From the Archive: Charlie vs. The University of Illinois on Abortion
The Charlie Kirk Show
Charlie Kirk
4.6 • 65.6K Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Is some weird metaphor about a violinist an irrefutable argument against the pro-life position? Probably not, but a student at the University of Illinois tried it on Charlie and it didn't go well for him. In this dive back into the debate archive, Charlie battles Illinois students on the topic his debated more than any other, the right to life.
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| 0:00.0 | My name is Charlie Kirk. |
| 0:04.6 | I run the largest pro-American student organization in the country fighting for the future of our republic. |
| 0:11.3 | My call is to fight evil and to proclaim truth. |
| 0:14.5 | If the most important thing for you is just feeling good, you're going to end up miserable. |
| 0:19.9 | But if the most important thing is doing good, you will end up purposeful. College is a scam, everybody. You got to stop sending your kids to college. You should get married as young as possible and have as many kids as possible. Go start a turning point USA College Chapter. Go start a turning point. You would say high school chapter. Go find out how your church can get involved. Sign up and become an activist. |
| 0:39.0 | I gave my life to the Lord in fifth grade. |
| 0:41.2 | Most important decision I ever made in my life, and I encourage you to do the same. |
| 0:45.2 | Here I am. |
| 0:46.1 | Lord, use me. |
| 0:48.1 | Buckle up, everybody. |
| 0:49.5 | Here we go. |
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| 1:17.1 | I'm sure you're familiar with JJ Thompson's argument about abortion, the violinist. |
| 1:22.2 | Yeah, correct. |
| 1:23.5 | Okay, so I want to propose like a slightly different take on that, maybe a variation. |
| 1:27.9 | So if there's a mother and a daughter, the daughter can be a teenager, 20, whatever, and let's say this daughter has some kind of condition or organ failure or something where she needs a body apart from her mom, like a kidney transplant, and only her mom is capable of giving her that kidney transplant. She's the only person for DNA reasons |
| 1:49.8 | or something. Do you think that mom should be required legally by the government to give her kidney |
| 1:55.2 | in order to keep the daughter alive, otherwise the daughter dies? |
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