The Pro-Life Movement

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i grew up in a tradition that really, when it talked about pro life, the focus was on abortion. Is it possible to end abortion with banning abortion? And is that a morally appropriate choice? I think that anti roe classical liberals have tied themselves in knots and can't be debated without embracing each other's views. i believe in mit romney's child payment - an allowance for every child beginning prenatally natalybirth. The moral issue of whether or not government should use guns to impose one's view on another is philosophically wrong but debatable. We'll radjudicate all this and other issues, i think, in future episodes. David will also raise a reader contest

In a special Christmas episode, David French and Curtis Chang talk about the ultimate act of empathy (God becoming human) and the somewhat surprising debate going on in certain corners of the evangelical church; the idea that empathy can be a sin. How far should we go to understand another’s pain? Does empathy require moral agreement? Is our empathy sometimes selective, reserved for those we agree with and withheld from those we don’t?

David and Curtis also dig into some reader mail for a fascinating discussion of the issue of abortion and some surprising realities that may show why pro-life Christians should look beyond the mere legal rules established under Roe v. Wade.

Show Notes:

-Joe Rigney: The Enticing Sin of Empathy

-The French Press: The American Crisis of Selective Empathy

-The French Press: Satanic Pregnancies, Explained

-C.S. Lewis: The Screwtape Letters (Amazon)

-Kate Shellnutt: Bethlehem Baptist Leaders Clash Over ‘Coddling’ and ‘Cancel Culture’

-The French Press: The Pro-Life Movement Must Transcend Politics