Living Pro-Life

What does pro-life activism look like on some of the most challenging campuses in America? In this episode of  Living Pro-Life , Brian welcomes  Jessica Power , New England Regional Coordinator for Students for Life of America and board member of New Hampshire Right to Life. Jessica shares the powerful story that first drew her into the pro-life movement after a close friend faced an unexpected pr...

For more than 50 years, the Human Life Review has served as one of the intellectual pillars of the pro-life movement. In this episode, Brian sits down with  Maria Maffucci , President of the Human Life Foundation and Editor-in-Chief of the Human Life Review, to discuss the origins of the publication, its remarkable legacy, and the challenges facing the pro-life movement in the post-Dobbs era. Mari...

In this episode, Brian welcomes Monica Miller, Director of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, veteran pro-life activist, author, and one of the most influential voices in the movement's history. Drawing from decades of experience on the front lines, Monica reflects on the state of the pro-life movement after the Dobbs decision, the challenges facing pro-life advocates today, and why she believes...

In this episode, Brian sits down with Benjamin Kraft, President and Founder of Life Advancement Group, to discuss one of the most overlooked aspects of the pro-life movement: helping women find pregnancy centers when they need them most. Benjamin shares how Life Advancement Group has spent the last eight years partnering with pregnancy centers across the country, using digital marketing, client en...

What does it mean to be truly pro-life from the beginning of life to its natural end? In this episode, Brian sits down with Rev. Dr. Aric Fenske, the newly appointed Executive Director of Lutherans for Life, to discuss some of the most important life issues facing our culture today. Drawing from his experience as a parish pastor and pro-life leader, Rev. Fenske shares his passion for protecting li...

What does it really mean to be a feminist for life? In this episode, we sit down with Serrin Foster, president of  Feminists for Life , for a fascinating conversation on the history of the feminist movement, the fight for women and children, and the surprising stories that have shaped her 30+ years in the pro-life movement. Serrin shares how Feminists for Life began before Roe v. Wade, why many ea...

What happens after Roe? In this episode, Brian Westbrook sits down with moral theologian and author Charles Camosy to discuss the future of the pro-life movement, the fight for human dignity, assisted suicide, adoption, and the cultural battle over what it means to be human. Professor Camosy shares insights from his books on abortion, bioethics, and physician-assisted suicide while unpacking why t...

In this episode, Brian sits down with Trevor and Christen Polo of Protect Life Michigan to talk about what it actually looks like to change minds in today’s pro-life movement. After the highs of Roe v. Wade being overturned—and the discouragement that followed many are asking:  Is it still possible to shift culture on abortion?  Trevor and Christen say yes… and they have the data to prove it. From...

In this episode of  Living Pro-Life , Brian sits down with longtime pro-life leader John Pisciotta, founder of Pro-Life Waco and the national initiative  Pro-Life in the Public Square . With over 30 years of grassroots experience, John shares how a small local effort in Waco, Texas grew into a movement focused on engaging the “mushy middle” the undecided majority that ultimately shapes culture and...

What does truly  life-affirming healthcare  look like—and why does it matter now more than ever? In this episode, Brian sits down with  Abby Sinnett , CEO and co-founder of Bella Health and Wellness, to explore how medicine can meet people in their most vulnerable moments with dignity, compassion, and truth. From its beginnings as an OB/GYN practice in Colorado to a growing, full-spectrum medical...

In this episode, Brian sits down with Autumn Christensen, Executive Director of Her PLAN, to explore what it really means to support women facing unplanned pregnancies in a Post-Dobbs America. Autumn shares her powerful personal story, from a formative childhood experience to years working on Capitol Hill, and how it shaped her passion for advocating for both mothers and their children. The conver...

In this episode of Living Pro-Life, Brian Westbrook sits down with Brian Gibson, CEO of Pro-Life Action Ministries, who has spent decades on the front lines of the pro-life movement. From the early days of sidewalk counseling to the impact of the Dobbs decision and the rise of the abortion pill, Brian Gibson shares powerful stories, insights, and practical ways people can get involved and make a d...

In this episode, Brian sits down with Jeannie French , Executive Director of the National Women’s Coalition for Life , to explore a bold, compassionate, and deeply personal approach to serving women in crisis pregnancies. Jeannie shares the story behind Little Lamb Resale , a unique pro-life outreach located just steps from a Planned Parenthood in downtown Pittsburgh. What looks like a simple chil...

Today’s episode is a deep dive into the strategy, culture, and future of the pro-life movement — featuring an unfiltered, high-energy conversation with Josh Brahm , President of Equal Rights Institute. We start with some lighthearted tech banter (Windows vs. Mac… you already know who wins), before diving into the groundbreaking work happening in St. Louis through Coalition Life — including the ori...

In this powerful episode, Brian sits down with Melissa Ohden , founder and CEO of the Abortion Survivors Network , to share one of the most extraordinary stories you’ll ever hear. Melissa is one of the few people in the world who survived a late-term saline infusion abortion—and now, as a wife, mom, advocate, and leader, she works every day to support other survivors and expose the truth about wha...

In this powerful and candid conversation, Guiding Star Project Founder & CEO Leah Jacobson joins the show to talk about the real state of women’s healthcare, the birth of the Guiding Star movement, and why supporting women through pregnancy, birth, and beyond is essential to a truly pro-life culture. Leah shares the surprising story behind Guiding Star’s beginnings, how a college awakening and...

In this episode, OB-GYN and CEO of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG), Dr. Christina Francis , joins us for an in-depth conversation on life-affirming medicine in a post-Dobbs America. Dr. Francis breaks down AAPLOG’s newly released practice guideline—addressing some of the most misunderstood and emotionally charged situations in medicine: when a mother f...

In this powerful conversation, we sit down with author Leah Libresco Sargeant to explore the ideas behind her newest book, The Dignity of Dependence: A Feminist Manifesto —a provocative and deeply thoughtful challenge to modern assumptions about autonomy, womanhood, and what it really means to be human. Leah argues that true feminism must honor women as women , not as interchangeable versions of m...

In this episode, we sit down with Army Major and Physician Assistant John ___ — a man whose unlikely journey from military deployments to medical ethics research produced one of the most influential fetal pain papers ever published. John is the co-author of “Reconsidering Fetal Pain,” the #3 most-read article in the history of the Journal of Medical Ethics —a paper cited in multiple briefs to the...

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...