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Straight Talk on Life Issues

Straight Talk on Life Issues

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Join us for Straight Talk on Life Issues where we tackle the most pressing life issues and provide you with information and commentary you can trust. Straight Talk on Life Issues is your home for pro-life education. Visit Lifeissues.org for access to our free resources.

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  • Why Men Must Speak Up About Abortion with Sean Corcoran
    May 12 2026

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    A lot of people treat abortion like men should sit down, shut up, and stay out of it. We reject that premise and explain why it has been so damaging, not only to the unborn, but to women who feel alone and to men who are told their grief is irrelevant.

    We are joined by Sean Corcoran, CEO of Men for Life, for a candid conversation about men and abortion, post abortion grief, and why the pro-life movement cannot win while half the country stays passive. Sean shares his personal story of losing his child to abortion, being dismissed by counselors, spiraling into addiction, and eventually finding healing through truth, mourning, and forgiveness. From there we dig into what it means for men to protect and lead with humility, and why fathers have a real role in the decisions surrounding abortion. We challenge men to step off the sidelines, tell the truth clearly, and fight for their unborn children while still making room for real healing. If you care about ending abortion, engaging pro-life men, and building a culture where every unborn child is treated as an image bearer of God, we hope this conversation will challenge you.

    Subscribe for more, share this with a man who needs to hear it, and leave a review. What would it look like for the men in your life to get off the sidelines and step into the fight?

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Redefining Death, Reaffirming Life
    May 5 2026

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    A pregnant woman is declared “brain dead” and then her body keeps doing things that look unmistakably like life: healing, digesting, fighting infection, and sustaining a growing child. That single fact forces a question most of us would rather avoid: are we naming a biological reality, or drawing a legal line that serves other goals?

    We sit down with Dr. William Lyle (OB-GYN), Dr. Jeffrey Bishop (bioethics and philosophy), and Dr. Heidi Klesig (anesthesiology and pain management) to unpack how the modern brain death definition developed, why the 1968 Harvard criteria still spark controversy, and how organ transplantation and ICU ethics shaped the way medicine talks about death. We also dig into the “squishy” historical window where practice, law, and philosophy did not neatly match, and why that matters for end-of-life decisions today. Then we face the hardest test case: a pregnant woman declared brain dead and the medical and moral decisions surrounding continuing life support to give her unborn child a chance.

    If this conversation challenges your assumptions about the definition of death, medical ethics, and pregnancy care, subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave us a review so more people can find it.

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    23 mins
  • How Embryo Adoption Turns Frozen Embryos Into Family
    Apr 28 2026

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    A million plus embryos may be sitting in freezers across the United States, and most people have never been asked the simplest question: what should happen to them now? We sit down with Beth Button, Vice President at Nightlight Christian Adoptions, to explain Snowflake Embryo Adoption in plain language.

    We also hear from Caleb and Suzanne Johnson, who chose embryo adoption and welcomed their son into their family. They describe why the idea felt “sci fi” at first, why carrying their adopted child through pregnancy became deeply meaningful, and how sharing their story has opened eyes in their own circles.

    If this helped you understand embryo adoption, share it with someone who needs hope or clarity, then subscribe, leave a review, and tell us what question you still have about frozen embryos or Snowflake adoption.

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    25 mins
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