How Can I Argue Against "My Body, My Choice"? (Special Podcast Highlight)
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 588 Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2024
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
Patrick Madrid tackles a question from Jay in Madison, Wisconsin. Jay has a bit of a dilemma: his relatives, despite being wonderful people and regular churchgoers, keep tossing out the "my body, my choice" line when it comes to abortion. So, how does he respond?
Here’s Patrick’s Take:
Thought-Stopping Slogan: Patrick points out that "my body, my choice" is really just a way to shut down the conversation. It's meant to stop you in your tracks and avoid any deeper thinking. It’s more of a slogan than an actual argument. So don't let them stop you from speaking the truth in love.
Unborn Child’s Right to Life: He makes it clear that if it were truly about someone’s own body, then it would be the person themselves who dies, not the unborn child. The fact is that the unborn child is a separate entity with his or her own right to life.
Biological Facts: Patrick doesn’t shy away from science. He points out that if the unborn child were just part of the mother’s body, we wouldn't be able to harvest organs from it. Clearly, there's a distinct body.
Inconvenience vs. Obligation: He acknowledges that pregnancy can be inconvenient, but there’s a profound obligation to care for the unborn child. Temporary inconvenience is nothing compared to the precious gift of life.
Consistency in Beliefs: Patrick then takes a clever turn. He asks if these same relatives were all about mask-wearing during COVID for the greater good. If so, how is it any different when it comes to protecting the unborn? It’s a compelling way to show the inconsistency in their logic.
Scientific Evidence: To wrap it up, Patrick stresses that life begins at conception – a fact supported by science. There’s even a fascinating phenomenon where a flash of light is observed at the moment of fertilization. Life is truly a miracle!
So, what do you think? Patrick’s advice is to stand firm, speak the truth with love, and trust that in time, these conversations might plant seeds that grow into a change of heart.
Keep the faith and keep the conversation going!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We'll go now to Jay, who just actually walked in the door in Madison, Wisconsin. |
| 0:03.9 | Good morning, Jay. |
| 0:04.4 | Welcome. |
| 0:05.0 | Patrick, I have a question about dealing with relatives who are wonderful people, great people, |
| 0:13.8 | who lately have told me that we start talking about abortion and their response is my body, |
| 0:21.3 | my choice. |
| 0:24.9 | And so it's like, how do I, how do I? |
| 0:30.1 | I mean, I have so many wonderful cousins and relatives who go to church, |
| 0:33.9 | but when we have this conversation about politics, it's my body, my choice. |
| 0:36.2 | Yeah, it's a thought-stopping slogan. |
| 0:55.2 | It's intended to not only shut you up, but it short-circuits the thinking process. So if they just say, my body, my choice, as if that settled it somehow, then they can stop thinking about it. Well, I mean, there are any number of things you could say. First thing you can point out is, well, if abortion were your body, your choice, |
| 1:00.9 | then you'd be the one who's dead. It's not you who are dying. It's this unborn child who has a right to life, even if he or she is inconvenient to you. I mean, you have a right to life. This |
| 1:06.8 | unborn child has a right to life. This unborn child is not your body. If this unborn child is not your body if this unborn |
| 1:11.6 | child were not your body then why do we harvest organs from it why do we you know seek to get stuff |
| 1:17.5 | from that entity in your body that you claim is your body it's not your body it's someone else's body |
| 1:23.6 | I mean now they may rail and and you know kick against that and and not you know not be willing to see it but I mean, now they may rail and, you know, kick against that and not, you know, not be willing |
| 1:30.7 | to see it. But, I mean, even if you just plant the seed in their minds, that is not your body. |
| 1:35.7 | That is another body of another person in your body because of something you did, wink, wink, |
| 1:42.1 | nudge, you know, and now that that person is growing inside of you, |
| 1:46.5 | but the very fact that you have this unborn child in you, it means you now have an obligation |
| 1:53.1 | to take care of that child. It's inconvenient? Okay. You lose your bikini figure? Okay. |
| 1:59.3 | You're inconvenienced for a time, okay, you know, |
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