Is Donald Trump Helping or Hurting the Pro-Life Movement? | with Scott Klusendorf
I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST
Dr. Frank Turek
4.8 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 April 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
What are we to make of Donald Trump’s recent statements on abortion? Are pro-life Americans winning or losing the battle to protect the rights of unborn children? What is the way forward?
This week, author of 'The Case for Life' and leading pro-life expert, Scott Klusendorf, joins Frank to analyze and unpack former president Trump's statements regarding abortion and why it has created concern among pro-life advocates. During the episode, Frank and Scott will answer questions like:
Why has the pro-life movement consistently lost the vote of the American public and what can pro-lifers do to win the upcoming referendums?
What underlying issues may be motivating Trump to not seek a ban on abortion? Is he really pro-life?
Is the “will of the people” our standard?
What should pro-life politicians say? How can they avoid tripping over the "what about" arguments against abortion?
What about race and incest?
Why do pro-abortion people falsely claim that women who suffer miscarriages or require surgery for ectopic pregnancies be jailed if abortion is outlawed in certain states?
Is the pro-life view inherently religious?
Are we trying to establish a theocracy?
Later in the episode, Frank and Scott will examine the concept of incrementalism and how it was used historically to fight slavery in the West. This eye-opening conversation will equip you to defend the sanctity of life as Scott exposes some of the weaknesses in the popular "pro-choice" arguments and explains some of the nuances and strategies needed to push the pro-life agenda forward politically.
Interested in becoming a pro-life apologist yourself? Sign up for Scott's SELF-PACED online course 'How to Convince People to be Pro-Life' (or wait for the PREMIUM version of the course launching this August!) and tune-in next week for Part 2 of this highly engaging discussion.
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Resources mentioned during the episode:
Watch the Case for Life video: CaseForLife.com
Scott's Book: The Case for Life
Scott's Course: How to Convince People to Be Pro-Life (The Ethics of Abortion)
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| 0:00.0 | Does truth exist? |
| 0:03.0 | Because you have faith, does that make this book true? |
| 0:05.0 | Does God exist? |
| 0:07.0 | So when someone says there is no truth, if you apply the claim to itself, what should you say? |
| 0:13.7 | Is that true? |
| 0:15.5 | They don't think Christianity's true. |
| 0:18.6 | They're talked out of it. |
| 0:20.3 | You know why they're talked out of it? |
| 0:22.2 | Because they've never been talked into it. |
| 0:24.0 | Cross-examining skeptical and apiistic view. |
| 0:28.0 | Welcome to cross-examine with Dr. Frank Turrick. |
| 0:32.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, there's been some... with Dr. Frank Turrick. |
| 0:40.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, there's been some explosive comments made by former President Trump now, officially I, the Republican candidate for president later this year. |
| 0:47.0 | There are comments about abortion, and you probably only heard little snippets of it. |
| 0:52.0 | It's about a four minute clip. |
| 0:55.0 | Let's listen to the entire clip and then I have a guest on who will react and respond to what the |
| 1:02.0 | former president said. |
| 1:03.4 | Here we go. |
| 1:05.3 | Under my leadership, the Republican Party will always support the creation of strong, |
| 1:10.6 | thriving, and healthy American families. We want to make it easier for mothers |
| 1:15.6 | and families to have babies not harder. That includes supporting the |
| 1:20.2 | availability of fertility treatments like IVF in every state in America, like the overwhelming |
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