What is the future of the pro-life movement without simplistic messaging focused on Roe v. Wade to galvanize conservatives? The nuances of reproductive health science and privacy laws are up for debate, and the unity that the pro-life movement once relied on is fissuring under the pressure to rally support around the details. Banning IVF in Alabama was a deeply unpopular move by the courts, and this week SCOTUS is hearing oral arguments about a case centered on the 23-year-old status of FDA approval for mifepristone. Leading those arguments? Erin Morrow Hawley, ADF senior counsel and the wife of MO Senator, Josh Hawley.

Show Notes

• https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2023/11/16/why-this-teen-birth-control-case-could-kill-access-for-everyone/
• https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/12/13/23505459/supreme-court-birth-control-contraception-constitution-matthew-kacsmaryk-deanda-becerra
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/10/texas-abortion-law-jonathan-f-mitchell-profile
• https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/ivf-morally-right/
• https://www.lagniappemobile.com/news/ivf-clinic-attorney-argued-embryo-is-a-life/article_4f670e5e-d292-11ee-88e0-6b5e622733c3.html
• https://embryoadoptionusa.com/frequently-asked-questions/#:~:text=Parents%20who%20adopt%20embryos%20are,have%20relinquished%20all%20parental%20rights.
• https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/alabama-embryo-ruling-gives-boost-to-fetal-personhood-movement
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_DeclarationACall_of_Christian_Conscience
• https://web.archive.org/web/20130901171332/http://demossnews.com/manhattandeclaration/press_kit/manhattan_declaration_signers

Science:

• https://twitter.com/ncrawfordmd/status/1759769551925846303
• https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-011-6621-8_18
• https://ivf-worldwide.com/ivf-history.html

The Photo:

Kieryn and Hännah talk about the Pro-Life Movement, what Kennedy’s retirement means, Birth Control, and what they learned and felt growing up as AFAB people in a world where being pro-life was everything.

Featuring a listener question with Jennifer Mathieu, a YA author and educator who wants to know how she can be building bridges in her community in Houston, TX.

Many, many thanks to the hero of the week, Aaron Bechtel, for his sound production magic.

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Footnotes: http://www.scarleteen.com/article/advice/how_do_birth_control_pills_really_work_even_during_the_placebo_period

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control/fertility-awareness