Abortion and the Black Community

Pass The Mic

The Witness

Christianity, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

“Why don’t you care about the abortion that’s happening in your own community?” “You talk about lynching and slavery but abortion takes more black lives every day” (sigh) If you’ve ever heard (or said) statements like these, this episode is for you. Jemar and Tyler are back to tackle the elephant in the room. Tune in for a candid conversation on the history of abortion views in the American church, the problems with the church’s approach to the conversation, and what a prophetic imagination ultimately looks like. This is not for the faint of heart (Y’all know how we do at Pass the Mic), but we hope it challenges you to move beyond the caricatures you’ve heard to a more consistent public witness. Original Publish date: 2019-04-01 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.8	Dynamic voices for a diverse church.
0:35.7	This is Pass the Mic.
0:40.2	Greetings and God bless.
0:41.4	Welcome to another episode of Pass the Mike.
0:44.0	Dynamic Voices for a diverse church powered by the Witness, a black Christian collective.
0:49.4	I'm your host, Tyler Burns.
0:51.1	You can follow me on Twitter at Burns 23.
0:53.5	Follow at your own risk. And joining me as always is the president of the witness, the man, the myth, the legend, the bestselling author. Mr. Blucheck verified himself. Jamar Tisbee. What's going on, brother? Hey, man, I'm doing well. I'm doing well. It's going to be back on the mic with you. And I just have a little quick story. Oh, oh, here we go. No, it doesn't have to do with you this time.
1:13.9	Oh, okay.
1:14.2	All right.
1:29.7	I was about to little quick story. Uh-oh. Here we go. No, it's, it's, it does have to do with you this time. Oh, okay. All right. I was about to be like, yo, you just, you just not even going to tell me before we press record. But go ahead. Get your story off. Get your story off. But you know, you know, something will happen that's like a five in terms of seriousness or intensity. And you know, those people that will always react on like a level 10? Yeah, like I'm kind of one of those people. I think behind the scenes, but not publicly.
1:35.8	But anyway, go ahead. I can definitely see that about you, which is why, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, so my
1:41.0	wife is also one of those people. And we have this little thing going out.
1:46.1	Listen, I just want to stop right here and give you an opportunity to get out of this.
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