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Equipped for Life PodcastAuthor: Equal Rights Institute
The discussion podcast of Equal Rights Institute, a national organization that trains pro-life advocates think clearly, reason honestly, and argue persuasively. If you're looking for clear pro-life thinking, cutting-edge apologetics, and a fresh approach to abortion dialogue, you've come to the right place. Language: aa Genres: News, Philosophy, Politics, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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#101: It's About the Babies, Not Your Sex Life (w/ Monica Snyder)
Episode 101
Thursday, 20 November, 2025
Content warning: This whole episode is about sex. It's probably not the episode to listen to around your kids. Secular Pro-Life's Monica Snyder returns to the Equipped for Life Podcast for another series of episodes, beginning with the topic, "It's About Babies, Not Your Sex Life." Stemming from real-life conversations, Monica and Josh identify many of the various factors that contribute to pro-choice perceptions or labeling of pro-life people as being "anti-sex" and then respond accordingly to each factor. The Dynamic Duo also provides some fun commentary on the symbiotic relationship between Secular Pro-Life and Equal Rights Institute, and how the pro-life movement as a whole can benefit from similar relationships. Finally, towards the end, Josh and Monica talk about how snark might be a good last-resort effort in a dialogue situation. Secular Pro-Life: It's about the babies, not your sex life: 5 examples Josh Brahm: Relational Apologetics Tips: How to Cultivate Friendship Amidst Challenging Conversations Josh Brahm's speech on relational apologetics Gallup's Moral Acceptability poll Episode 47: Should Pro-Lifers be Snarky? (with Dank Pro-Life Memes) Episode 49: Defining the Word "Abortion" Will Change Your Dialogues (with Dank Pro-Life Memes) Episode 100: Celebrating 100 Episodes! (with the Whole Staff!) Memes to End Abortion (formerly "Dank Pro-Life Memes"): https://www.facebook.com/MemestoEndAbortion Pro-choice groups we mentioned who are worth following: Center for Reproductive Rights ANSIRH: Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health Jessica Velenti Jen Hamilton Chapters: 00:00 Introducing the argument we're responding to 06:05 Steel-manning the pro-choice argument 12:36 What do pro-life and pro-choice people mean when they use the term "anti-sex"? 20:12 Why pro-life organizations should stop bringing LGBT politics into their events 22:18 Subdivisions within conservatism 25:11 More reasons why some pro-choice people think pro-lifers are "anti-sex" 30:02 Responding to the steelman arguments 41:58 Conversation starter idea 44:40 Counter-examples 47:25 Counter-examples to the counter-examples 49:54 On the rape exception 53:26 Both sides sometimes use the word "sex" in simplistic, unclear ways 58:30 We need to ask more questions 1:02:20 We need to have conversations in-person more often 1:04:32 Helpful pro-choice people to follow Host: Josh Brahm Guest: Monica Snyder Audio/Video Editors: Joshua Head, Josh Brahm Publisher: Ellen Campbell
