Episodes
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Prudence Robertson on pro-life reporting, EWTN Pro-Life Weekly, and the dawning of a post-Roe America
Where can we go for truthful reporting in a time when so much of our news media has returned to the age of sensationalism, dubious tabloid-style journalism, and blinkered partisanship? If we're searching for truthful and reliable news on the pro-life cause, we need look no further than EWTN...
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Samuel D. Green on Reason for Life and sharing the pro-life message through Christian communities
We speak today with Samuel D. Green, President & General Counsel of Reason for Life. Reason for Life encourages, equips, and educates Christian leaders who are hesitant to address abortion, helping them see that sharing the truth about this subject is both essential and loving. Before founding...
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Dr. John Bruchalski on Tepeyac OB/GYN and his conversion from abortionist to pro-life advocate
We speak today with Dr. John Bruchalski, a physician who has committed himself to the practice of holistic and life-affirming medicine.. Nearly 30 years ago, Dr. Bruchalski and his wife founded the Tepeyac Family Center, a pro-life obstetrics and gynecology medical practice. Tepeyac’s mission? To...
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Amb. Sam Brownback on American identity, serving as Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, and the human right to life
We speak today about the relationship between the human right to life and the right to religious freedom. Our freedoms of thought, conscience, and religion are natural and interdependent rights, and when rightly understood, they serve to elevate our conception of the meaning and purpose of human...
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Melissa Ohden on the Abortion Survivors Network and public witness to the dignity of every human person
We speak today with Melissa Ohden, a survivor of a failed salient infusion abortion and the founder and director of the Abortion Survivors Network, which seeks to educate the public about failed abortions and provide emotional, mental, and spiritual support to the abortion survivors. Melissa is…
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Dr. Charles Camosy on lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and preserving human dignity in a secular age
We listen in today to a lecture by Dr. Charles Camosy delivered to the Americans United for Life 2022 Summer Fellows cohort. Dr. Camosy speaks on how COVID-19 has impacted our sense of human dignity and what human persons are owed both in medicine and the culture broadly. Dr. Camosy is a…
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Mayra Rodriguez, ex-Planned Parenthood director and whistleblower, on becoming unapologetically pro-life
The reversal of Roe v. Wade is changing the landscape for the human right to life across America. We know of so many states where the human right to life is being affirming, enshrined, and upheld. Unfortunately, however, many states and cities will continue to perpetuate abortion. Planned...
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Catherine Glenn Foster, Hadley Arkes, and Josh Craddock on Dobbs and what it means for the pro-life movement
Tom Shakely introduces an important recent joint-webinar hosted by Americans United for Life and the James Wilson Institute on Natural Rights and the American Founding, held in the wake of the Dobbs decision and the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Glenn Foster, President & CEO of Americans United for...
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Catherine Glenn Foster and Josh Craddock on the twilight of Roe and the dawning of U.S. Constitutional protections for the human right to life
The overturning of Roe v. Wade continues to send shockwaves through not only the United States of America, but also our allies internationally. For the first time, many are discovering that the overturning of Roe and the ending of our extreme abortion jurisprudence actually doesn’t change that…
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Clarke Forsythe and Carolyn McDonnell on Roe v. Wade's reversal, what the Supreme Court Justices have to say, and what's next
Clarke Forsythe, Senior Counsel at Americans United for Life, joins Carolyn McDonnell, Staff Counsel, and Tom Shakely on "Life, Liberty, and Law" to discuss the overturning of Roe v. Wade, what the U.S. Supreme Court Justices have to say in the final opinion, and what's next. “We are grateful to...
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Catherine Glenn Foster and Steve Aden on the U.S. Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade
Catherine Glenn Foster, President & CEO of Americans United for Life joins Steven H. Aden, Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel and Tom Shakely on AUL's "Life, Liberty, and Law" to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade and the future of pro-life advocacy. “Today, the U.S....
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Arina Grossu on conscience rights, post-Roe politics, and nine months of Texas's Heartbeat Act saving lives
In light of the unprecedented leak of the U.S. Supreme Court's draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, issues of human dignity and the human right to life are front and center in our culture. We speak today with someone who has worked at the intersection of human dignity...
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Katie Glenn on AUL's U.S. House Judiciary appearance, the reality of abortion violence, and the post-Roe role of lawmakers
Catherine Glenn Foster, President & CEO of Americans United for Life, testified this week in the U.S. House of Representatives to the Democrat-controlled House Committee on the Judiciary for their inflammatory and tragically named “Revoking Your Rights: The Ongoing Crisis in Abortion Care…
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Dr. Catherine Ruth Pakaluk on American birth rates, pro-family policies, and paths to glory in everyday life
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020 and Americans entered into what authorities assured us would be "two weeks to slow the spread," many predicted a baby boom would be the natural result of this time of closeness in quarantine. Yet there’s been no baby boom. And in fact, it looks like...
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Catherine Glenn Foster and Americans United for Life on the leaked Dobbs opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court
A leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court, published in full by POLITICO and confirmed by Chief Justice John Roberts as authentic, suggests that the U.S. Supreme Court is on the verge of reversing Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. What does this mean for the pro-life movement?...
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Dr. Jeffrey Barrows on physician assisted suicide, the importance of solidarity for human dignity, and laws protecting patients from suicide and euthanasia
America has been grappling with suicide for decades. The anti-life logic of Roe v. Wade in 1973 made it inevitable that suicide, and the effort to legalize suicide, would join abortion as a major national issue. Although the Supreme Court, thankfully, ruled 9-0 in the 1997 case Washington v....
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Steve Aden and Katie Glenn on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the future of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the ability for justices to evolve
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has wrapped up its weeklong hearings with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who appears set to succeed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Judge Jackson describes Roe v. Wade as settled law and would be a reliable vote for abortion on the high court, yet...
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Dr. Donna Harrison on chemical abortion pills, the risks of abortion pills to women, and the post-Roe pro-abortion strategy
Today we share an important talk by Dr. Donna Harrison, a physician, board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology, who serves as CEO of the American Association of Pro-life Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Dr. Harrison recently joined Clarke Forsythe, Senior Counsel at Americans United for Life,...
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Katie Glenn on International Women's Day, President Biden's State of the Union address, and pro-life state legislative progress
Katie Glenn, Government Affairs Counsel at Americans United for Life, joins "Life, Liberty, and Law" from Indianapolis, Indiana to discuss International Women's Day, President Biden's first State of the Union address, and pro-life state legislative progress.
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Saurabh Sharma of American Moment on Justice Stephen Breyer's retirement, the stakes for pro-life law and policymaking, and post-Roe politics
At Americans United for Life, we’re committed to advancing the human right to life in culture, law, and policy. We do this at the federal level, by working with and influencing all three branches of our federal government, and we do this work in the states, by working with advocates and lawmakers...
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Dr. Bernard Nathanson, M.D. on abortion as between 'a woman and her doctor' and what physicians owe to their patients
We’re taking another trip back in time today, journeying into the Americans United for Life archives. We journey today to Chicago. We’re heading into the AUL 1986 “Forum on Commitment for Life” to hear from two of America’s pro-life advocates. Our first speaker is Maura Quinlan, Chief Staff…
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Clarke Forsythe on Roe v. Wade's anniversary, the Supreme Court's need for courage and humility, and decades judicial and scholarly criticism
"There is a wide-spread myth that Roe v. Wade is settled and entitled to respect as judicial precedent. The purveyors of this myth must ignore the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions going back to the earliest days of the Court—which point to judicial criticism and legal-scholarly criticism as keeping...
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Aubrey Schlackman on Blue Haven Ranch, the virtue of hospitality, and offering what you have for mothers considering abortion
Planned Parenthood and other abortion businesses have been on the decline in America for years now. It's common knowledge amongst Americans within the pro-life community that life-affirming pregnancy resource centers today outnumber abortion businesses like Planned Parenthood by more than three…
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Wesley J. Smith on China and the Winter Olympics, his new 'Humanize' podcast, and medical conscience
Wesley J. Smith, Chair and Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute's Center on Human Exceptionalism, returns to "Life, Liberty, and Law" to speak with Tom Shakely about his new "Humanize" podcast and some of the powerful guests he has interviewed so far. Tom and Wesley also speak about the Chinese...
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Carolyn McDonnell on the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs oral arguments and how to champion mothers in the new year
It’s been a full and fruitful year! Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health presented the most comprehensive oral argument the U.S. Supreme Court has heard on abortion—covering a spectrum of abortion issues, including stare decisis, the undue burden standard’s viability line, women’s social reliance upon...
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Abby Balmert, AUL Law & Policy Fellow, reflects on this year’s life advances and the privilege of playing a part
It has been a monumental year in the pro-life movement and Americans United for Life has flourished. Our team has adjusted to pandemic challenges and capitalized on crucial opportunities to advance the human right to life. In 2021, this movement proved to be resilient, creative, and strong. In…
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Peter Atkinson on The Merry Beggars, life-affirming art and entertainment, and creative advocacy
Christmas is coming, and it is a time where we remember the importance of family and friends and gather around the table or in the living room to enjoy a Christmas classic. Unfortunately, it’s getting harder and harder to sift through the junk on TV and find something that highlights the beauty…
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Katie Glenn and Steven Aden reflect on Dobbs oral arguments and the empty shell of Roe v. Wade
Last week, Americans United for Life represented those with a pro-life worldview on the steps of the US Supreme Court and within the halls as well. We don’t yet know what the outcome of the case will be, but there is much to celebrate and much to speculate. Join Katie Glenn, Steve Aden, and Anna...
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Katie Glenn and Steven Aden on Dobbs oral arguments and the case’s main questions and opportunities
Americans United for Life works every day to defend the human right to life in culture, law, and policy, and today we get to see the fruit of our team and supporters’ passionate, justified, righteous efforts. Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health is a case that has reached the Supreme Court because...
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Lyman Stone on missing abortion data, America’s falling fertility, & incentives for family formation
There are stark social consequences for America’s declining fertility. What can we do to reverse the trends we’re seeing? Politicians on both sides of the aisle propose incentives and resources for family formation, it is difficult to know which options would be successful. Good ideas for policy...
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Brad Wilcox on the fate of families during COVID, how marriage and abortion trends are correlated
Marriage and childbearing are at an all-time low in American history. This certainly affects the decisions of those who are considering abortion and delights those who are selling it. The emotional, financial, and relational toll of the past year and a half have left people with less optimism for...
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Erica Bachiochi on whole-life women’s rights, reliance interest in Dobbs, and common good thinking
With Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health on the horizon, a host of voices have spoken out about the Supreme Court’s opportunity to rediscovery human right to life in its fullness in the United States Constitution. Fifty years ago, children in the womb were legally marginalized by a majority vote of…
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Senator James Lankford on the battle for Hyde, Court action on Texas law, civics and compassion
Abortion history in American law and policy is a dark chapter in American history. Some have accepted a culture of abortion as the new popular norm, but Americans United for Life, partners like you, and many bold elected officials are not giving up. With Texas abortion law procedures on the…
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Students For Life America's momentum and the effects of abortion on mental health and self-worth
Convenience and empowerment—this is how abortion is marketed by Planned Parenthood and its allies. Abortion is framed in terms of rights—but precisely whose rights matter is the question at the heart of America’s continuing abortion conflicts. How we talk about rights and whose rights we focus on...
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Dr. Michael J. New on Marist's misleading abortion poll, identifying red flags in media, and 40 Days for Life
Is it foolish to assume we can trust research institutes who conduct public opinion polls? How do we know what is true? Why are pro-lifers so often mischaracterized? This season on Life, Liberty, and Law, we are tearing down lies that are being projected to Americans from news outlets, social...
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Monica Sewell on attacks on motherhood and opportunities for counter-cultural commitment to family
Our society is increasingly degrading human beings full of life to means toward the end of productivity. This season, we want to identify and address pro-abortion messaging that degrades women and erodes each person’s understanding of the value of his or her life. In the weeks since Texas’s...
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Katie Glenn and Lisa Hogan on WHPA House vote, pregnancy resource centers, & what pro-woman means
Every day, women are being sold the lie that abortion is their only option. As the Women’s Health Protection Act was discussed in the House of Representatives, pro-abortion members accused the pro-life community of being pro-birth only, not pro-woman. According to JMIR Public Health, as of 2020...
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Lifeline Children’s Services CEO Herbie Newell on 2 pillars of the pro-life ethic: family & adoption
Every child deserves a loving family. Being part of the human family means stepping in for those who are vulnerable and sharing hope even in the worst of circumstances. This is why adoption is an essential part of the pro-life movement. At Americans United for Life, we advance the human right to...
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Mark Miller, General Counsel to Gov. Kristi Noem, on South Dakota's chemical abortion executive order, Americans United for Life and its impact, and the impact of pro-life law and policy
Chemical abortion promises convenience, but causes silent, isolated pain. This week, South Dakota governor Kristi Noem issued an executive order urging the state’s department of health to create rules surrounding chemical abortion pills distributed through the internet. This increasingly popular...
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Steve Aden on Texas's 'Heartbeat' law, mainstream media distortions, and the importance the Supreme Court on Dobbs
Major changes are happening in American law concerning abortion. On September 1, 2021, a Texas “heartbeat” law was allowed to take effect, making abortions performed after six weeks of gestational age illegal. Tom Shakely and Anna Claire Noblitt are with AUL Legal Counsel Steven H. Aden, an…
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Noah Brandt on hosting 'Life, Liberty, and Law,' advocating for the human right to life with Americans United for Life, and what's next
"Life, Liberty, and Law" recently celebrated its second birthday—that's 24 months of conversations on how we can all work together to protect the human right to life in culture, law and policy. We hope that Americans United for Life will continue to have these vital conversations for many years…
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Alexandra DeSanctis on the excesses of pro-abortion media, fighting for fetal personhood in the New York Times, and hope for the U.S. Supreme Court
What do we do when we feel like the world is burning down? Afghanistan, lack of trust in American leadership, uncertainty when it comes to pro-life momentum? In uncertain times, we speak with our friends—that means Alexandra DeSanctis, Staff Writer at National Review, returns to "Life, Liberty…
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Elizabeth Graham on the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, Planned Parenthood, and countering abortion with empathy, compassion, and love
Planned Parenthood has been gaining influence over lives and minds for a century. It monopolizes women’s reproductive health and engineers our culture to accept a flawed vision of the human person. The battle to reclaim the minds and hearts of Americans for life is a team effort, and today we are...
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Anna Claire Noblitt on the economics of dignity, optimism on the human right to life, and her experience in the nation's capital
The inestimable value of every human person lies in who they are. Reclaiming a properly oriented understanding of human rights and flourishing means embracing the economics of dignity. Anna Claire Noblitt, a student at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, joins Tom Shakely and Noah Brandt…
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Katie Glenn on the bravery of 228 members of the U.S. Congress calling on the Supreme Court to overturn Roe
Courage always begins in the heart, and although we don’t think of it this way nearly often enough, the virtue of courage (or bravery, fortitude, whatever you want to call it) is the foundation for every good and true act of politics and action of politicians. We see the importance of courage...
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Ernest Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants' and abortion's violent and coercive nature in every time and place
In a way that only he can, Ernest Hemingway uses a literary device known as the Iceberg Theory to tell stories that lead readers to personal, emotional conclusions. In the short story "Hills Like White Elephants," Hemingway alludes to abortion without ever saying the word or even mentioning a…
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Abby Balmert on the human right to life in the law, Casa Teresa, and working with women in need to create a culture of life
Abortion is erroneous. And the reality is that women are often in terrible situations and abusive relationships when they face pressure to choose abortion. To capitalize on vulnerable circumstances, abortion activists ignore the connection and love that exists between babies and their mothers,...
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Dr. Christina Francis on science and the human right to life, communicating the truth, and refuting ideology
As Americans United for Life carries out our mission of advancing the human right to life in culture, law, and policy, we seek partnership and guidance from experts in various fields, especially the medical discipline of obstetrics and gynecology. A multi-faceted team enables us to care...
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Jean-Paul Van De Walle on abortion activism at the European Parliament, the human right to life in Europe, and the hope of pro-family policies
While we usually focus on what is going on right here in the United States, today we have the opportunity to discuss what is happening on the human right to life across the Atlantic. In June, the European Parliament adopted the Matic Report, an extreme pro-abortion step that seeks to enshrine...
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Hadley Arkes on human rights, natural law and moral reasoning, and ‘recovering the things we used to know’
“Judges have delivered themselves into our hands—if we have the political wit to spring the trap. On the other hand, if we don't act, if we acquiesce in this, then we may be sleepwalking. We may be merely going through the motions when we vote again later this year on partial-birth abortion. It…
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