Life after Roe

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Reaction from both sides of the debate to the recent Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade has been swift and predictable. So, what exactly happened that Friday in June? Did the Supremes actually vote to make abortion illegal? And where do we go from here? Frank Beckwith is a philosopher who publishes, speaks, and teaches on religion, jurisprudence, politics, and ethics at Baylor University. He’s written extensively on abortion and the sanctity of life and can thus offer an informed explanation of the Dobbs v Jackson decision and its implications. Though the professor (a skilled mimic) is unable to render a serviceable impression of POTUS 45, you’ll appreciate his exceptional insights on today’s topic. Congratulations to our winners of a copy of Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing by Alexandra DeSanctis and Ryan T. Anderson: *Bret R. from San Luis Obispo, CA *Jeff D. from Mechanicsville, VA *David E. from Philpot, KY

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0:00.0	Today's podcast is sponsored by the 2022 Westminster Conference, September 9th and 10th.
0:05.9	Register now online at RPTS.edu slash events.
0:11.1	And there's more at the conclusion of today's program. Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman and Todd Pruitt.
0:38.8	Mortification of Spin is a podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:43.7	Let's join this week's conversation.
0:46.0	Thank you. Welcome to Modification of Spin.
1:00.0	I'm your host, Carl Truman, and I'm here with my regular colleague, Bob Pruitt.
1:05.0	I am Professor of Biblical and Ringer Studies at the Beautiful Grove City College in western Pennsylvania.
1:10.0	Todd is pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
1:15.0	Still part of the PCA, I believe.
1:17.3	We're still hanging in there.
1:19.8	Skinnier teeth.
1:21.6	Well, you know, we've had a couple of good general assemblies, but I keep in mind what you
1:26.1	told me years ago, Carl,
1:30.1	that a man without enemies is a man without honor.
1:35.9	And so that's helped, that's helped me survive in the PCA.
1:39.7	So I had a department just sent me a text about 10 minutes ago and said, do you have any friends left these days?
1:42.1	My only call my only call my say, can you give me time to look that up in the dictionary?
1:45.6	And I'll let you know later on.
1:48.1	Anyway, I'm delighted, actually, to say today I'm on the podcast, not just with one friend, Todd Pruitt, but with another friend, a gentleman who's had a huge impact on my thinking about a lot of pressing issues in contemporary
2:05.6	culture, and none more so than abortion.
2:11.6	He is Francis Beckwith, he is the professor of philosophy and church state studies at the great Bailey
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