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#103: Do You Need Religion to be Pro-Life? (w/ Monica Snyder)
Episode 103
Monday, 29 December, 2025

Josh Brahm and Monica Snyder return to discuss the question: "Do You Need Religion to be Pro-Life?" The conversation touches on practical and philosophical points, including discussion about objective and subjective morality and its relationship with deism, as well as Monica's experiences responding to both pro-life and pro-choice people who raise a scrutinizing eyebrow when they realize that they are talking with a pro-life atheist. Links: Secular Pro-Life Secular Pro-Life: "Is belief in God necessary for the pro-life cause to succeed?" Secular Pro-Life: "Where do atheists think human rights come from?" A couple of examples of pro-choice religious-ish-ness: "'Where does life begin?' is a spiritual question" "We invited the child's spirit to revisit Earth another time." Human Life Review: SYMPOSIUM: What's God Got to Do with It? Secular Pro Life's blog of sources about moral realism from non-theistic perspectives "Is God Necessary for Morality?" Debate between Shelly Kagan and William Lane Craig Pew Research Center study on religiously unaffiliated people (specifically the "Beliefs & practices" tab) EFL Podcast on Stanford persuasion study Retten Til Liv (Denmark Right to Life) Equal Rights Institute Equal Rights Institute Blog Equipped for Life Academy Equipped for Life Course Sidewalk Counseling Masterclass Chapters: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:46 How both sides react to pro-life atheists 00:03:29 How do you respond to the pro-choice people? 00:13:15 Responding to pro-lifers 00:20:10 Examining demographic trends, statistics, and labels 00:27:27 Widening the tent to welcome atheists and other alt pro-lifers 00:35:50 How do you respond to the nihilist as an atheist? 00:42:52 Will the Pro-Life Movement survive increasing secularity? 00:47:57 Do you need religion to be pro-choice? 00:52:57 Can pro-life Christians evangelize without being off-putting? 01:04:18 Wrap-up Host: Josh Brahm Guest: Monica Snyder Audio/Video Editors: Joshua Head, Josh Brahm Publisher: Ellen Campbell