the United States (Guttmacher Institute) - link

State Funding of Abortion Under Medicaid (Guttmacher Institute) - link

Restrictions on Medicaid Funding for Abortions: A Literature Review (Guttmacher Institute) - link

Whose Choice? (Center for Reproductive Rights) - link (the report which claims that more than one million abortions have been prevented due to the Hyde Amendment)

Hyde @ 40: Analyzing the Impact of the Hyde Amendment by Dr. Michael New - link

Guttmacher Report Shows Pro-Life Progress Continues as U.S. Abortion Rates Decline by Dr. Michael New - link

How the Legal Status of Abortion Impacts Abortion Rates by Dr. Michael New - link

Abortion Gallup Poll - link

What's Really Causing the Abortion Rate to Decline? by Dr. Michael New - link

On Top of Everything Else, Contraception Mandates Don't Work by Dr. Michael New - link

Medicaid Expansion's Dramatic Effect on Tax-Funded Abortions in Key States by Dr. Michael New - link

Dr. New's research from the Charlotte Lozier Institute - link

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While weDignify's day to day work focuses on building up skilled, virtuous, pro-life leaders on college campuses, our staff are always ministering to those around us.

And sometimes, a conversation leads where you didn't expect...

Maria Ignacio, weDignify's Special Projects Coordinator, joins the show today to share how being present to the people right in front of us can bring hope unexpectedly.