Welcome to Think Biblically, Conversations on Faith and Culture, a podcast from Taubal

Theology, Biola University.

I'm your host, Sean McDowell, Professor of Apologetics.

And I'm your co-host Scott Ray, Dean of Faculty

and Professor of Christian Ethics.

Today we're here to talk with Lila Rose,

who I've been looking forward to having on for a long time

because she's the founder and president of

live action is one of the most outspoken and really recognizable pro-life leaders

today and has a fantastic new book out we want to commend to all of our

listeners called Fighting for Life. Lila, thanks so much for coming on the show.

Thanks for having me, gentlemen.

So let's start kind of at the beginning.

How did you first even get started having your heart just kind of broken for the unborn?

Well, I'm from a big family. I'm one of eight kids, so I have five younger brothers and

sisters and already that sets you up for appreciating babies, I mean, or I guess there was a lot of chaos involved too and that

kind of an upbringing.

But there were ultrasound pictures on the fridge growing up and my parents were really faith-filled

people, grew up in Silicon Valley, Northern California.

And so they weren't pro-life activists in the sense of praying outside abortion clinics or anything

like that, but they were very passionate about life and God and service and so that really set the

stage for me to as a naturally empathetic and curious little girl for me to be

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