Life After Dobbs

Catherine Glenn Foster on How Abortion Creates an Anti-Woman Culture

On the twelfth episode of Life After Dobbs, Catherine Glenn Foster joins Ryan and Alexandra to discuss her work with Americans United for Life. Foster and her organization are committed to bringing compassion and support to women suffering from social and economic pressures toward abortion by empowering women in the legal and political spheres. Ryan, Alexandra, and Catherine also discussed exceptions for rape, incest, and ectopic pregnancy which are common to pro-life legislation.
Guests
Catherine Glenn Foster, President and CEO, Americans United for Life (@cateici)
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Hosts
Ryan T. Anderson (@RyanTAnd)
Alexandra DeSanctis (@xan_desanctis)
Order Ryan and Xan’s new book Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing today!
Click here to learn more about EPPC’s Life and Family Initiative.
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Life After Dobbs is a production of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. For more information, follow us on Twitter (@EPPCdc) or visit our website at eppc.org.
Produced by Josh Britton and Mark Shanoudy
Edited by Sarah Schutte
Art by Ella Sullivan Ramsay
with additional support by Christopher McCaffery and Alex Gorman

Leah Libresco Sargeant on Building a Better World for Mothers and Children

On the eleventh episode of Life After Dobbs, Leah’s Libresco Sargent’s New York Times essay about her painful experience with ectopic pregnancy serves as the beginning of a broad conversation with Ryan and Alexandra about the place of career and familial obligation in one’s life, how our culture overlooks and ignores human dependence and need, and what different answers to the abortion question say about the human person.
Guests
Leah Libresco Sargeant (@LeahLibresco)
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Hosts
Ryan T. Anderson (@RyanTAnd)
Alexandra DeSanctis (@xan_desanctis)
Order Ryan and Xan’s new book Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing today!
Click here to learn more about EPPC’s Life and Family Initiative.
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Life After Dobbs is a production of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. For more information, follow us on Twitter (@EPPCdc) or visit our website at eppc.org.
Produced by Josh Britton and Mark Shanoudy
Edited by Sarah Schutte
Art by Ella Sullivan Ramsay
with additional support by Christopher McCaffery and Alex Gorman

Carl Trueman on the Philosophy Behind the Abortion Debate

On the tenth episode of the Life After Dobbs podcast, Ryan and Alexandra host EPPC Fellow Carl R. Trueman to examine the anthropological and philosophical questions underlying the abortion debate. In his book The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, Carl explains the history of the ideas which led to this rhetorical chasm and shows the connection between long-dead thinkers and contemporary politics. The Christian worldview, characterized by dependence and relationship, is sharply contrasted to that of the modern Left and its preference for autonomy and self-expression.
Guests
EPPC Fellow Carl R. Trueman
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Hosts
Ryan T. Anderson (@RyanTAnd)
Alexandra DeSanctis (@xan_desanctis)
Order Ryan and Xan’s new book Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing today!
Click here to learn more about EPPC’s Life and Family Initiative.
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Life After Dobbs is a production of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. For more information, follow us on Twitter (@EPPCdc) or visit our website at eppc.org.
Produced by Josh Britton and Mark Shanoudy
Edited by Sarah Schutte
Art by Ella Sullivan Ramsay
with additional support by Christopher McCaffery and Alex Gorman

Patrick Brown and Henry Olsen on the Challenges of the post-Roe World

On the ninth episode of the Life After Dobbs podcast, Ryan and Alexandra hear from EPPC Fellow Patrick Brown and Senior Fellow Henry Olsen. Patrick uses his expertise in family economics to discuss the factors affecting the demand for abortion. He suggests policies that will shield struggling moms from poverty and support a society centered on healthy family life. Henry Olsen draws on his experience in American electoral politics to consider how Dobbs will affect the 2022 midterms and the place of pro-life policy in the realigning Republican coalition. 
Guests
EPPC Fellow Patrick T. Brown (@PTBwrites)
EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen (@henryolsenEPPC)
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Hosts
Ryan T. Anderson (@RyanTAnd)
Alexandra DeSanctis (@xan_desanctis)
Order Ryan and Xan’s new book Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing today!
Click here to learn more about EPPC’s Life and Family Initiative.
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Life After Dobbs is a production of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. For more information, follow us on Twitter (@EPPCdc) or visit our website at eppc.org.
Produced by Josh Britton and Mark Shanoudy
Edited by Sarah Schutte
Art by Ella Sullivan Ramsay
with additional support by Christopher McCaffery and Alex Gorman

Marjorie Dannenfelser on the Future of Pro-Life Policy

On the eighth episode of EPPC’s Life After Dobbs podcast, SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser joins hosts Ryan T. Anderson and Alexandra DeSanctis to discuss the awakening of her pro-life convictions, how her organization holds politicians accountable to their promises, and the future of pro-life policy at the state level.
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Guest
Marjorie Dannenfelser, President of SBA Pro-Life America
Follow Marjorie on Twitter: @marjoriesba
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Hosts
Ryan T. Anderson (@RyanTAnd)
Alexandra DeSanctis (@xan_desanctis)
Order Ryan and Xan’s new book Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing today!
Click here to learn more about EPPC’s Life and Family Initiative.
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Life After Dobbs is a production of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. For more information, follow us on Twitter (@EPPCdc) or visit our website at eppc.org.
Produced by Josh Britton and Mark Shanoudy
Edited by Sarah Schutte
Art by Ella Sullivan Ramsay
with additional support by Christopher McCaffery and Alex Gorman

Father Richard John Neuhaus and “The Greatest Pro-Life Speech Ever Given”

The seventh episode of EPPC’s Life After Dobbs podcast features exclusive audio of Father Richard John Neuhaus’s legendary speech at the close of the 2008 convention of the National Right to Life Committee, which Robert P. George has called “the greatest pro-life speech ever given.” This is the first time that audio of this speech has been published in full.
Life After Dobbs co-host Ryan T. Anderson begins the episode with some personal reflections on Father Neuhaus, who was the founding editor of First Things and a longtime EPPC board member. In the speech, Father Neuhaus reminds his listeners then and today of the hope in which they labor and exhorts them to continue their work “until the culture of life is reflected in the rule of law and lived in the law of love.”
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This speech was delivered by Father Richard John Neuhaus at the close of the 2008 convention of the National Right to Life Convention. We thank NRLC staff for retrieving this recording from their archives and for giving us permission to publish it in full.
Read a version of these remarks published by First Things here.
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Hosts
Ryan T. Anderson (@RyanTAnd)
Alexandra DeSanctis (@xan_desanctis)
Order Ryan and Xan’s new book Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing today!
Click here to learn more about EPPC’s Life and Family Initiative.
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Life After Dobbs is a production of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. For more information, follow us on Twitter (@EPPCdc) or visit our website at eppc.org.
Produced by Josh Britton and Mark Shanoudy
Edited by Sarah Schutte
Art by Ella Sullivan Ramsay
with additional support by Christopher McCaffery and Alex Gorman

Lila Rose on Exposing the Lies of the Abortion Industry

In the sixth episode of EPPC's Life After Dobbs podcast, recorded on the eve of the Supreme Court’s historic decision overturning Roe v. Wade, Live Action founder and president Lila Rose joins hosts Ryan T. Anderson and Alexandra DeSanctis to discuss her experience as a pro-life activist, how to combat the lies of the abortion industry, the importance of telling the truth about gender ideology, and much more.
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Guest
Lila Rose
Find Lila on Twitter at @lilagracerose, and Instagram at @lilaroseofficial, and Facebook at @lilagracerose.
Learn about Lila’s book Fighting for Life: Becoming a Force for Change in a Wounded World.
Learn more about Live Action at LiveAction.org
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Hosts
Ryan T. Anderson (@RyanTAnd)
Alexandra DeSanctis (@xan_desanctis)
Order Ryan and Xan’s new book Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing today!
Click here to learn more about EPPC’s Life and Family Initiative.
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Life After Dobbs is a production of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. For more information, follow us on Twitter (@EPPCdc) or visit our website at eppc.org.
Produced by Josh Britton and Mark Shanoudy
Edited by Sarah Schutte
Art by Ella Sullivan Ramsay
with additional support by Christopher McCaffery and Alex Gorman

Ed Whelan Analyzes the Supreme Court’s Historic Ruling Overturning Roe v. Wade

In the fifth episode of EPPC's Life After Dobbs podcast, recorded just hours after the release of the Supreme Court’s historic decision overturning Roe v. Wade, EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow Ed Whelan joined hosts Ryan T. Anderson and Alexandra DeSanctis to offer instant analysis of the ruling and its implications.
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Guest
Ed Whelan
Follow Ed on Twitter: @EdWhelanEPPC
Visit Ed’s Bench Memos blog at National Review Online.
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Hosts
Ryan T. Anderson (@RyanTAnd)
Alexandra DeSanctis (@xan_desanctis)
Order Ryan and Xan’s new book Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing today!
Click here to learn more about EPPC’s Life and Family Initiative.
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Life After Dobbs is a production of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. For more information, follow us on Twitter (@EPPCdc) or visit our website at eppc.org.
Produced by Josh Britton and Mark Shanoudy
Edited by Sarah Schutte
Art by Ella Sullivan Ramsay
with additional support by Christopher McCaffery and Alex Gorman

Carter Snead on the Legal and Social Catastrophe of Abortion

In the fourth episode of EPPC's Life After Dobbs podcast, hosts Ryan T. Anderson and Alexandra DeSanctis talk with O. Carter Snead about the meaning of embodiment and vulnerability, why pro-abortion arguments that pit mothers against their children are fundamentally misguided, how abortion corrupts the practice of medicine, and more.
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Guest
O. Carter Snead
Follow Carter on Twitter: @cartersnead
Click here to learn more about Carter's book What It Means to Be Human: The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics.
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Hosts
Ryan T. Anderson (@RyanTAnd)
Alexandra DeSanctis (@xan_desanctis)
Order Ryan and Xan’s new book Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing today!
Click here to learn more about EPPC’s Life and Family Initiative.
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Life After Dobbs is a production of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. For more information, follow us on Twitter (@EPPCdc) or visit our website at eppc.org.
Produced by Josh Britton and Mark Shanoudy
Edited by Sarah Schutte
Art by Ella Sullivan Ramsay
with additional support by Christopher McCaffery and Alex Gorman

Erika Bachiochi on Why Being Pro-Woman Means Being Pro-Life

In the third episode of EPPC's Life After Dobbs podcast, hosts Ryan T. Anderson and Alexandra DeSanctis talk with Erika Bachiochi about why so many early feminists were pro-life, the unique ways that abortion harms women and men, how to have difficult conversations across profound disagreements, and more.
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Guest
Erika Bachiochi
Follow Erika on Twitter: @erikabachiochi
Click here to learn more about Erika's book The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision.
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Hosts
Ryan T. Anderson (@RyanTAnd)
Alexandra DeSanctis (@xan_desanctis)
Order Ryan and Xan’s new book Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing today!
Click here to learn more about EPPC’s Life and Family Initiative.
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Life After Dobbs is a production of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. For more information, follow us on Twitter (@EPPCdc) or visit our website at eppc.org.
Produced by Josh Britton and Mark Shanoudy
Edited by Sarah Schutte
Art by Ella Sullivan Ramsay
with additional support by Christopher McCaffery and Alex Gorman