Return of the Dust Girls... "Abby Johnson & Natural Womanhood" | Speeches By Moms

The Speech Guys

This episode is rated PG-13 as it discusses the topic of sex, abortion, and contraception. While the Speech Guys are fans of, well, speeches... they aren't fans of making claims without doing their best to verify it from outside sources. The most prominent data referenced in this episode can be accessed via URLs at the bottom of this page. (Unfortunately, Soundcloud doesn't let us create links in this space.) While you scroll down there, check out some of this episode's quotable quotes! "I don't think we should equate pregnancy as something that's terrifying. Pregnancy is a gift." --Anne Marie "Abstinence was communicated as a lot of 'no's'--not really what you were saying 'yes' too." --Matt "I feel like the whole 'scare thing' (about sex) is kind of an indicator that the kids aren't ready to talk about it--at least not in that setting." --Ross "Whenever the discussion gets into intent of individuals, especially in today's political climate, I like looking at the facts on the ground. Intent of a group is hard to really know--especially of large groups, in this case, Planned Parenthood. There's no doubt that there's people at PP who are better people than me. Certainly a lot of people who are at least sincere in trying to help and serve." --Mike "54% of people who have an abortion were using artificial contraception..." https://www.guttmacher.org/news-release/2018/about-half-us-abortion-patients-report-using-contraception-month-they-became Yes, this article does link to "Secular Pro-Life". But within this article, you'll find links that take you directly to Pew and Guttmacher's original data that Mike and Matt reference regarding the relationship between abortions by state and types of contraception coverage required by law. https://secularprolife.org/2018/09/pro-choice-states-have-just-as-many/