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PRO LIFE vs. PRO CHOICE debate | opposing views with Lila Rose & Brenda Davies

Published 3 years, 8 months ago

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Not many issues are more polarizing and heated than the topic of abortion. Pro life advocates believe in the inherent value and human rights of the unborn. Pro choice advocates believe in the the rights of women to choose whether to continue a pregnancy or not and to have bodily autonomy.

Brenda Davies and Lila Rose have very opposing views on the topic of abortion. Brenda is a writer, podcaster, and left-leaning pro-choice Christian with the YouTube channel called God is Grey. Brenda believes that forced birth is immoral and that abortion can be better prevented by making this nation a more hospitable place for new & existing life with left leaning policies. Lila is a writer, speaker and pro life activist. She’s the founder and president of Live Action, a human rights nonprofit with the largest digital footprint on the globe for the pro-life movement. Live Action exists to defend the rights of the unborn and make abortion unthinkable.

In this episode we cover:

Is it always wrong to commit intentional violence on an innocent human person?
Is it immoral to force teens and women to give birth against their will? What about bodily autonomy?
What is the moment of distinction when a person deserves basic human rights? Gestational age? A heartbeat? Viability? When a person takes their first breath after birth?
Both mother and child have rights - are those rights in conflict?
The viewpoint: “I wouldn’t personally get an abortion but I wouldn’t want to restrict someone else from getting one.”
Is the way we talk about this debate “pro life” and “pro choice” accurate to how people who hold those views truly think and act?
There was over 600,000 abortions last year, if all abortions were banned, that would be 600,000 more kids, many of them in poverty or tough situations, what would be the plan to deal with that?
Horrific instances of rape or incest, or when there is an extreme health risk to the mother?
Sex elective abortion, when one aborts their baby girl because they are specifically wanting a boy, or vice versa.
would making abortion illegal actually reduce abortions?
How the foster care system vs adoption shapes this conversation
Do women need to rely on abortion to succeed in society?
What about overpopulation?
Roe v. Wade - will the Supreme Court overturn Roe? What will that mean for our national conversation about abortion?