Pro-Life Thinking
122 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★ - 179 ratingsClinton, Aaron, and Nathan from Life Training Institute take a gracious, winsome, and persuasive look at the abortion issue.
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Remembering Joe Scheidler (with Eric Scheidler)
July 20, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBClinton and Nathan interview Eric Sheidler about his late father, Joe, in this tribute to a pro-life legend. Pro-Life pioneer, Joe Scheidler, passed away last week. Clinton and Nathan are joined by Eric Scheidler to discuss the legacy his father leaves behind and how Joe paved the way for pro-life activism today. Find us on Patreon! You can help financially support this podcast and make it the best it possibly can be while getting free pro-life training out to potentially thousands of liste...
Medical Research Involving Human Fetuses (with Stacy Trasancos)
March 30, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBClinton is joined by Stacy Trasancos to talk about medical research involving human fetuses. Most of us are aware that fetal cells are often used in the development of vaccines, but there are other ways fetuses are used which pro-life people need to be aware of. Find us on Patreon! You can help financially support this podcast and make it the best it possibly can be while getting free pro-life training out to potentially thousands of listeners, and get some great perks while you're at it. ww...
Are Pro-Lifers Hypocrites and Does it Matter?
March 01, 2021 11:00 - 43 minutes - 39.2 MBClinton and Nathan discuss a recent paper published in Journal of Medical Ethics by Nick Colgrove, Daniel Rodger, and Bruce Blackshaw regarding whether or not pro-lifers are hypocrites and whether or not it matters in the grand scheme of arguments about abortion. Find us on Patreon, where we have some great perks for financial supporters. Help us become the best podcast we can be: www.patreon.com/prolifethinking You can find us on YouTube, where we are going to publish training videos uniqu...
Tips for Good Dialogue (with Rebekah Dyer)
February 11, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 54.1 MBClinton and Nathan are joined by Rebekah Dyer of Justice for All to talk about good tips for discussing abortion with pro-choice people. There's also a bit of a technical issue. For some reason, extracting the audio has cut off the end of the past few broadcasts. I'm working on seeing why that happens to avoid it in the future. Subscribe to our Facebook channel for upcoming exclusive content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM2T5lvj5Do&ab_channel=Pro-LifeThinking Check out Justice for All's ...
Resources Available for Abortion-Minded Women (with Emily and Nathan Berning)
January 09, 2021 14:00 - 43 minutes - 38.5 MBClinton and Nathan interview Emily and Nathan Berning of Let Them Live, a virtual pregnancy resource center that reaches out to women considering abortion and offers them resources. Check out our Patreon page. There are some great perks available for those who would like to support us financially: www.patreon.com/prolifethinking Check out Let Them Live's website: www.letthemlive.org
Vaccines That Used Fetal Cells in Their Development (with Dr. Helen Watt)
January 03, 2021 18:00 - 50 minutes - 45 MBThe coronavirus vaccine is among us but reports are that at least some of the vaccines developed used cell lines derived from aborted fetuses decades ago. Clinton and Nathan discuss the ethics of taking these vaccines with bioethicist Dr. Helen Watt of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre in Oxford, England. Visit the YouTube page for this podcast episode for the show notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEyLOYY7oYE&ab_channel=Pro-LifeThinking Books mentioned in this podcast: The Ethics of Preg...
Elderly Woman Euthanized to Avoid Dying from COVID-19 (and other news items)
December 22, 2020 14:00 - 30 minutes - 26.6 MBClinton and Nathan discuss items in the news. Topics for discussion: -- Famous pro-choice philosopher, Judith Jarvis Thomson, has passed away. --Human meat being grown for human consumption. --An elderly woman in Canada was euthanized to avoid the trauma of isolation by being locked away inside her room for two weeks due to coronavirus. See our YouTube video for links to the news articles. Books mentions on the podcast: Disputes in Bioethics by Christopher Kaczor Visions of the Anointed...
A Coronavirus Vaccine is Almost Among Us (and other news items)
December 10, 2020 14:00 - 42 minutes - 38.4 MBClinton and Nathan discuss some items in the news related to bioethics. Topics for discussion: -Pfizer has announced a coronavirus vaccine which is 90% effective. Pro-life people are concerned about the use of aborted fetal cells. -Poland is a generally pro-life country but recently outlawed abortions for fetal disability, which pro-choice advocates are not happy about. -The election is still up in the air but Joe Biden has announced bringing in Ezekiel Emanuel to his coronavirus task for...
Untangling Pro-Choice Arguments (with Hendrik van der Breggen)
December 05, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 54.8 MBClinton and Nathan interview Hendrik van der Breggen on his recently published book, Untangling Pro-Choice Arguments. You can find a link to a post on Hendrik's blog about his book here: https://apologiabyhendrikvanderbreggen.blogspot.com/2020/12/untangling-popular-pro-choice-arguments.html?fbclid=IwAR3D5DJZET_TDY92jqVm2m3o_mnjjki1vEEW3ITvWVWWS-McRLmzlftU9Ns
Biblical Arguments Against the Sanctity of Human Life
November 27, 2020 14:00 - 32 minutes - 28.9 MBClinton responds to the remaining eight Biblical arguments against the sanctity of human life that were left on a review of the podcast.
Christopher Kaczor's Second Interview
November 20, 2020 14:00 - 50.1 MBChristopher Kaczor returns to the Pro-Life Thinking podcast to join us in talking about his recently published book, Disputes in Bioethics. There were some sound anomalies in the recording, and we apologize about that. I have a theory what it might be so we'll try to get that corrected in the future. I eliminated as much of it as I could.
Disputes in Bioethics (with Christopher Kaczor)
November 20, 2020 14:00 - 55 minutes - 50.1 MBChristopher Kaczor returns to the Pro-Life Thinking podcast to join us in talking about his recently published book, Disputes in Bioethics. There were some sound anomalies in the recording, and we apologize about that. I have a theory what it might be so we'll try to get that corrected in the future. I eliminated as much of it as I could.
A Former Focus on the Family Speaker Becomes Pro-Choice
November 13, 2020 14:00 - 58 minutes - 52.8 MBClinton and Nathan talk about two articles being shared around social media. The first is an article by a former Focus on the Family speaker who considered having an abortion after her husband tragically died on a trip to the beach. Another is a woman who went into labor while taking her bar exam. Then they respond to some arguments from the Bible in defense of abortion they received on their iTunes rate and review page. The portion of the book I quoted from was Medical Ethics: Principles, P...
A Politically Neutral Take on When Human Life Begins (with Chris Christiansen)
November 06, 2020 14:00 - 55 minutes - 49.8 MBClinton is joined by Chris Christiansen, who recently debated Valerie Tarico. They're going to analyze a video on YouTube by Ryan Chapman called A Politically Neutral Take on When Human Life Begins. Clinton and Chris also discuss the Biblical account of David losing his son and what it says about the pro-life position for Christians. They finish off with a discussion about the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court. Here is a link to Chapman's video: https://www.y...
Gradualism
October 29, 2020 13:00 - 25 minutes - 22 MBLost episode! Clinton and Nathan recorded this episode in July, 2019, but post-production hadn't been done on the episode so it hasn't been released for public consumption. Now it's ready to go (at least as ready as it will ever be, considering audio through BlogTalkRadio isn't the greatest). The topic for discussion in this episode is gradualism, the idea that a human gains value as he develops (either because his capacity to feel pain develops, or for some other reason).
Debate Review: Eric Hernandez vs. "Maxwell Yates" (with Braxton Hunter)
October 25, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 69.9 MBClinton is joined by Braxton Hunter of Trinity Radio to discuss a debate between Eric Hernandez and "Maxwell Yates" on the existence of the soul. The 19th century rail worker whose name I was trying to remember was Phineas Gage, who experienced pronounced personality changes after having his brain fully pierced by a large iron spike. Here's the link to Pro-Life Thinking's YouTube channel, where you can watch our discussions live: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdQdRwZ92m74SMtz5__ORxA?view...
Debate Review: Chris Christiansen vs. Valerie Tarico
October 07, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBClinton and Nathan review a recent debate on abortion between Chris Christiansen and Valerie Tarico on the Right to Reason podcast, hosted by Robert Stanley. But first, they talk about some listener (and non-listener) comments. Here's a link to the debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRiT0grlWcg&t=1s&ab_channel=TheRighttoReason
Interview: Nick Reynosa
July 23, 2020 16:00 - 44 minutes - 39.8 MBClinton interviews Nick Reynosa, Director of Public Policy and Public Relations for Society for Ethical Research, about fetal harvesting going on at UCSF.
#44 Interview: Nick Reynosa
July 23, 2020 16:00Clinton interviews Nick Reynosa, Director of Public Policy and Public Relations for Society for Ethical Research, about fetal harvesting going on at UCSF.
#43: Interview: Frank Pavone
May 25, 2020 20:00Clinton and Nathan are joined by Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life to discuss Norma McCorvey's (the Roe of Roe v. Wade) alleged deathbed confession on the AKA Jane Roe documentary. Fr. Frank knew McCorvey well, so he is here to offer their insights into this confession and how McCorvey has been used by the pro-abortion lobby for their own purposes. Here are some links to statements by various pro-life leaders who knew Norma McCorvey personally: Mark Crutcher of Life Dynamics https://life...
Interview: Frank Pavone
May 25, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBClinton and Nathan are joined by Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life to discuss Norma McCorvey's (the Roe of Roe v. Wade) alleged deathbed confession on the AKA Jane Roe documentary. Fr. Frank knew McCorvey well, so he is here to offer their insights into this confession and how McCorvey has been used by the pro-abortion lobby for their own purposes. Here are some links to statements by various pro-life leaders who knew Norma McCorvey personally: Mark Crutcher of Life Dynamics https://life...
Pro-Life Perspectives #11: Netherlands Legalizes Euthanasia of Dementia Patients
April 27, 2020 21:00 - 3 minutes - 2.54 MBThe Netherlands have made it legally permissible to euthanize dementia patients. How much longer until prior consent is no longer necessary? The Catholic News Agency report: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/amp/news/dutch-supreme-court-rules-doctors-can-euthanize-dementia-patients-31228?fbclid=IwAR0dS88isyghN69c5OdIGt_C5u-jjtkVemirE0OWCEt5FvcPJEtemT28T90
Interview: John Elefante
April 02, 2020 20:00 - 58 minutes - 52.5 MBClinton is joined by John Elefante, former Kansas frontman and current singer for Jay Sekulow Band, to discuss a pro-life song he released in 2013, called This Time. An article about John's partnership with Online for Life, "Former 'Kansas' Lead Singer Releases Pro-Life Video of Adopted Daughter's Near Abortion" by Christian Post: https://www.christianpost.com/news/former-kansas-lead-singer-releases-pro-life-video-of-adopted-daughters-near-abortion.html John Elefante's website: https://john...
#42 Interview: John Elefante
April 02, 2020 20:00Clinton is joined by John Elefante, former Kansas frontman and current singer for Jay Sekulow Band, to discuss a pro-life song he released in 2013, called This Time. An article about John's partnership with Online for Life, "Former 'Kansas' Lead Singer Releases Pro-Life Video of Adopted Daughter's Near Abortion" by Christian Post: https://www.christianpost.com/news/former-kansas-lead-singer-releases-pro-life-video-of-adopted-daughters-near-abortion.html John Elefante's website: https://john...
Interview: Fazale Rana
March 23, 2020 17:00 - 58 minutes - 52.5 MBClinton and Nathan are joined by Dr. Fazale Rana of Reasons to Believe to discuss the topic of transhumanism, which he and Dr. Ken Samples discussed in their recent book Humans 2.0.
#41 Interview: Fazale Rana
March 23, 2020 17:00Clinton and Nathan are joined by Dr. Fazale Rana of Reasons to Believe to discuss the topic of transhumanism, which he and Dr. Ken Samples discussed in their recent book Humans 2.0.
Interview: Greg Koukl
February 06, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBClinton interviews Greg Koukl of Stand to Reason about the upcoming second edition of his book, Tactics. There were some unfortunate technical issues on our end but we still managed to get through the interview all right.
#40 Interview: Greg Koukl
February 06, 2020 00:00Clinton interviews Greg Koukl on his book, Tactics, and the recent updated 10th Anniversary Issue.
Interview: Stephen Napier
January 16, 2020 00:00 - 54 minutes - 49.1 MBClinton is joined by Stephen Napier to discuss his recent book, as well as his arguments from moral risk and epistemic diffidence against abortion, euthanasia, and embryonic stem cell research.
#39 Interview: Stephen Napier
January 16, 2020 00:00Clinton is joined by Stephen Napier to discuss his recent book, as well as his arguments from moral risk and epistemic diffidence against abortion, euthanasia, and embryonic stem cell research.
#38 Interview: Steve Jacobs
December 16, 2019 22:00Clinton and Nathan interview Steve Jacobs, who published a paper that showed 96% of biologists agree human life begins at fertilization, and that most pro-choice people believe they should take biologists' word on this question. Resources mentioned: "Balancing Abortion Rights and Fetal Rights: A Mixed Methods Mediation of the U.S. Abortion Debate" by Steve Jacobs, https://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/1883 "Biologists' Consensus on When Life Begins" by Steve Jacobs, https://papers.ssrn...
Interview: Steve Jacobs
December 16, 2019 22:00 - 1 hour - 63 MBClinton and Nathan interview Steve Jacobs, who published a paper that showed 96% of biologists agree human life begins at fertilization, and that most pro-choice people believe they should take biologists' word on this question. Resources mentioned: "Balancing Abortion Rights and Fetal Rights: A Mixed Methods Mediation of the U.S. Abortion Debate" by Steve Jacobs, https://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/1883 "Biologists' Consensus on When Life Begins" by Steve Jacobs, https://papers.ssrn...
#37 Interview: Terrisa Bukovinac
December 09, 2019 22:00Clinton and Nathan are joined by Terrisa Bukovinac of Pro-Life San Francisco and Secular Pro-Life to talk about her efforts to reform the Democratic party to be more pro-life, as well as the recent court judgement in the trial of David Daleiden regarding the Center for Medical Progress videos. Resources mentioned: The source regarding fetal survival can be found in "Labor induction abortion in the second trimester", Society of Family Planning, p. 10, q. 10, second paragraph: https://www.soc...
Interview: Terrisa Bukovinac
December 09, 2019 22:00 - 61.1 MBClinton and Nathan are joined by Terrisa Bukovinac of Pro-Life San Francisco to talk about her efforts to make the Democrat party more pro-life and to talk about David Daleiden and the legal issues he's been facing from his undercover sting operation against Planned Parenthood. The song at the end of the podcast is The Instability of Protoman, by Death Therapy. To purchase Death Therapy's music, you can use this link: https://solidstate.lnk.to/VOICES?fbclid=IwAR06Q9Y4JVLsskjtHWbFghY67e_Wh8CN...
A Quest to Make Democrats Pro-Life (with Terrisa Bukovinac)
December 09, 2019 22:00 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBClinton and Nathan are joined by Terrisa Bukovinac of Pro-Life San Francisco to talk about her efforts to make the Democrat party more pro-life and to talk about David Daleiden and the legal issues he's been facing from his undercover sting operation against Planned Parenthood. The song at the end of the podcast is The Instability of Protoman, by Death Therapy. To purchase Death Therapy's music, you can use this link: https://solidstate.lnk.to/VOICES?fbclid=IwAR06Q9Y4JVLsskjtHWbFghY67e_Wh8CN...
#36: Arguments For Infanticide (with Jay Watts)
February 03, 2019 16:00Clinton and Nathan are joined by Jay Watts to talk about a viral video released by Students for Life, in which they engaged with a student at a college whose arguments gave justification for infanticide.
Arguments For Infanticide (with Jay Watts)
February 03, 2019 16:00 - 47 minutes - 42.8 MBClinton and Nathan are joined by their Life Training Institute colleague, Jay Watts, to discuss a viral video released by Students for Life of America, as well as some of the arguments for infanticide.
Interview: Michael Buratovich
April 17, 2018 20:00 - 56.6 MBClinton will be talking with Michael Buratovich, a professor of biochemistry, about stem cell research and his book The Stem Cell Epistles.
#35: Interview: Michael Buratovich
April 17, 2018 20:00Clinton will be talking with Michael Buratovich, a professor of biochemistry, about stem cell research and his book The Stem Cell Epistles.
The Stem Cell Epistles (with Dr. Michael Buratovich)
April 17, 2018 20:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBClinton will be talking with Michael Buratovich, a professor of biochemistry, about stem cell research and his book The Stem Cell Epistles. Check out Michael's blog, Beyond the Dish: https://beyondthedish.wordpress.com/
#34: Interview: Maureen Condic
March 29, 2018 22:00Clinton and Nathan interview embryologist Dr. Maureen Condic about human development, including some of the objections abortion-choice advocates occasionally raise against the science of embryology.
The Science of When Human Life Begins (with Dr. Maureen Condic)
March 29, 2018 22:00 - 58 minutes - 52.5 MBClinton and Nathan interview Dr. Maureen Condic, a neurobiologist who teaches at University of Utah, about human development, including some of the objections abortion-choice advocates occasionally raise against the science of embryology. Some of the objections discussed in this episode: -Human life doesn't begin until the brain is sufficiently developed. -Some embryos have the capacity to twin or recombine, so we can't say an individual human life begins before that point. -Human life do...
Interview: Maureen Condic
March 29, 2018 22:00 - 56.4 MBClinton and Nathan interview Dr. Maureen Condic, a neurobiologist who teaches at University of Utah, about human development, including some of the objections abortion-choice advocates occasionally raise against the science of embryology.
Bonus: Scott Klusendorf, "Abortion and Equality: A Defense of Human Life"
March 25, 2018 15:00 - 2 hours - 113 MBScott Klusendorf, president of Life Training Institute, recently gave a talk at CSU San Marcos about what makes us human and what makes us valuable as human beings. We present this talk, in its entirety, including audience Q&A. Books mentioned in Scott's lecture: Peter Kreeft -- The Unaborted Socrates Scott Klusendorf -- The Case for Life Francis J. Beckwith and Greg Koukl -- Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air Francis J. Beckwith -- Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against...
#33: Mary Anne Warren's Personhood Criteria
March 18, 2018 15:00Clinton and Nathan discuss Mary Anne Warren's personhood criteria from her essay "On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion." Books mentioned in the podcast: Abortion and Unborn Human Life by Patrick Lee Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice by Frank Beckwith The Ethics of Abortion by Christopher Kaczor The Last Superstition by Edward Feser
Mary Anne Warren's Personhood Criteria
March 18, 2018 15:00 - 23 minutes - 20.4 MBClinton and Nathan discuss Mary Anne Warren's essay "On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion" and the criteria she lists for personhood in that article.
Bonus: Facebook Live Interview With Scott Klusendorf
March 11, 2018 15:00 - 37 minutes - 33.5 MBClinton and Nathan hosted a Facebook Live interview with Scott Klusendorf, president of Life Training Institute and author of Pro-Life 101: A Step-By-Step Guide to Making Your Case Persuasively, Stand for Life: Answering the Call, Making the Case, Saving Lives (with John Ensor), and The Case for Life: Equipping Christians to Engage the Culture.
Pro-Life Perspectives #10: Clergy Blessing Abortion Clinics
February 27, 2018 16:00 - 5 minutes - 4.08 MBClinton talks a bit about clergy blessing abortion clinics. The pastors who blessed the clinic in Washington, D.C. in 2017: http://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/interfaith-blessing-planned-parenthood_us_5873a2a0e4b02b5f8589ee75 The pastors who blessed the clinic in Bethesda, Marylands in 2018: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/01/29/clergy-gather-to-bless-an-abortion-clinic-which-provides-rare-late-term-abortions-in-bethesda/?utm_term=.9c56fa0370d4
Pro-Life Perspectives #9: Democrats Vote Against Protecting Late-Term Fetuses
February 26, 2018 16:00 - 3 minutes - 2.5 MBClinton talks about a vote to protect late-term fetuses from 20 weeks on, fetuses that can likely feel pain. The Washington Post article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/abortion-ban-bill-fails-to-advance-in-the-senate/2018/01/29/98ad2c0e-0518-11e8-94e8-e8b8600ade23_story.html?utm_term=.8d7a3223dda4 The Democrat high-five: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/01/30/red-state-democrat-high-fives-shutdown-chuck-after-voting-to-block-20-week-aborti-n2441561 Abortion Stats Ov...
#32: The Burning IVF Lab Thought Experiment
February 21, 2018 21:30Clinton and Aaron discuss an abortion-choice thought experiment recently brought up by science fiction author, Patrick S. Tomlinson, on Twitter. If you're in a burning IVF lab which is going up in flames, who would you rescue, assuming you can only rescue one: a five-year-old child or a canister filled with a thousand human embryos?