Life Matters

In this episode of Life Matters, Commissioner Johnston discusses the tendency of pro-abortion and anti-life advocates to use higher law against the principles of the right to life, inverting logic and defying their own appeals to conscience. Two recent examples are House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's condemnation of the President attempting to hold accountable the illegal gang MS-13. She insists that he...

In this episode of Life Matters Commissioner Johnston interviews Lydia Gutierrez, a California schoolteacher and member of the California Teachers Association. Lydia outlines the extremely dangerous nature of a current phenomenon in the public school system: the establishment of school-based clinics by Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood is a third-party, outside agency with very clear cultural...

In this episode of Life Matters Commissioner Johnston replays the speech of President Trump at the rally and March for Life in Washington, D.C. In addition to the entirety of the President's speech, Brian also explains the true significance of the Weldon Amendment, which the President requested be applied to the state of California on January 24, 2020. The Weldon Amendment prohibits a state from f...

The famous Roe versus Wade and Doe versus Bolton twin-decisions of January 22,1973 are a black mark on American history. Since 1974, pro-life individuals from across the nation have gathered in Washington, D.C. on that anniversary. They have gone from the ellipse at the White House (often hearing a speech from the President and others) and then they march up to Capitol Hill.  The reason this is do...

In this episode of Life Matters, Commissioner Johnston interviews Sheila Green, Esq., Central Vice President of the California ProLife Council, and Bob Cièlnicky, a long time life activist and volunteer and formerly Southern Vice President for the California ProLife Council. Relatively few pro-life individuals understand the deep significance of local elections. Yet, many abortion businesses recei...

In this episode of Life Matters Commissioner Johnston (former Commissioner an Aging for California) interviews Sheila Green, J.D., Central California Vice President of the California ProLife Council and Right To Life Federation.  Attorney Green explains the actual state of abortion law in California, a situation that both the media as well as the abortion industry and the government do not wish to...

In this episode, Commissioner Johnston discusses that aspect of abortion which the abortion industry seeks to hide, the media rarely discusses, and yet, is the most shocking and appalling aspect of abortion.     It is an area on which the majority of Americans agree - killing a child, big enough to hold in your arms, is killing a vulnerable human baby. Most Americans – even those who self-identify...

In this episode of Life Matters, Commissioner Johnston conducts an extensive interview with Dr. Pat Marmion, OB/GYN. Dr. Marmion, who has been involved as a pro-life physician for almost 40 years, explains the real facts regarding the routine killing of older children, children who could survive outside the womb, children big enough to hold in your arms.   Dr. Marmion describes the Weisberg incide...

The State of California will pay for any abortion, at any time, regardless of the gestational age of the child. There need be no medically indicated reason for the killing of that child. Do your friends know that that's the law? Do your neighbors understand that they're paying for unlimited abortion in California? Do they really know what Roe versus Wade and Doe versus Bolton has done to the law a...

In 1973, the Roe versus Wade decision overturned the protective laws of all fifty states. These laws respected the humanity of a child in the womb and had been established immediately following the Civil War. That War established that black human beings who were innocent could not be owned or killed at will. Medical science and the medical profession, through the American Medical Association and o...

In this episode, Brian explores some interviews with abortion advocates in which they admit that the use of language is what scares them the most. Drawing from a podcast interview from VICE media, abortion advocates publicly admit that the words "prolife" and "Right to Life" are themselves deeply harmful to the "pro-choice" cause. Even the phrase "right to choose" has become less powerful in their...

Because of the strong emotions that are associated with the abortion issue it is tempting to overlook how we got here and why. There are so many abortions daily.   Instead of working to end this tragic chapter in American history: government sponsorship and protection of the entire abortion industry, we might simply get caught up in 'cleaning up' after the ongoing human tragedy.  It is very easy t...

In this episode Commissioner Johnston discusses recent events in the news that involved mass shootings. The popular media, in examining the cause and the issue, neglected to point out a common factor between the two gunmen. While one seemed to be on the "right," and the other on the "left", in reality both in their writings admitted to being environmentally concerned and deeply troubled over the i...

In this episode of Life Matters, Commissioner Johnston explains exactly what happened in the closing days of the California state legislative session of 2019.  Brian reminds listeners that if they really care about human life and consider themselves to be pro-life they need to take the time to look into how laws are made because it is the laws that are designed to protect innocent lives. Once Roe...

In this episode Brian outlines the direct legal and historical connection between the banning of slavery and the banning of abortion in the United States. It is critical to understand that it was the British who first ended slavery in the western European world. That happened in 1807 with the Slave Trade Act, and in 1833, ended throughout the Empire via  The Slavery Abolition Act, which ended slav...

Commissioner Johnston discusses the tragedy of socialized medicine and its failure wherever it has been employed. Brian relates personal stories of Canadian healthcare and the healthcare system of the NHS in the UK as well as the similar system in Ireland. Professor David Warner, a dear friend and colleague with whom the Commissioner had worked, received an appointment to a professorship in Canada...

In this episode, Brian Johnston reminds us of the actual nature of the Roe versus Wade decision and the companion decision, Doe versus Bolton. Unfortunately, the major media has misrepresented these decisions since they came down on January 22, 1973.   Brian points out the amazing fact that the average person, when fully informed just how far Roe and Doe reach, does not agree with these Supreme Co...

The right to life is a very specific thing. It is an assertion of a legal principle. It is not an expression of feelings, or of personal theology, but rather an assertion that the duty of government is to protect innocent lives. The abortion controversy has taken a dramatic turn in 2019 with the adoption of laws in some states and proposals in others, that abortions be legalized throughout the ent...

In this episode Brian Johnston looks further into the insidious legislation being put into law around the country - law that allows for late-term abortions including post-term abortions.   In California, where the Democrat party is essentially pupeteered by Planned Parenthood, the danger of this law coming to our state is very, very real. We need to condemn this great evil while it is exposed.  Do...

This episode of Life Matters explores the upcoming Life Fest Film Festival. In particular, this episode focuses like a laser on one extraordinary film, Unplanned . Unplanned is the story of Abby Johnson and her escape from the influences of, and employment by Planned Parenthood affiliates of America. Abby had been a nominal Christian and risen to the highest levels of recognition within Planned Pa...

Brian dedicates this episode to specific issues within California in April, 2019. SB-24 is the reintroduction of last year's SB-320, a measure which would require every state college and university to distribute the abortion drug RU486. RU486 is not a "morning after pill."   It is a chemical, an artificial steroid designed to alter a young mother's body - taken only after she has missed her first...

Commissioner Johnston discusses the tragedy of socialized medicine and its failure wherever it has been employed. Brian relates personal stories of Canadian healthcare and the healthcare system of the NHS in the UK as well as the similar system in Ireland.   Professor David Warner, a dear friend and colleague with whom the Commissioner had worked, received an appointment to a professorship in Cana...

There has been an amazing change in the right to life debate in the United States. Starting with the actions of the New York State Legislature on January 22, 2019 and continuing through several other states from Vermont, Virginia and New Mexico. Each has introduced late-term and even "post-term" abortion laws.  The push for unlimited abortion is wide open. The United States Senate voted on the "Bo...

We are at a unique moment in the fight for Life.  The State of New York and several other states are pushing beyond all sensible bounds and legalizing late-term and even post-birth abortion.    The vast majority of Americans oppose such abortions.  The deceptive reporting of the abortion issue has camouflaged the fact that late Term abortion - Gosnell type abortion - has been legal under Roe.    T...

Mid-February 2019 saw a dramatic change in the public acknowledgement of the Right to Life.  The State of New York passed a sweeping abortion measure and also struck down a law protecting children who were born alive in the process of abortion.  They legalized infanticide.  Worse, the entire legislature then "celebrated" this as part of feminist liberation. The states of Virginia, Vermont, New Mex...