August 2, 2026 — Episode #133
Content note: this episode continues detailed discussion of a proposed movement to criminally charge women for abortion — including in cases of miscarriage — and includes statistics on teen suicide, gang involvement, and substance abuse linked to single-parent households.
In what they describe as her last week with them for now, Lisa Reasons returns to close out Jerry and Becky Drace’s series on abortion, adoption, and single parenting.
They continue unpacking the “abolitionist” movement, with Jerry and Becky wondering aloud whether it might actually originate from abortion pill manufacturers themselves, given the lack of informed consent or medical oversight women receive. They discuss how the movement’s logic could theoretically implicate women who’ve had miscarriages, and note that a proposed law along these lines was recently introduced and killed in Tennessee’s state legislature. The conversation turns toward grace and the church’s responsibility, with Jerry stating plainly that abortion is not the unpardonable sin and that God’s forgiveness supersedes the shame many women carry silently because their churches never address the issue. Lisa shares statistics from her adoption-agency work, including how many women who arrive “abortion-minded” change course toward life or adoption, and the biblical example of Moses’ mother placing him in the Nile before Pharaoh’s daughter adopted him. The episode closes with sobering statistics linking single-mother households to higher rates of teen suicide, gang involvement, and substance abuse, alongside a preview that next week’s series will shift focus to single fatherhood.
Topics discussed:
- The “abolitionist” movement and questions about who may be funding it
- Legislative attempts in Tennessee to criminalize abortion for the mother
- Why the movement’s logic could implicate women who’ve miscarried
- Abortion as not the “unpardonable sin,” and the church’s silence on the issue
- Statistics on women who enter counseling “abortion-minded” and choose life or adoption
- Moses’ mother and Pharaoh’s daughter as a biblical picture of adoption
- Statistics linking single-mother households to teen suicide, gang involvement, and substance abuse
- Preview of next week’s shift to single fatherhood
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