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The Heidi St. John Podcast

First, Do No Harm: A Conversation About Abortion and Conscientious Objection

The Heidi St. John Podcast

Heidi St. John

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.83.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

President Trump is about to rule on an opportunity to protect healthcare workers who object to certain responsibilities based on their conscience, and hopefully free people who don’t want to perform abortions based on their personal convictions. Why does this matter? Let’s talk about it.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Did you know choosing the train over your car can cut your carbon footprint by up to two thirds?

0:06.0

So, one family outing at a time, one little adventurer at a time, one trip to the museum, one dinner in the city, one nap on the way home at a time.

0:18.0

One train journey at a time can help create a greener future.

0:24.0

So when will you take your next trip? Find out more at nationalrail.co.uk slash greener.

0:30.0

Hey everybody, this is Heidi St. John. Welcome to the Busy Mom Podcast today is mailbox Monday. It's Monday, March 26th.

0:38.0

And we're going to talk about the headlines, a couple things that are happening in the news today and some good things and some bad things.

0:44.0

But stick around, I think you're going to be encouraged.

0:54.0

Alright, so first of all, I want to say thank you to everybody who came out to Rogers Arkinside to teach them diligently.

1:02.0

It is always a treat for Jay and I to meet you and to hear your stories. But more than anything, it's an encouragement to see how the gospel is changing lives.

1:14.0

I just did a podcast with my friend, Kristen Welch last Friday and she was talking about raising world changers and one of the things that I am so passionate about in my husband is as well is raising world changers to encourage you off of the bench and onto the battlefield.

1:31.0

Get involved, get involved in your communities, get involved in local politics, talk about what's happening around you.

1:37.0

But we want to do it in relationship to what the Bible says is true and right and good and honorable.

1:44.0

And we do that as believers by walking in right relationship with the Lord and knowing his word.

1:52.0

And so today I'm going to address a couple of questions that have come into the podcast. But before that sort of go to that point, but before I do that, I want to let you know we are finishing up the last week of five traits of false teachers at Mom Strong International.

2:07.0

And the next study that starts is called GERD UP GIRL, Strategies in Spiritual Warfare.

2:14.0

So I'm going to be giving you tools of spiritual warfare, encouraging you to get off the bench and onto the battlefield, reminding you that God is able to take care of you and able to protect you.

2:27.0

And also giving you some of the passages of scripture that remind us that God never leaves us and he never forsakes us and he will be involved.

2:39.0

He wants to be intimately involved in every aspect of your life. So as we kind of move to this next study over at Mom Strong International, I just want to encourage you to know your word, to know the Bible, to know God's word.

2:53.0

And also if you haven't joined me for the scripture writing challenge, we've been doing it for several years here at the podcast.

3:00.0

This is a great way to engage your family in the truth of God's word. So check it out, momstronginternational.com.

3:08.0

All right, so I got a couple of questions today. The first one has to do with the decision that President Trump is about to make that first hit the news last week in Fortune magazine.

3:18.0

And the headline read, Trump is about to protect doctors who won't perform abortions or treat transgender patients.

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