Scott Klusendorf and Karen Swallow Prior Debate What It Means to Be Pro-Life
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Colson Center
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🗓️ 4 July 2022
⏱️ 1 minutes
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Summary
As part of The Gospel Coalition's "Good Faith Debates," Scott Klusendorf and fellow pro-life advocate Karen Swallow Prior discuss what it means to stand for life today. Is it enough to oppose abortion? Or must the pro-life movement take on a wider range of causes?
The exchange brings clarity to a hot button issue. Both agree that Christians should be consistent, and that our love for neighbor and commitment to life should be reflected in how we think about and address other issues, from genocide to racism, from artificial reproductive technologies to poverty.
However, while the Christian life cannot be reduced to just one issue, the greatest injustices require our greatest attention. Pro-lifers should never apologize for focusing on and working tirelessly to end abortion, especially when about 900,000 children are aborted every year. So, we should celebrate the end of Roe, work for state-level protections for the preborn, speak with moral clarity on abortion, and help the women who need it most.
Now is the time to double down, not back off.
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| 0:00.0 | When it comes to pro-life, be all in. For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with the point. |
| 0:05.1 | As part of the Gospel Coalition's good faith debate, Scott Klusendorff and fellow |
| 0:08.6 | pro-life advocate Karen Swallow-Pryor discuss what it means to stand for life today. |
| 0:13.3 | Is it enough to oppose abortion, or must the pro-life movement also take on a wider range of causes? |
| 0:18.3 | Where the exchange brings helpful clarity to a hot-button issue. |
| 0:21.3 | Both agree that Christians should be consistent. |
| 0:24.0 | Our love for neighbor and commitment to life should be reflected not just in how we think |
| 0:27.2 | about abortion, but also about other issues like euthanasia and genocide, and how we address |
| 0:31.7 | issues as wide-ranging as the sin of racism, artificial reproductive technologies, and |
| 0:36.3 | how to best care for the poor. However, while the Christian life cannot be reduced to simply one issue, |
| 0:41.3 | the greatest injustices require our greatest attention. |
| 0:44.3 | Prolifers should never apologize for working to end abortion, |
| 0:47.3 | especially when about 900,000 children are aborted each year. |
| 0:51.3 | We should celebrate the end of row, |
| 0:53.3 | we should work for state-level protections for the pre-born, |
| 0:55.9 | we should speak with moral clarity on abortion, |
| 0:58.5 | and we should help women who need it most. |
| 1:00.6 | Now is not the time to back off. |
| 1:02.3 | It's time to double down. |
| 1:03.9 | For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street. |
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