Discerning Questions Part 1: Abortion | Abigail Lorenzen and Jordyn Garcia

-- Episode Resources -- • Our Website: https://www.ichooselife.org/ • Our Stances: https://www.ichooselife.org/our-stances • Our Topics: https://www.ichooselife.org/topics • Abortion Pill Rescue Network: https://www.heartbeatinternational.or... • Abortion Pill Reversal: https://www.abortionpillreversal.com/ • Safe Haven Baby Boxes: https://www.shbb.org/ ──────────────────── In this episode of The Pro-Life Perspective, host Abigail Lorenzen is joined by fellow staff member Jordyn Garcia to launch a new series walking through our "Discerning Questions" framework. Designed as an educational tool, this framework helps listeners navigate complex topics, root their understanding in human dignity, and clarify the pro-life stance on abortion. Together, Abigail and Jordyn discuss: • God’s Design vs. Abortion: How natural reproductive biology reflects human dignity and contrasts with intentional termination. • Rights & Dependence: Addressing bodily autonomy, the limits of personal liberty, and why dependent pre-born children have a fundamental right to care. • Crisis & Sacrifice: Examining the emotional and physical toll abortion takes on mothers and how communities can better support women facing unexpected pregnancies. • Medical Necessity: Clarifying the distinction between direct abortion and emergency medical procedures aimed at saving both mother and child. ──────────────────── -- Discerning Questions Addressed in This Episode -- Sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q... • Are we working with and inside of God’s design for human life and dignity? • Are we asserting ourselves over and against human life and dignity? Are we displaying God’s created order? • Whose life, if anyone's, am I justified in ending? • What’s the limit to the expression of my liberty in regard to infringing on others' protected rights? • Who, if anyone, is sacrificing? Is that sacrifice voluntary? Is that sacrifice necessary? • Is the abortion I’m considering permanent and/or irreversible for the people affected? • Is this decision being made in the midst of a crisis? • Is this procedure medically necessary? Learn more about our organization here: www.ichooselife.org