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A discussion of Oregon's declining abortion rate in 2020 and 2021. What are the factors that are causing abortions to decrease in Oregon as they increase in most of the nation? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit abort73.substack.com

Elon Musk and Pope Francis are both warning of the same thing. It's not overpopulation that threatens humanity; it's population decline . The shrinking birthrate was a problem before COVID hit, but now things have gotten much worse. And there's increasing evidence that the COVID vaccines may be compromising women's fertility. This is a public episode. If you would like to discu...

A discussion of King Solomon's rather singular lament from Ecclesiastes 6: If a man fathers a hundred children... The question is, did Solomon himself father a hundred children? He almost certainly did, but what happened to them? And is their apparent absence connected to Solomon's relentless angst? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to...

Solomon asserted that it is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting, mirroring something Jesus said at the very outset of his public ministry. “Blessed are those who mourn,” Christ declared, “for they shall be comforted”—which seems a strange rationale. Wouldn’t it be better to skip the mourning altogether, and thereby mitigate the need for comforting? Apparently not. T...

Minnesota and Michigan have much in common, but one state aborts a much higher percentage of their unborn children than the other. The discrepancy is hard to account for demographically. And when you throw Wisconsin into the mix, the picture becomes even cloudier—until you measure one thing. It turns out there is a single factor that can adequately account for the abortion differences between thes...

Joe Biden has little affection for God or liberty, but he loves science—or so he says. He certainly loves to selectively politicize it in support of his policy goals. And one of those goals, of course, is abortion for all. But is laying out the red carpet for abortion really following the science? Spoiler alert: it's not. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subsc...

You may have never considered the influence your date of birth has had on the course of your life, but it's almost certainly more significant than you realize. This is even more true for those born prematurely. According to Scientific American , all sorts of chronic health problems in adults can be traced back to their experience in the womb—and though Scientific American doesn't realize it, this...

A discussion of John Rawls' articulation of "justice as fairness"—specifically his veil of ignorance—and how it relates to the justice or injustice of abortion. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit abort73.substack.com

It turns out there’s a reason why so many abortionists don’t have hospital admitting privileges—and can’t necessarily get them. We'll talk about why that is. And about the fact that most abortionists in America are old men. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit abort73.substack.com

To those who oppose abortion, the abortion lobby argues that legal prohibition has no impact on its frequency. But to those who support abortion, they argue that regulating it in any way creates an undue burden. So which one is it? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit abort73.substack.com

Planned Parenthood publicly calls American police departments racist institutions of white supremacy. All the while, Planned Parenthood kills upwards of 130,000 black babies each year. Planned Parenthood, in fact, aborts more black babies each year than white—which is a disparity worth thinking about. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access...

The government's response to COVID changed everything. And not in a good way. Abortion was no exception. When our collective fear of the future is heightened, abortions increase right along side it. Ironically—or perhaps tragically, many of the same arguments so frequently eschewed in the context of abortion suddenly became unassailable in the context of COVID. This is a public episode. If you wou...

What is the gospel? How is it articulated and proclaimed? Have you ever thought about that at any real length? And how is it defined according to the gospels themselves? Finally, where does abortion fit in? Is combatting the violent destruction of unborn humans a gospel venture or a social addendum? If those kinds of questions interest you, listen in! This is a public episode. If you would like to...

Women's rights and abortion rights have become synonymous in the cultural zeitgeist, but is it possible that men have been pulling the strings all along? Because who does a radically-permissive abortion policy benefit most? Men or women? And who have been the most active and vehement opponents of abortion throughout history? It may not be who you think. This is a public episode. If you would like...

Chances are, you've never heard of or seen the movie Blue Jay, a 2016 Netflix offering produced by Duplass Brothers Productions and starring Sarah Paulson and Mark Duplass. But now that you've heard of it, you should also see it. It's a gem. And it offers profound insights into the hidden grief of abortion—as experienced by both the mother and the father. This is a public episode. If you would lik...

For decades, the abortion industry in North America has insisted that abortion is safer than childbirth. Safer for the mother, that is. But is that true? And does the fact that they only monitor negative health outcomes for the few weeks following abortion influence their findings? It certainly does, which is why so many people are surprised to learn that aborting your first child may actually mak...

Abort73 has published more than 700 stories of abortion regret and heard from upwards of 50 women who don’t regret their abortion. But we’ve never heard from anyone who regrets giving birth. Why is that? And does the paradigm-shifting work Israeli psychologists Amos Tversky and Danny Kahneman offer anything in the way of explanation? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with...

A discussion of Mark Regnerus' book Cheap Sex —which posits that three technologies have fundamentally altered human sexual relationships. They are: the birth control pill, streaming pornography, and online dating apps. Their impact on marriage, pregnancy, and abortion is profound, but hardly anyone is talking about it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other su...

Over the last two years, Abort73 has received 37 testimonies from women who purportedly do not regret their abortion. This represents 13% of the whole. But many of the women who insist they have no regrets make statements that call such claims into question. Take a listen to their stories to see what you think. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or g...

The Frankenstein Chronicles are dark and violent, and they deal implicitly with the issue of abortion. That's probably not a recipe for mainstream appeal. But even if you're not a fan of the macabre, this is a production well worth your consideration. Mere escapist fiction it is not. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...

Though J.K. Rowling's horcrux is a fictional convention—a literal rending of the human soul—it connects to the violence of abortion in a fairly straightforward way. Voldemort attempted to secure his own future by killing an innocent child. As you may have noticed, abortion promises much the same thing. Call it the freedom and autonomy of an unencumbered life. But even in this world, you cannot do...

Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger was unequivocally devoted to eugenics, but was she a racist? Well, that's complicated. Lots of people have made her out to be a white supremacist, but there's not much evidence for the claim. Sanger's racism, if you want to call it that, was far more subtle—and progressive. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers...

Margaret Sanger was the founder of the birth control movement in America and the founder of the organization that became Planned Parenthood. She predicted in 1916 that it would only take two generations for birth control to eliminate poverty and mental illness—along with war, crime, ignorance, and disease. Four generations in, that vision hasn't been remotely realized. So why are we still all in o...

Did you know that Planned Parenthood was founded to combat abortion but now sells abortion? In fact, Planned Parenthood operates the largest abortion business in America—accounting for roughly a third of all abortions. Is that a problem? Its founder, Margaret Sanger, certainly would have thought so. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to...

No matter how familiar you are with the life and ministry of John the Baptist, there's a very good chance you've never given thought to one of his central offices. And it's one that has plenty of ramifications for the issue of abortion. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit abort73.substack.com