Building Bridges: Strategies for Useful Conversations with Pro-Choice Friends and Colleagues

Most abortion conversations fail before they truly begin, not because you lack good arguments, but because you're approaching the wrong moment, the wrong person, or the wrong goal. In this episode, recorded live at MBEC 2026, Monica Snyder, executive director of Secular Pro-Life, shares how pro-life medical professionals can build genuine influence with pro-choice friends, colleagues, and patients without turning every conversation into a debate. Drawing on years of advocacy training and her own experience as a pro-life atheist in deeply secular spaces, Monica explains why physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals carry unique cultural authority in this conversation, and why their voices matter more than many realize. She discusses how pro-life medical professionals can break through echo chambers, support vulnerable patients, and help others realize they are not alone in their views. Monica was a featured speaker at MBEC 2026 and will return as a speaker at MBEC 2027 in St. Louis, Missouri. Register to attend MBEC 2027, February 26-27, in St. Louis, Missouri and experience more incredible speakers like Monica Snyder. Learn more about us at www.aaplog.org Become a member at www.aaplog.org/join Join our mailing list here. Click here to donate. Follow us on: Facebook Twitter Instagram