In this short episode, Matthew addresses comments made in a recent episode of Unbelievable? where two Christians discussed abortion. The show was a good example of two people disagreeing (mostly) with grace, but several comments made by the anti abortion participant needed addressing.
show link:
1) https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable/Episodes/Unbelievable-Abortion-and-the-Texas-heartbeat-bill-Stephanie-Gray-Connors-vs-Rev-Bromleigh-McCleneghan
Human rights and abortion.
2) https://www.ipas.org/our-work/human-rights-and-abortion/
3) https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/sexual-and-reproductive-rights/abortion-facts/
4) https://reproductiverights.org/un-human-rights-committee-asserts-that-access-to-abortion-and-prevention-of-maternal-mortality-are-human-rights/
Questions answered about the law:
5) https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-abortion-law-explained/
Science of the heartbeat
6) https://www.livescience.com/65501-fetal-heartbeat-at-6-weeks-explained.html
7) https://www.wired.com/story/heartbeat-bills-get-the-science-of-fetal-heartbeats-all-wrong/
Death of Savita Halappanavar
8) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Savita_Halappanavar
1967 PDF putting forward different views.
9) https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.57.12.2163
10) https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/udhr.pdf
Stephanie on contraception
11) https://lozierinstitute.org/a-scientific-view-of-when-life-begins/
Canada: 15.2 USA: 20.8 UK: 17
13) https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/abortion-rates-by-country
Abortion rates are higher in countries where abortion is illegal.
14) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-abortion-idUSKCN0Y22QO
USA has twice the rate of Teen Pregnancy as Canada
15) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4852976/
the science is not settled on a new life
16) https://www.wired.com/2015/10/science-cant-say-babys-life-begins/
Clips:
1:54 - 3:04 Intro to the show
4:38 - 5:38 Stephanie affirms a human rights argument against abortion
14:37 - 16:42 Justin asks about the Texas Heartbeat bill, Stephanie outlines the heartbeat bill
17:35 - 18:20 Justin asks Stephanie if she is in favour of the law
22:56 - 23:17 Stephanie responds to push back that it's 'not really a heart beat'.
23:53 - 25:14 Stephanie responds to a challenge about abortion being a health care activity and that suggesting otherwise is manipulative.
31:31 - 32:54 Stephanie asks the very important question of what constitutes human rights
42:05 - 42:21 What responsibilities do civil societies expect?
43:41 - 43:46 it's a separate life at fertilisation.
47:24 - 47:33 dog and cats - sperm egg fusion, no one debates that.
47:52 - 48:11 UN declaration of human rights says everyone has the right to life.
53:58 - 54:17 people who claim to be Christians won't embrace abortion.
54:45 - 55:10 humans are so valuable top god he suffered and died.
55:10 - 55:16 repeats science tells us human life at fertilisation
1:09:46 - 1:10:03 Stephanie says US and Canada abortion rates are essentially the same
1:13:33 "that moment", equality begins when we begin,
1:14:06 - 1:14:35 ethical response
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