Living Pro-Life

In this episode, we sit down with Cassidy Shooltz, a young, bold, and deeply convicted embryo advocate from Michigan whose pro-life story is anything but ordinary. Cassidy shares how her passion for defending human life began in childhood, shaped by the story of her triplet siblings and the pressure her mother faced to “selectively reduce.” From there, her convictions only grew, ultimately leading...

In this episode, Maryland State Freedom Caucus Director and founder of Freedom From Violence Maryland, Ali Rak, shares her remarkable journey from calling herself “pro-choice” to becoming one of the most effective pro-life grassroots organizers in the country. Ali opens up about the moment everything changed; an unexpected pregnancy, a frightening ultrasound, and the realization that the issue she...

In this episode, Eric Scheidler, Executive Director of the Pro-Life Action League, exposes a growing crisis in prenatal care that too few people are talking about: false prenatal testing and the pressure it places on women to abort healthy babies. Eric breaks down how early diagnostic tests, flawed accuracy, and a culture that treats pregnancy like a problem are leading to hundreds, possibly thous...

The United Nations might seem distant, but what happens there shapes global policy on life, family, and faith. This week, Brian sits down with Austin Ruse , President of the Center for Family and Human Rights (CFAM) , a pro-life and pro-family organization in special consultative status with the UN. Austin shares how his unlikely journey from New York magazine publishing to global advocacy led him...

In this episode, Brian sits down with Jor-El Godsey , President of Heartbeat International , an organization supporting thousands of pregnancy help centers in over 100 countries. Together, they dive into one of the most urgent and controversial topics in the pro-life movement today: abortion pill reversal . Jor-El explains what chemical abortion is, how it has become the dominant form of abortion...

In this episode of This is Living Pro-Life, we sit down with Jennifer Roush, Executive Director and nurse at the SperaVita Institute, to uncover how one Omaha-based ministry is transforming pregnancy center care across the country. What began as one center’s desperate search for effectiveness has now become a national movement, with over 100 centers trained and more than 1,200 women choosing life...

In this episode of Living Pro-Life, host Brian Westbrook sits down with Lauren Pope, the new Executive Director of Rehumanize International, to talk about her remarkable journey—from a high-risk pregnancy that tested her faith to leading one of the nation’s most active consistent-life-ethic organizations. Lauren opens up about spending seven weeks in the hospital after her water broke at just 22 w...

In this episode of Living Pro-Life , Dr. Michael New, Assistant Professor of Practice at The Catholic University of America and research associate at the Charlotte Lozier Institute, joins the conversation to unpack the latest data and trends shaping the post-Roe landscape. From the surprising wave of Planned Parenthood closures to the proven life-saving impact of the Hyde Amendment, Dr. New explai...

Brian welcomes Kristi Hofferber , CEO of A Beacon of Light Pregnancy Help Center in Maryville, IL. Kristi shares how adding an on-staff nurse and same-day ultrasounds is changing decisions, why being located between two Southern Illinois abortion facilities makes their work urgent, and the personal story behind her pro-life conviction. Adopted at birth, Kristi later learned she was conceived in ra...

Brian welcomes Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Naumann (Kansas City in Kansas), former chair of the USCCB’s Pro-Life Committee, for a candid conversation on faith, advocacy, and what truly changes hearts. From his St. Louis roots and early seminary years to being drafted into pro-life leadership in 1984, Archbishop Naumann unpacks the Church’s fourfold plan— prayer, education, pastoral care (including...

Brian welcomes Dr. Richard Mantoan, a pro-life leader and activist in Flossmoor, Illinois on the south side of Chicago, for a firsthand look at building a life-affirming presence in one of Illinois’ toughest places. Dr. Mantoan shares how a simple parish project drew him into 40 Days for Life , what happened when a Planned Parenthood opened next door to his dental practice, and how local leaders r...

Inside the Legal Fights After Dobbs with Peter Breen (Thomas More Society) Brian sits down with Peter Breen , Executive Vice President & Head of Litigation at the Thomas More Society , for a candid, wide-ranging conversation...from Peter’s journey back to the faith (Notre Dame, Knights of Columbus, a brief stint in seminary) and launching pregnancy centers, to the Aurora, IL “mega-clinic” batt...

Why the Electoral College Still Matters with Michael Maibach (Save Our States) Brian sits down with Michael Maibach of Save Our States to unpack the fight over the Electoral College and the push for the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact . Michael traces the founders’ design, explains why majority rule without federalism risks “rule by big cities,” and connects these civics questions to real...

Serving Widows, Funding Adoptions — with JT Olson (Both Hands) Brian welcomes JT Olson , founder of Both Hands and author of The Orphan, the Widow, and Me , for a powerful conversation about a simple idea that became a nationwide movement: raise money for adoptions by spending a day serving a widow. JT shares the letter that sparked the model, his own story of being orphaned at 12 and rescued by f...

Alabama at the Center: IVF, Equal Protection & Post-Dobbs Enforcement (with Craig Monger) Coalition Life’s Brian Westbrook sits down with Alabama journalist Craig Monger ( 1819 News ) to unpack why Alabama became ground zero in the national debate over IVF and pro-life protections . They revisit the state supreme court decision recognizing embryos as human life, the legislature’s rapid move to...