A way to end abortion and hope for addicts, redemption reframing, and the power of God.

This is Dr. Jim Denison's daily article podcast for Thursday, June 13th, 2019.

One of the most thoughtful articles on abortion I've seen in years was published recently

in the Washington Post. Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Kathleen Parker surveys the debate over the Hyde Amendment,

which limits the use of federal funds to pay for abortions,

and then asks, quote,

shouldn't we dedicate more effort to tackling unplanned pregnancies across all races and wealth levels before we mandate the

Americans pay for others abortions, close quote.

Citing the more than 50 million abortions performed in the wake of Roe versus Wade, she

states, quote, it should be clear that we suffer a lack of imagination.

Rather than arguing endlessly about choice versus personhood,

we should be talking about the ways to end this primitive, barbaric procedure, which is risky,

nasty, and unequivocally life-ending, close quote. Parker notes the pharmaceutical companies,

quote, surely can come up with a full proof, fail-safe method of pregnancy

prevention, close quote. She adds, open quote, if poor women lack sufficient access to birth control,

then let's use federal funding to get more of it to them. If boys and girls need better sex

education, let's make sure they get it, close quote. She concludes,

there are hundreds of ideas out there waiting to be implemented. Here's a second issue in the news.

The U.S. death rate from suicides, alcohol, and drug overdoses has reached an all-time high.

Prescription painkillers and heroin are not the only substances driving the so-called

deaths of despair. The study points to fentanyl and other potent synthetic opioids that are

creeping into illicit drugs, such as cocaine. Oddly, the states with the highest suicide

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