Expressive individualism is a term used today to describe the intuitive way that we think about ourselves as human beings.

Dr. Carl Truman talking about his presentation at the 2025 issues, etc., making the case conference.

We think about ourselves as free, autonomous, self-determining, and we place a great emphasis upon our feelings as being decisive for who we are.

Now, from a Christian perspective, feelings are part of what it is to be human, but also we understand as Christians that made in the image of God, we are dependent creatures.

We're obliged creatures. We don't self-invent or self-create ourselves.

And what I want to do in this talk is analyze the problem and then suggest ways that the church can

combat this within our congregations.

You can meet and hear Dr. Carl Truman making the case against expressive individualism at this year's Making

the Case Conference, July 18th and 19th, at Concordia University Chicago.

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Those who were in support of abortion said that women's health care would suffer,

that OBGYNs would flee states where there were restrictive laws on abortion,

and it would just be a disaster all around. Has any of that proven to be true? Welcome back to Issues, Et cetera. I'm Todd Wilkin,

joining us to talk about two issues, a study, debunking claims that OBGYNs would leave pro-life states

and new abortion data from the Guttmacher Institute, Dr. Michael New,

visiting assistant professor of social research and political science at the Catholic University

of America, senior associate scholar at the Charlotte Lozier Institute, Paige Comstock Cunningham

fellow, with Americans United for Life and a columnist for National Review Online. Dr. New,

welcome back. Thanks to have me. Much appreciated. What news is there for pro-lifers about a new Gutmacher

Institute report regarding re-legalization of abortion in the states of Wisconsin and Rhode Island?

Sure. Goomacher came out with some new abortion numbers for the year 2024, and they should be seen as preliminary, but there is some information that's kind of useful and interesting to pro-lifers. First off, in 2023, you saw a Wisconsin circuit court judge effectively overturned a ban on abortion that was in Wisconsin, and abortion

became legal in 2023, and we know what abortion is legal numbers go up, and between

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