Does being pro-life mean supporting equal protection for every unborn child? Brady Cone examines a contradiction he believes Christians can no longer ignore.
In this episode of Calibrate Conversations, Brady challenges the pro-life movement’s approach to abortion laws and exemptions from prosecution. Responding to Christianity Today’s argument against punishing women who obtain abortions, he makes a biblical case for equal protection and asks whether current pro-life strategies are consistent with the principles they claim to defend.
Through Exodus 21, other biblical passages, and commentary from Bradley Pierce, Brady explores the differences between abortion abolitionism and incrementalism—and challenges Christians to consider their responsibility to their unborn neighbors.
Topics include:
• Pro-life legislation and equal protection
• Christianity Today’s argument about prosecution
• Exodus 21 and the protection of unborn life
• Bradley Pierce on impartial justice
• Abolitionism versus incrementalism
• Nebraska’s abortion debate and the church’s response
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Timestamps:
00:00 A challenge to Christians
00:46 Why revisit abortion and equal protection?
02:52 Responding to Christianity Today
04:45 Does historical practice settle the moral question?
05:49 Examining Exodus 21
08:15 Biblical personhood and equal justice
12:34 Brady’s critique of pro-life laws and abortion statistics
14:53 Bradley Pierce on partiality in the law
17:50 Pro-life organizations and equal protection
20:30 A South Carolina case and prosecution exemptions
22:25 Abolitionism versus incrementalism
24:17 Nebraska’s abortion debate and the church’s response
26:49 A call for Christians to get involved
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