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:

After taking some time off to process Roe being overturned, Kieryn and Eve dive back in to Ginni Thomas’ role in the Jan 6th attempted coup and how tolerating unethical behavior lead to this moment. 

Show Notes:

• https://puck.news/whos-afraid-of-ginni-thomas/
• https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/untold-story-ginni-thomass-anti-cult-activism-was-deprogrammed-rcna22131
• https://freebeacon.com/courts/exclusive-ginni-thomas-sets-the-record-straight-on-january-6/
• https://deadline.com/2022/06/ginni-thomas-january-sixth-committee-interview-1235048088/
• https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/ginni-thomas-lawyer-wants-better-justification-giving-testimony-jan-6-rcna35901
• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ginni-thomas-clarence-wife-mark-meadows-texts-2020-election-overturn/
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/24/virginia-thomas-mark-meadows-texts/
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/06/15/ginni-thomas-john-eastman-emails/
• https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/07/groundswell-rightwing-group-ginni-thomas/
• https://www.americanoversight.org/ginni-thomas-republican-connections-raise-ethics-concerns-for-scotus
• https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6540403-HHS-Records– Regarding-Anti-Abortion-Influence-on#document/p633
• https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/06/chuck-grassley-last-act
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_Watch
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/06/10/ginni-thomas-election-arizona-lawmakers/

Turns out, Lifespring was not the only cult Ginni Thomas has been a part of. Ginni’s mom was an active part of Phyllis Schlafly’s Eagle Forum, and never left that cult. Instead, she grew up to enact its agenda with Clarence’s support as an “Equally Yoked” partner. WTF does that all mean? find out.

Notes:

NYT Expose: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/22/magazine/clarence-thomas-ginni-thomas.html
Politico on Ginni/Clarence/Eastman: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/26/ginni-thomas-west-wing-trump-john-eastman-00020675
CRHE ED Position:https://responsiblehomeschooling.org/about/employment/

In this first part of a multi-episode series on Ginni Thomas, Kieryn and Eve talk about what draws people into cults, why it isn’t weird that Ginni Thomas was in one, and compare and contrast the Lifespring cult to experiences in the church. 

Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Potential_Movement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erhard_Seminars_Training
https://www.gq.com/story/one-month-in-los-angeles-cult-of-betterness
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/1987/10/25/i-cried-enough-to-fill-a-glass/c75b0dda-e8ea-46f9-8aea-8e4afdd0cfbe/

Eve and Kieryn talk about the impacts of the SCOTUS hearing and what it could mean for Roe v. Wade and other personal rights in the future. 

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**Show Notes**

List of prior episodes on the topic:

https://twitter.com/kitchencultpod/status/1466477773439053826

Summaries

https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/12/majority-of-court-appears-poised-to-uphold-mississippis-ban-on-most-abortions-after-15-weeks/

https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/issue-brief/abortion-at-scotus-dobbs-v-jackson-womens-health/

Donate

https://abortionfunds.org/

https://www.prochoiceamerica.org/

ACB on Adoption

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/03/opinion/adoption-supreme-court-amy-coney-barrett.html

Maternity Farms

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/16/evangelical-women-texas-abortion/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalene_Laundries_in_Ireland

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-how-the-catholic-church-84227953/

Cawthorn’s Comments

https://twitter.com/OxfordDiplomat/status/1466742983248814080?t=LuaI7vDszx6qnGcrifiz7g&s=19