Rebel News Podcast - May 06, 2021


INTERVIEW: Pro-life advocate Laura Klassen


Episode Stats

Length

35 minutes

Words per Minute

167.37842

Word Count

5,866

Sentence Count

409

Misogynist Sentences

30

Hate Speech Sentences

27


Summary

Laura Klassen is the founder of Choice for Two, a pro-life advocate with a great history of online viral videos, as well as a great deal of service towards women facing difficult pregnancies. In this episode, we discuss how she became an anti-abortion advocate, why she started her organization, and why she thinks abortion should never be legal in Canada.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Adam Sos here for Rebel News on the Gun Show podcast.
00:00:04.500 I am going to be your guest host for the day.
00:00:07.240 Sheila's off covering an important story,
00:00:09.520 and so she's allowed me the honor of filling in for her.
00:00:12.600 I'm going to be joined today by our special guest,
00:00:14.460 Laura Klassen, for an interview.
00:00:16.520 Laura is the founder of Choice for Two
00:00:18.400 and a pro-life advocate with a great history
00:00:21.600 of online viral videos,
00:00:23.520 as well as a great deal of service
00:00:25.640 towards women facing difficult pregnancies.
00:00:27.920 So we're going to share and discuss with her.
00:00:30.640 If you enjoy the podcast, be sure to go to rebelnews.com.
00:00:33.300 You can watch the video version of the interview,
00:00:35.360 and you can also check out some of our other great shows.
00:00:38.580 I hope you enjoy the podcast.
00:00:40.000 Thanks for tuning in.
00:00:45.340 You're listening to a Rebel News podcast.
00:00:55.480 Hello, Rebels.
00:00:56.220 Adam Sos covering for Sheila Gunn-Reed today
00:00:58.780 on the Gun Show.
00:01:17.820 Sheila Gunn-Reed is out in the field covering a story,
00:01:20.080 doing important work,
00:01:20.920 so I'm going to do my very best to fill her shoes today.
00:01:24.540 I'm going to be joined by Laura Klassen in a moment.
00:01:27.740 Now, many of you likely know Laura Klassen
00:01:29.740 from the viral videos her organization Choice for Two
00:01:32.740 has put out,
00:01:33.760 and we're going to talk about that work soon.
00:01:35.540 But Choice for Two also does very important outreach
00:01:37.800 and support work for women facing challenging pregnancies.
00:01:42.620 Laura has been an outspoken advocate
00:01:44.380 and a viral sensation in the pro-life movement
00:01:46.960 over the past couple of years,
00:01:48.400 and it's my great honor to welcome her onto the Gunn Show.
00:02:05.860 Laura, thanks so much for joining me today.
00:02:08.560 Many of our viewers probably are familiar with your work.
00:02:11.360 For those who are not,
00:02:13.360 I thought it might just be a good idea
00:02:14.920 for you to share a little bit about
00:02:16.600 why you decided to become a pro-life advocate.
00:02:19.880 It's not necessarily a field that is easy to get into.
00:02:23.880 So if you could just share a little bit
00:02:24.980 about why this is such a strong conviction for you personally
00:02:27.400 and how you came to this point in your life.
00:02:30.440 Okay.
00:02:31.260 Well, I think the main reason I'm anti-abortion
00:02:33.920 is because I'm a Christian.
00:02:35.400 And so a lot of my views come out of that.
00:02:41.040 But I went to school for theater and music
00:02:45.020 and, yeah, I was working professionally in an opera company
00:02:48.880 and at the same time starting Choice for Two.
00:02:52.320 And I just really felt that it was, you know,
00:02:56.840 worth essentially leaving my job for
00:02:59.260 because I realized what abortion is.
00:03:02.580 And, you know, it's the slaughter of humans
00:03:06.320 before they're born.
00:03:07.920 And, yeah, it's not an easy thing to get into this movement
00:03:12.480 because you are not politically correct
00:03:16.000 according to, you know, the standards of the media
00:03:18.660 and the culture as a whole.
00:03:21.580 But I just felt so strongly about it
00:03:24.940 once I realized what abortion was
00:03:26.600 and once I realized how huge it is in our country.
00:03:30.200 And I realized Canadians have no idea what's going on.
00:03:34.040 Yeah.
00:03:34.560 So at what point was this, though?
00:03:36.300 Was this like a conviction you had as a Christian
00:03:38.000 throughout your life?
00:03:38.900 Or was there like a moment where you're like,
00:03:40.660 oh, my God, like when did it happen
00:03:42.040 that you had this sort of awakening to realize
00:03:43.920 this is what's going on
00:03:45.300 and I absolutely need to do something about it?
00:03:48.540 Oh, when I was a really young child,
00:03:50.340 I saw the people standing at the side of the road
00:03:52.240 with the graphic images and I saw that.
00:03:54.980 And it was at that moment when I realized this is wrong.
00:03:57.620 And as I grew older, I learned more and more about it.
00:04:01.740 I started volunteering at our local pregnancy resource center.
00:04:06.140 And there is where I really got the idea
00:04:08.760 to start Choice for Two
00:04:10.160 to do specifically the things that we're doing.
00:04:12.940 So now you mentioned that most Canadians
00:04:15.740 don't know what's going on.
00:04:17.980 And I think to a staggering degree,
00:04:19.880 most Canadians, when you talk to them
00:04:21.380 about what the legal status surrounding abortion is in Canada,
00:04:24.460 they literally won't believe you.
00:04:26.080 You often have to pull up resources to prove it to them.
00:04:29.020 So for many viewers who aren't familiar
00:04:30.520 with the status, legal status of abortion in Canada,
00:04:33.300 could you sort of give us the rundown?
00:04:36.500 Sure.
00:04:37.080 Well, Canada is the only Western country
00:04:40.440 that does not have an abortion law,
00:04:42.740 meaning it's legal to get an abortion
00:04:44.940 at any point throughout your pregnancy for any reason.
00:04:49.720 So for any reason whatsoever,
00:04:51.400 for the entire duration of a pregnancy,
00:04:53.280 it is legal in Canada to have an abortion.
00:04:55.540 Just for those of you who don't know that,
00:04:57.600 look it up, pull up Wikipedia,
00:04:58.840 whatever you want to do.
00:04:59.620 That is the current status of laws
00:05:01.960 surrounding abortion in Canada.
00:05:04.040 It's pretty staggering.
00:05:05.180 Now, you mentioned also that around that time,
00:05:06.980 you started working on Choice for Two.
00:05:09.600 Can you tell us a little bit about the organization?
00:05:12.580 Sure.
00:05:12.920 So it's an anti-abortion organization.
00:05:15.500 And we kind of have two goals.
00:05:17.460 On the one hand, we're working to educate the public
00:05:21.060 on abortion and what it is,
00:05:23.720 and hopefully encouraging people to get involved
00:05:26.860 toward ending it.
00:05:28.460 And on the other side of things,
00:05:29.800 we are connecting with women who are considering abortion
00:05:33.380 and able to speak with them
00:05:35.820 and offer real practical help
00:05:37.760 to get them through the crisis that they're facing,
00:05:41.720 because the pregnancy is not the crisis.
00:05:44.200 It's all these other situations in the woman's life.
00:05:47.440 So we help her with that
00:05:48.980 so that she is able to not murder her child.
00:05:53.260 And I think I've seen some of the campaigns,
00:05:55.620 like you'll post, you'll have someone verify this.
00:05:58.260 So it's very sort of on the level.
00:05:59.820 You'll go confirm that the person is in the situation.
00:06:02.800 It isn't a questionable circumstance
00:06:04.600 or someone trying to take advantage of you.
00:06:06.540 And once that's confirmed, you guys, what's the process?
00:06:10.060 What do you do to help a person
00:06:12.000 who's experiencing a difficult pregnancy?
00:06:15.260 Right. Well, a lot of it is emotional support.
00:06:18.180 And we have people on our team
00:06:19.900 constantly in touch with women.
00:06:22.480 As you mentioned, we have in-person meeting
00:06:25.120 with people that we set up any sort of fundraiser
00:06:27.560 or baby registry for.
00:06:29.160 So they are verified in person.
00:06:31.680 They have to prove who they are.
00:06:33.780 They have to prove that they're pregnant,
00:06:34.860 that kind of thing.
00:06:35.500 Because unfortunately, there are so many scammers
00:06:38.080 and they do target our organization.
00:06:40.800 And so once the person meets in person
00:06:44.420 and also us speaking with the woman,
00:06:47.420 we figure out what her needs are.
00:06:49.420 And we can pretty much do like almost anything
00:06:52.860 that she would need.
00:06:53.840 I mean, we've paid rent.
00:06:56.400 Today, we bought groceries for a woman in Texas,
00:06:59.180 like all kinds of random stuff.
00:07:01.360 We paid for babysitting
00:07:02.640 so a woman could finish her college degree.
00:07:04.580 And then we do the baby registries
00:07:06.860 where we create a registry
00:07:08.160 for all the things that she needs or wants.
00:07:11.540 And we post it online
00:07:12.480 and people can buy items off there.
00:07:14.380 And then it gets delivered directly to her.
00:07:17.060 Well, and I think very often
00:07:18.440 you'll hear people say that,
00:07:19.940 well, you're pro-birth,
00:07:21.140 but you don't really care
00:07:22.080 about the mother or the baby.
00:07:23.580 And I mean, this is probably
00:07:25.040 one of the strongest counterpoints
00:07:26.480 because I'll see you post an Amazon registry.
00:07:29.220 That's like an entire baby registry,
00:07:31.360 like for a full baby shower.
00:07:32.740 And the thing is gone
00:07:34.140 and they've sold out within a day, right?
00:07:37.780 Usually an hour.
00:07:38.860 Usually an hour.
00:07:40.240 So you're providing everything.
00:07:41.820 And what's the response from mothers
00:07:43.220 once they've realized that they're not alone
00:07:45.760 and that there's going to be someone there for them?
00:07:47.960 Yeah, they're overwhelmed.
00:07:49.460 Like they can't believe that total strangers
00:07:51.460 would care enough to buy them a gift.
00:07:54.300 And some of the gifts,
00:07:55.180 some things are quite pricey,
00:07:57.520 like a crib or a stroller,
00:07:59.300 like you're talking a couple hundred dollars
00:08:00.840 and people want to help.
00:08:03.360 The movement wants to help.
00:08:05.020 So they're blown away.
00:08:06.740 Yeah, that's incredible.
00:08:07.540 Maybe, I don't know if you're willing,
00:08:08.960 but if you could share maybe one example
00:08:10.600 or something that's come up,
00:08:11.740 a recent story of an actual mother,
00:08:13.560 by all means, use a made up name
00:08:15.480 or use a letter instead.
00:08:16.840 But maybe if people could hear an actual story
00:08:19.180 of something that you've gone through
00:08:20.580 where someone contacted you
00:08:21.780 and what their experience was like.
00:08:23.080 Oh, I mean, there's so many.
00:08:27.820 A woman that I'm talking to right now,
00:08:31.040 she, no, I'll give you a story of a baby
00:08:35.120 that was just born.
00:08:36.480 Because people won't be able to figure her out.
00:08:39.380 There was a woman and she already had children.
00:08:42.720 And the man said that if you don't abort,
00:08:45.140 I'm leaving you.
00:08:46.260 And like just totally peacing out.
00:08:48.540 And she contacted us just kind of asking for help
00:08:53.180 and saying, you know,
00:08:53.840 she didn't think abortion was right.
00:08:56.240 She hadn't ever really thought about it that much.
00:08:58.420 She's pregnant.
00:08:59.740 She didn't know what to do.
00:09:00.800 She didn't have any support.
00:09:02.540 And so, you know,
00:09:03.500 we just talked things through with her.
00:09:06.100 And the man had actually scheduled an abortion
00:09:08.240 for the next day for her,
00:09:09.760 which is often the case
00:09:11.200 that the man is scheduling the abortion.
00:09:13.480 So, you know, my body, my choice,
00:09:16.020 a lot of the times it's really the man pushing for it,
00:09:19.820 although it is ultimately her choice.
00:09:21.880 There's a lot of pressure.
00:09:23.520 So anyway, we talked with her.
00:09:26.120 We just, you know, said,
00:09:27.820 regardless of your situation,
00:09:29.420 which is temporary,
00:09:30.940 this child is here alive and breathing
00:09:32.920 and it's wrong to kill this child
00:09:34.560 and we will help you.
00:09:35.920 And she stood up to him.
00:09:39.300 He left.
00:09:40.400 We ended up paying all her hospital bills.
00:09:42.780 We ended up paying her rent.
00:09:44.380 We ended up doing the baby registry.
00:09:46.020 And the baby was born,
00:09:48.020 I think, three days ago,
00:09:49.700 a little girl.
00:09:51.980 So, yeah, that's the story.
00:09:55.280 Literally saving lives,
00:09:56.780 like almost on a daily basis.
00:09:59.400 I just want to add that shame on that man.
00:10:01.780 I'm going to call him a boy
00:10:02.620 because a man wouldn't do that.
00:10:04.660 So shame on him.
00:10:05.620 And God bless you and God bless her.
00:10:07.080 And we'll certainly include a little baby
00:10:08.900 in our prayers as we move forward.
00:10:10.320 So thanks for sharing that story.
00:10:12.260 That story is a prime example
00:10:14.460 of the type of incredible charitable works
00:10:16.600 that you guys are doing.
00:10:17.860 But as you mentioned,
00:10:18.700 your endeavors are two-pronged.
00:10:21.020 And I think that perhaps
00:10:22.320 there might be a little bit of a dichotomy
00:10:24.040 between the compassionate
00:10:25.760 and loving outreach
00:10:27.140 that you extend to these women
00:10:28.340 and the uncompromising
00:10:30.460 and unflinching videos
00:10:32.320 and media you put out there
00:10:33.680 to get the message out
00:10:34.780 and generate conversation.
00:10:35.820 I want to really quickly cut to,
00:10:38.720 and I think we're going to play it in full,
00:10:39.960 the human sacrifice video
00:10:41.180 that you guys put out recently.
00:10:42.640 So we'll pause for a second.
00:10:43.880 We'll cut to that and watch that.
00:10:45.240 Then we'll come back
00:10:46.080 and continue our conversation.
00:10:48.220 Child sacrifice.
00:10:51.280 Barbaric.
00:10:53.900 Evil.
00:10:56.760 Ancient.
00:10:58.580 Modern.
00:11:00.320 There's nothing new under the sun.
00:11:02.380 Throughout history,
00:11:04.500 children have been sacrificed
00:11:05.760 to a variety of deities
00:11:07.480 in attempts to gain favor or blessings.
00:11:11.120 Aztecs cut their children's hearts out
00:11:13.200 to appease the gods of rain and war.
00:11:16.600 Incas sacrificed their children
00:11:18.280 to the sun god
00:11:19.300 so their crops would flourish.
00:11:23.120 Canaanites sacrificed their infants
00:11:25.140 to Molech for prosperity.
00:11:28.060 Drums were played loudly
00:11:29.420 to drown out the baby's screams.
00:11:32.380 Child sacrifice never stopped,
00:11:41.100 and we still don't hear their screams.
00:11:43.780 There's nothing new under the sun.
00:11:46.700 We sacrifice our children today,
00:11:48.800 not for rain or war victories,
00:11:51.280 but for freedom or convenience.
00:11:53.840 We sacrifice to gain favor in the workplace
00:11:56.960 or for the blessings of money or fame.
00:12:00.720 We sacrifice our babies on the altar of free sex.
00:12:07.580 Child sacrifice is no longer a public event.
00:12:11.120 It's done behind closed doors.
00:12:13.320 Rather than a gory burning
00:12:15.000 or bloody stabbing,
00:12:16.900 it's become a neat, sterile,
00:12:19.300 and clinical event.
00:12:20.820 We don't throw our children into the fire
00:12:23.160 or leave them to freeze to death.
00:12:25.880 We starve our babies.
00:12:29.000 We poison them.
00:12:30.400 We rip off their arms and legs
00:12:33.720 and crush their skulls.
00:12:36.260 We call it choice.
00:12:37.660 We call it empowerment.
00:12:41.500 And our culture condones it.
00:12:46.760 We celebrate it.
00:12:49.020 We celebrate baby murder.
00:12:51.600 We consider it vital to our existence.
00:12:54.640 It's become a right.
00:12:56.080 But nothing is different.
00:12:59.500 There's nothing new under the sun.
00:13:02.620 Innocent human beings are still being sacrificed
00:13:05.160 for the selfish gains of those more powerful.
00:13:09.120 Modern child sacrifice is thriving.
00:13:12.040 We must end it.
00:13:14.220 End abortion.
00:13:14.800 So, a startling video.
00:13:23.140 Maybe not something you'd expect to see
00:13:25.440 coming out of the pro-life movement.
00:13:27.660 Very aesthetically pleasing.
00:13:29.900 Extremely challenging.
00:13:30.920 Making a point that I don't think
00:13:32.200 is necessarily shying away
00:13:33.960 from the core of the controversy.
00:13:36.200 I mentioned earlier that perhaps
00:13:37.580 there's a dichotomy.
00:13:39.060 Do you think that, on the one hand,
00:13:41.540 providing sort of unconditional
00:13:42.640 and compassionate charity,
00:13:43.760 and then, on the other hand,
00:13:45.440 putting out these strong,
00:13:46.640 often conversation-rousing pieces
00:13:50.520 on social media,
00:13:51.800 is there a conflict there
00:13:53.220 or are those two sort of
00:13:54.180 mutually inclusive or necessary?
00:13:56.560 I used to think there would be a conflict
00:13:58.320 when we started doing it
00:14:00.040 because, you know,
00:14:00.600 it just seems it would be that way.
00:14:02.600 But it's the truth.
00:14:05.420 And one of the ways that we really love
00:14:07.820 on the women who are considering abortion
00:14:10.580 is we give them the truth.
00:14:12.260 If we don't give them the truth,
00:14:13.300 we're not ultimately loving them
00:14:14.700 because they might go ahead
00:14:15.680 and murder their child
00:14:16.540 if they're not given the full truth.
00:14:18.960 So it does go together.
00:14:21.360 And the other thing is
00:14:22.260 the videos have such success.
00:14:25.680 They have so much reach.
00:14:27.460 That's how we actually end up
00:14:28.780 meeting with a lot of women.
00:14:31.240 So the videos,
00:14:32.640 they watch it
00:14:33.420 and they're kind of like,
00:14:34.240 whoa,
00:14:34.600 and then they check out the organization
00:14:36.060 and they message us.
00:14:37.180 So it's working in terms of reaching people
00:14:40.500 and also being truthful.
00:14:42.800 And, you know,
00:14:44.720 when we talk to women one-on-one,
00:14:47.080 we're very nice people.
00:14:49.960 So it kind of,
00:14:50.960 I mean,
00:14:51.140 it all works together.
00:14:52.640 Yeah.
00:14:52.760 So I think then,
00:14:55.580 as you mentioned at the ongoing,
00:14:57.000 at the onset,
00:14:57.680 you're sort of,
00:14:58.600 your Christianity is a major,
00:15:00.020 major motivation
00:15:01.000 in this work that you do.
00:15:03.540 And I can't help.
00:15:04.900 And I mean,
00:15:05.420 forgive me if I'm overstepping,
00:15:06.820 but I can't help but notice
00:15:07.940 there seems to be some synchronicity
00:15:09.780 with the public ministry of Jesus
00:15:12.120 throughout his life
00:15:13.480 towards those people
00:15:14.560 in incredibly difficult circumstances.
00:15:17.040 He was the gold standard
00:15:18.840 for charity,
00:15:19.720 compassion,
00:15:20.200 and love.
00:15:20.740 But on the other hand,
00:15:22.000 he was crucified
00:15:22.720 for being so direct
00:15:24.160 and so outspoken
00:15:25.720 against some of the great calamities
00:15:28.140 of the world.
00:15:29.220 So is that an intentional effort?
00:15:31.160 Are you mirroring his ministry
00:15:32.540 or is it just something
00:15:33.940 that's evolved naturally?
00:15:37.720 I don't think I on purpose
00:15:39.340 decided to mirror that,
00:15:41.240 but I feel like,
00:15:43.220 I guess,
00:15:44.680 yeah,
00:15:44.980 I guess that is how it is.
00:15:46.180 We're just trying to be
00:15:47.520 as straightforward
00:15:48.100 and as honest
00:15:49.540 and as loving as possible.
00:15:51.700 And so that's what happened.
00:15:53.120 And so I guess that makes sense.
00:15:55.040 And I think very often
00:15:56.280 you'll hear that like
00:15:57.440 this movement is anti-woman,
00:15:59.940 but I find very much
00:16:01.160 it's sort of like,
00:16:02.020 it's pedantic.
00:16:03.660 What you're doing
00:16:04.400 is talking to women
00:16:05.140 and giving them the information
00:16:06.140 and saying,
00:16:06.700 we're going to help you.
00:16:08.080 What do you say to people
00:16:09.080 who say that talking to women honestly
00:16:10.720 and offering them help
00:16:11.740 is anti-women?
00:16:12.920 I mean,
00:16:15.540 they're just,
00:16:16.180 they're just the angry people.
00:16:17.660 We get that all the time.
00:16:18.640 You don't care about women
00:16:19.700 or you try and,
00:16:21.120 you force women
00:16:22.320 into keeping their pregnancies
00:16:23.780 and it's like,
00:16:24.480 how could we possibly do that?
00:16:26.040 It's not like we're hunting women down,
00:16:27.480 right?
00:16:27.640 They come to us.
00:16:29.080 So it's just,
00:16:30.960 it's just a ridiculous thing.
00:16:32.100 If they take two seconds
00:16:32.960 and look at what our organization
00:16:34.040 is doing,
00:16:34.960 we are helping women.
00:16:36.800 Yeah,
00:16:37.080 that's amazing.
00:16:38.120 And like anyone who looks at it
00:16:40.180 or takes an objective glance
00:16:41.600 at the work you're doing
00:16:42.680 and how many people you've helped
00:16:44.980 would probably,
00:16:46.340 it would probably agree with you.
00:16:47.920 But I can imagine
00:16:48.920 in this line of work,
00:16:49.760 you probably get quite a bit of hate,
00:16:52.640 maybe even threats.
00:16:53.520 Can you tell us a little bit
00:16:54.300 about that sort of experience
00:16:55.620 in your work?
00:16:57.240 Yeah,
00:16:57.580 people are very angry
00:16:58.860 about the whole issue.
00:17:01.080 So,
00:17:01.840 and a lot of people also too
00:17:05.480 who are post-abortion,
00:17:06.580 a lot of the times
00:17:07.920 they'll lash out in hate
00:17:09.320 because they're hurting
00:17:10.460 so much themselves
00:17:11.400 and it's hard to be confronted
00:17:13.620 with what you've done.
00:17:17.460 But then we also have
00:17:18.880 like the hardcore feminists.
00:17:21.700 We have the Satanists.
00:17:24.300 Satanists are like
00:17:25.120 all over our stuff.
00:17:26.480 Shocking.
00:17:27.320 They don't like it.
00:17:27.900 Yeah,
00:17:28.140 I know.
00:17:29.260 I was kind of surprised
00:17:30.480 to realize how many of them
00:17:32.100 there are
00:17:32.780 and how like organized
00:17:34.080 they are.
00:17:34.760 But other than that,
00:17:35.700 it's not surprising.
00:17:37.360 And they're very hateful
00:17:38.700 and send
00:17:40.200 the most awful
00:17:41.840 things.
00:17:43.160 It shocks me
00:17:43.700 that,
00:17:43.880 you know,
00:17:44.880 nowadays
00:17:45.420 when you can get cancelled
00:17:46.860 for,
00:17:47.600 you know,
00:17:48.900 saying something mean,
00:17:50.160 these people are sending
00:17:51.120 like full-on
00:17:52.600 death threats
00:17:53.820 and they somehow think
00:17:55.000 that's acceptable.
00:17:56.200 Yeah,
00:17:56.360 this doesn't violate our terms.
00:17:58.500 Yeah.
00:17:58.700 We've seen that far too many times.
00:18:00.660 We're far too familiar
00:18:01.400 with that at Rebel News.
00:18:03.560 So,
00:18:04.080 I mean,
00:18:05.080 your videos have been
00:18:06.220 extremely effective.
00:18:07.640 They've been seen
00:18:08.080 by millions of people
00:18:09.060 translated into
00:18:10.000 all these languages.
00:18:11.520 So,
00:18:11.960 that's bound to
00:18:12.860 welcome some opposition.
00:18:15.360 What exactly goes
00:18:16.300 into planning
00:18:17.320 these videos?
00:18:18.040 I'm sure there's
00:18:18.960 quite a bit of thought.
00:18:20.060 Do you think about
00:18:20.640 addressing specific
00:18:21.600 apologetics issues?
00:18:23.620 What's the process
00:18:24.600 for coming up
00:18:25.240 with an idea
00:18:25.720 for a video
00:18:26.260 from sort of
00:18:26.960 inception to completion?
00:18:28.260 Honestly,
00:18:31.100 it's usually
00:18:31.620 an idea
00:18:32.340 that someone
00:18:33.140 or people
00:18:34.300 have been
00:18:35.080 pushing online.
00:18:38.060 Like,
00:18:38.260 you know,
00:18:39.780 you're not a human being
00:18:41.200 until you're born.
00:18:42.560 Something like that.
00:18:43.500 And so,
00:18:43.760 that's where we came up
00:18:44.420 with the magical
00:18:45.020 birth canal
00:18:45.820 because we just kind of
00:18:46.600 started thinking about that
00:18:47.900 and thinking like
00:18:48.600 what you're actually saying
00:18:50.560 doesn't make any sense.
00:18:52.580 And so,
00:18:53.180 let's figure out
00:18:54.000 a clever way,
00:18:55.360 you know,
00:18:55.540 a visually pleasing,
00:18:57.000 entertaining way
00:18:57.900 to show you that.
00:18:59.540 And so,
00:19:00.280 usually just start
00:19:01.060 on a script,
00:19:03.120 create the script
00:19:03.920 and then
00:19:04.720 get our props together,
00:19:06.680 get our film crew together
00:19:07.960 and or
00:19:08.820 the animators
00:19:09.940 if it's an animation
00:19:11.040 and
00:19:12.340 then do it
00:19:14.300 and then edit it.
00:19:15.120 And kind of like we mentioned,
00:19:18.060 you think about
00:19:18.720 some of the problems
00:19:19.940 or the questions
00:19:20.500 that are emerging
00:19:21.240 out there
00:19:22.020 and think about
00:19:23.320 how to possibly
00:19:23.940 respond to those
00:19:24.900 or generate conversation
00:19:26.180 around those.
00:19:27.760 There's certainly
00:19:28.120 an apologetic angle
00:19:29.440 to them.
00:19:30.120 So,
00:19:30.400 I thought if you wouldn't mind,
00:19:31.500 I went through
00:19:31.820 some of your videos
00:19:32.700 and just kind of
00:19:33.480 get your two cents
00:19:34.340 on something
00:19:35.220 that might emerge
00:19:36.140 online in conversation
00:19:37.180 and how you came
00:19:38.020 to the point
00:19:38.420 of responding.
00:19:39.840 So,
00:19:40.360 let's touch first
00:19:40.940 the video
00:19:41.260 that we just watched
00:19:42.200 in full,
00:19:42.880 the human child sacrifice.
00:19:44.900 It seems to be addressing
00:19:45.900 to some extent
00:19:46.520 that women
00:19:47.060 and society
00:19:47.880 can't succeed
00:19:48.800 and have kids.
00:19:51.420 What's your response
00:19:52.560 to that?
00:19:52.980 And what the video,
00:19:53.680 I think that's what
00:19:54.160 it's responding to.
00:19:56.720 Yeah,
00:19:57.280 it was.
00:19:58.020 And also,
00:19:58.920 I got the idea
00:20:00.380 for that one
00:20:01.400 because of the Satanists
00:20:03.420 and just how angry
00:20:04.640 they were
00:20:05.080 and the fact
00:20:05.660 like the Satanic
00:20:06.380 Temple came out
00:20:07.380 and said that abortion
00:20:08.300 is a religious ritual.
00:20:10.640 So,
00:20:10.960 I was like,
00:20:11.740 oh,
00:20:12.440 okay.
00:20:13.240 Like,
00:20:14.680 all throughout the Bible
00:20:15.820 they talk about
00:20:16.420 child sacrifice
00:20:17.160 and,
00:20:17.900 you know,
00:20:18.600 the ancient world,
00:20:20.780 you'll look at the Aztecs
00:20:21.920 or whoever
00:20:22.720 and you'll,
00:20:23.700 like we think
00:20:24.540 as a society,
00:20:25.660 oh,
00:20:25.820 how barbaric,
00:20:26.760 like how awful,
00:20:27.660 like they were so bad
00:20:28.920 and we think of ourselves
00:20:30.400 as so progressive
00:20:31.180 and inclusive
00:20:32.920 and so great.
00:20:34.680 And then I was thinking
00:20:35.300 about it
00:20:35.860 because all of the reasons
00:20:37.280 for sacrifice,
00:20:38.020 it all comes down to
00:20:39.980 it's selfishness,
00:20:43.140 really.
00:20:43.880 Like,
00:20:44.460 sounds harsh,
00:20:45.660 but it is.
00:20:46.440 Like,
00:20:46.600 they used to sacrifice
00:20:47.320 children for their own gain,
00:20:49.480 right?
00:20:49.740 So that they could prosper.
00:20:51.060 They could have,
00:20:52.020 you know,
00:20:52.280 water
00:20:52.700 or they could win wars
00:20:54.840 and it was all
00:20:56.040 to prosper themselves.
00:20:57.700 And nowadays,
00:20:58.700 women are aborting
00:21:02.100 for the same reasons.
00:21:03.760 You know,
00:21:03.960 they want to
00:21:04.880 get ahead at work.
00:21:07.940 They feel that
00:21:09.540 now's not a good time
00:21:10.280 for a pregnancy.
00:21:11.260 They want to finish
00:21:12.000 their education
00:21:12.720 or,
00:21:13.820 you know,
00:21:14.080 a lot of the actors,
00:21:17.040 you know,
00:21:18.200 Michelle Williams,
00:21:19.300 you know,
00:21:19.520 we had a little scene
00:21:20.560 referring to her
00:21:21.780 where basically
00:21:23.120 she thanked her,
00:21:24.700 her award,
00:21:26.060 said,
00:21:27.400 you know,
00:21:27.620 this is because of a child
00:21:28.600 that I aborted.
00:21:30.100 So yeah,
00:21:30.440 it is that whole idea
00:21:31.280 like you can't succeed
00:21:32.640 unless you're killing
00:21:33.340 your children.
00:21:34.320 So when I was thinking
00:21:35.420 about it,
00:21:35.900 I was like,
00:21:36.720 it's the exact same thing.
00:21:38.600 And when you realize
00:21:39.480 how awful
00:21:41.360 the actual abortion
00:21:42.780 procedure is,
00:21:43.820 it's horrific.
00:21:44.900 So to me,
00:21:45.880 I was just like,
00:21:46.440 this is our modern day
00:21:47.560 child sacrifice.
00:21:49.260 And I find it so shocking
00:21:50.380 that the statement,
00:21:51.540 like,
00:21:52.420 I'm so thankful
00:21:53.980 that I aborted my baby
00:21:55.580 because that got me
00:21:56.300 this award
00:21:57.040 is considered
00:21:58.000 mainstream
00:21:58.280 and acceptable
00:21:59.560 in society.
00:22:00.540 And then your perspective
00:22:01.420 of let's try
00:22:02.220 and save babies
00:22:02.960 and we're here
00:22:03.440 to help you
00:22:03.980 is considered fringe
00:22:05.300 and garners threats online.
00:22:07.760 Yeah.
00:22:08.140 It's staggering.
00:22:09.460 To continue,
00:22:10.860 men are not allowed
00:22:12.720 to have an opinion
00:22:13.460 on the issue
00:22:14.260 of abortion.
00:22:15.340 Right.
00:22:17.340 Okay,
00:22:17.920 that one's just so dumb
00:22:19.120 because,
00:22:19.640 you know,
00:22:20.480 what other human rights
00:22:21.760 violation
00:22:22.380 are men told
00:22:23.340 to sit down
00:22:24.100 and shut up?
00:22:25.100 Like,
00:22:25.360 it's just,
00:22:25.700 it's ridiculous.
00:22:26.320 It's because
00:22:26.940 the marketing
00:22:27.720 of the abortion
00:22:28.900 industry
00:22:30.560 has been brilliant.
00:22:32.220 You know,
00:22:32.380 they're marketing it
00:22:33.100 as a woman's right.
00:22:35.020 And so it all fits
00:22:36.380 in with that
00:22:36.860 of men,
00:22:37.540 you can't have
00:22:38.060 an opinion,
00:22:38.740 just,
00:22:39.060 you know,
00:22:39.520 be quiet.
00:22:41.560 It doesn't make sense
00:22:42.840 because this is talking,
00:22:44.240 it's,
00:22:44.840 abortion is killing
00:22:45.800 human beings.
00:22:46.800 So,
00:22:47.140 of course,
00:22:47.980 men should
00:22:48.700 have an opinion.
00:22:49.760 Also,
00:22:51.260 you know,
00:22:52.460 biologically,
00:22:53.160 it's not just
00:22:53.880 the woman's child,
00:22:54.920 it's the man's
00:22:55.520 child too.
00:22:56.480 So,
00:22:57.120 of course,
00:22:57.680 he should have a say.
00:22:58.980 Yeah.
00:22:59.200 And that ties perfectly
00:23:00.320 into my next question.
00:23:02.140 And if you could
00:23:02.720 describe maybe
00:23:03.380 the video,
00:23:03.940 we'll probably cut
00:23:04.380 to a few little clips
00:23:05.120 of it,
00:23:05.400 but pregnancy
00:23:06.800 should not be
00:23:07.840 a consequence
00:23:08.520 of sex.
00:23:09.800 You did a video
00:23:10.360 about that as well,
00:23:11.380 right?
00:23:11.760 Oh,
00:23:12.180 right.
00:23:13.340 Yes.
00:23:14.060 Oh,
00:23:14.440 consent to pregnancy
00:23:16.040 is not consent
00:23:17.120 to sex.
00:23:17.660 That came directly
00:23:18.840 from my Instagram page.
00:23:20.520 People were saying
00:23:21.120 that all over
00:23:22.300 the place.
00:23:23.780 It's this
00:23:24.500 younger generation
00:23:25.820 and I'm just like,
00:23:27.240 what are you guys
00:23:27.920 thinking?
00:23:28.480 Like,
00:23:28.580 do you not know
00:23:29.380 biology?
00:23:30.240 Do you not know
00:23:30.560 how this works?
00:23:33.580 You know,
00:23:34.080 you might get
00:23:34.900 pregnant from
00:23:35.940 having sex.
00:23:36.960 That's a very
00:23:37.440 possible outcome.
00:23:40.020 Is that a new
00:23:40.720 scientific development?
00:23:41.880 Should it just be
00:23:42.380 breaking news?
00:23:43.080 Or is that something
00:23:44.160 we've known for a
00:23:45.040 little while?
00:23:46.340 Breaking news.
00:23:47.100 Yeah,
00:23:47.340 breaking news.
00:23:49.000 Yeah.
00:23:49.300 So that video,
00:23:50.280 we just showed
00:23:51.280 the idea that,
00:23:52.020 you know,
00:23:52.880 eating copious
00:23:54.520 amounts of donuts
00:23:55.300 is not consent
00:23:56.900 to gaining weight,
00:23:57.860 you know,
00:23:58.220 like,
00:23:58.920 and so that's
00:23:59.900 just how we
00:24:00.320 showed that one.
00:24:01.300 Yeah.
00:24:01.900 And it's as though
00:24:02.780 there's a sort
00:24:03.720 of sentiment out
00:24:04.420 there that man
00:24:04.980 sometimes forgives,
00:24:06.020 but nature never
00:24:06.780 forgives.
00:24:07.940 There's these
00:24:08.380 natural consequences
00:24:09.420 of things that
00:24:10.020 happen.
00:24:10.680 And it seems
00:24:11.140 that in society
00:24:11.780 today,
00:24:12.100 we just want
00:24:12.660 to reject those.
00:24:14.120 Well,
00:24:14.520 we can reject
00:24:15.120 them,
00:24:15.420 but then the
00:24:15.740 consequences
00:24:16.140 will follow
00:24:16.820 regardless of
00:24:17.560 whether we try
00:24:18.040 to cancel them
00:24:18.780 or not.
00:24:20.280 And one
00:24:21.200 of the ones
00:24:21.660 that I think
00:24:23.340 is extremely
00:24:23.920 significant,
00:24:24.740 particularly for
00:24:25.500 people with
00:24:26.880 disabilities
00:24:27.400 or those
00:24:27.840 with Down
00:24:28.540 Syndrome.
00:24:29.780 I'm sure
00:24:30.380 you're familiar
00:24:30.760 with many
00:24:31.680 countries claiming
00:24:32.340 to have cured
00:24:33.340 Down Syndrome.
00:24:35.620 If you could
00:24:36.360 maybe comment
00:24:37.220 on what they
00:24:37.760 mean by curing
00:24:38.680 Down Syndrome
00:24:39.320 and talk about
00:24:40.300 the video you
00:24:40.860 did in response
00:24:41.520 to that.
00:24:42.780 Right.
00:24:43.040 I think it
00:24:44.260 was Iceland
00:24:44.900 that said
00:24:46.960 that they
00:24:47.240 had eradicated
00:24:48.080 Down Syndrome.
00:24:48.900 So here you
00:24:49.280 are thinking
00:24:49.700 they'd figured
00:24:50.280 a way to
00:24:50.940 cure Down
00:24:52.780 Syndrome.
00:24:53.820 But really
00:24:54.360 they're just
00:24:55.080 identifying all
00:24:56.420 the babies
00:24:56.900 who have
00:24:57.300 Down Syndrome
00:24:57.820 before birth
00:24:59.040 and aborting
00:24:59.820 them,
00:25:00.720 even very
00:25:01.460 late term.
00:25:02.880 And that's
00:25:04.620 an idea that's
00:25:05.740 very accepted
00:25:06.440 within our
00:25:06.920 society.
00:25:07.580 We need
00:25:08.000 abortion because
00:25:08.660 what if the
00:25:09.100 baby's not
00:25:09.520 perfect?
00:25:10.020 What if the
00:25:10.320 baby has a
00:25:10.820 disability?
00:25:11.840 And it's
00:25:12.160 like, hello
00:25:13.240 Canada.
00:25:14.420 I thought we
00:25:15.400 were the
00:25:15.640 country that
00:25:16.460 respects people
00:25:17.280 with disabilities
00:25:17.940 and we have
00:25:18.980 all these
00:25:19.300 wonderful programs
00:25:20.340 and yet we're
00:25:21.920 trying to kill
00:25:22.460 them all before
00:25:23.020 they're born.
00:25:23.600 It doesn't
00:25:23.920 make sense.
00:25:25.020 No, yeah, it
00:25:25.680 certainly doesn't.
00:25:26.760 And I know
00:25:27.080 even when you're
00:25:28.160 pregnant, you
00:25:29.080 go to the
00:25:29.480 doctor.
00:25:29.980 Our doctor is
00:25:30.640 Catholic.
00:25:31.500 So when you
00:25:31.760 go there, he
00:25:32.280 skips over
00:25:34.040 half the tests
00:25:34.840 they would have
00:25:35.360 you run to
00:25:36.120 because the
00:25:37.580 intent of those
00:25:38.060 tests is to
00:25:38.640 identify something.
00:25:39.520 And then
00:25:39.920 terminate the
00:25:40.580 baby.
00:25:41.220 So we don't
00:25:41.640 go to half
00:25:42.200 of that stuff
00:25:42.680 because he
00:25:43.620 knows that
00:25:44.180 because that's
00:25:44.900 a human being
00:25:45.440 we're going to
00:25:46.400 keep that baby
00:25:47.040 and we're going
00:25:47.340 to raise that
00:25:47.760 baby.
00:25:48.380 So we touched
00:25:50.020 on the legal
00:25:50.520 status of
00:25:51.120 abortion in
00:25:52.200 Canada.
00:25:52.560 If I'm not
00:25:53.440 wrong, it's
00:25:54.140 basically Canada,
00:25:55.040 China, and
00:25:55.920 North Korea
00:25:56.580 that have no
00:25:57.360 restrictions on
00:25:57.980 abortions.
00:25:58.580 In addition to
00:25:59.420 a couple
00:25:59.680 states, rather
00:26:01.000 progressive
00:26:01.440 democratic states
00:26:02.220 in the United
00:26:02.560 States.
00:26:03.420 Other than
00:26:04.120 that, most
00:26:04.780 countries in
00:26:05.600 the world have
00:26:06.220 some sort of
00:26:06.900 restriction in
00:26:07.540 place on
00:26:08.680 abortion.
00:26:10.980 The other
00:26:11.600 thing that's
00:26:11.960 extremely puzzling
00:26:13.160 is that polling
00:26:14.320 indicates that
00:26:15.500 the majority of
00:26:16.500 Canadians would
00:26:17.020 favor at least
00:26:17.700 some sort of
00:26:18.380 restriction on
00:26:18.920 abortion.
00:26:19.680 So most will
00:26:20.140 not come out
00:26:20.580 and say they're
00:26:20.960 outright against
00:26:21.540 it, but they're
00:26:21.980 like, well, after
00:26:22.440 three months or
00:26:23.100 six months or
00:26:23.700 they have various
00:26:24.620 thresholds at
00:26:25.360 which they'd
00:26:26.340 want to cut that
00:26:26.780 off.
00:26:27.540 How is it that
00:26:28.800 like the will of
00:26:30.120 the majority of
00:26:30.620 the people, most
00:26:31.260 people watching
00:26:31.880 this are probably
00:26:32.420 going to say,
00:26:32.700 well, there should
00:26:32.940 be some sort of
00:26:33.680 restriction.
00:26:34.040 You shouldn't
00:26:34.420 have an
00:26:34.660 abortion at
00:26:35.460 nine months
00:26:36.020 for non-medical
00:26:37.060 reasons at
00:26:37.580 all.
00:26:39.040 How did we
00:26:39.460 get to the
00:26:39.780 point where
00:26:40.120 even regardless
00:26:41.220 of the public
00:26:41.840 will, even
00:26:42.240 regardless of
00:26:42.800 the science,
00:26:44.360 the law in
00:26:45.500 Canada hasn't
00:26:46.160 changed.
00:26:46.760 The law in
00:26:47.100 Canada is that
00:26:47.600 you can have
00:26:48.000 an abortion at
00:26:48.980 any point of
00:26:49.580 a pregnancy for
00:26:50.240 any reason.
00:26:52.160 Yeah, well,
00:26:52.840 it's actually like
00:26:53.620 it's sort of the
00:26:54.140 opposite because
00:26:54.820 it's just there's
00:26:55.560 no law, so
00:26:56.400 anything goes.
00:26:58.060 And yeah, we
00:26:58.900 got here because
00:26:59.880 a law was
00:27:00.560 supposed to be
00:27:01.180 put in in
00:27:01.760 88.
00:27:02.080 They struck
00:27:03.780 down the
00:27:04.140 existing law
00:27:04.960 because they
00:27:05.840 said it was
00:27:06.180 too restrictive
00:27:06.860 or it wasn't
00:27:08.360 good for women's
00:27:09.140 rights.
00:27:10.460 And then they
00:27:11.160 said, okay,
00:27:11.480 we'll come up
00:27:11.880 with a new
00:27:12.300 one.
00:27:12.980 And then there
00:27:13.780 were a few
00:27:14.120 attempts and
00:27:14.800 then they never
00:27:15.380 did.
00:27:15.980 And so now
00:27:16.340 it's just a
00:27:16.820 free-for-all.
00:27:18.620 And yeah,
00:27:19.160 Canadians are
00:27:20.100 uncomfortable
00:27:22.100 because if you'll
00:27:23.460 ask them, oh,
00:27:24.040 you're fine
00:27:24.540 aborting a baby
00:27:25.340 the day before
00:27:26.160 delivery, they're
00:27:27.900 not.
00:27:28.540 No.
00:27:29.040 But then they
00:27:29.460 don't want to
00:27:29.880 go, they don't
00:27:30.300 want to discuss,
00:27:31.060 okay, when
00:27:31.460 should the
00:27:31.860 cutoff be?
00:27:32.760 They don't
00:27:33.100 even want to
00:27:33.560 get into it.
00:27:34.040 They're just
00:27:34.260 like, you
00:27:34.580 know what?
00:27:34.920 It's a
00:27:35.200 woman's
00:27:35.520 choice.
00:27:36.160 Trust women
00:27:37.080 and all
00:27:37.560 that because
00:27:38.120 we've been
00:27:38.880 so brainwashed
00:27:39.760 by our
00:27:40.120 culture.
00:27:41.060 The school
00:27:41.600 kids are
00:27:42.340 so brainwashed
00:27:43.460 to view
00:27:44.400 abortion.
00:27:45.100 Abortion is
00:27:45.680 nothing other
00:27:46.560 than a
00:27:47.360 woman's
00:27:47.920 reproductive
00:27:48.400 right.
00:27:49.060 That's it.
00:27:49.960 They don't
00:27:50.580 know what
00:27:50.980 the procedure
00:27:51.480 actually is.
00:27:52.980 They don't
00:27:53.780 register that
00:27:54.820 it is killing
00:27:55.780 a human
00:27:56.440 being with
00:27:58.060 a beating
00:27:58.440 heart most
00:27:59.480 times, right?
00:28:00.100 Like a heart
00:28:00.520 begins to
00:28:01.060 beat 21
00:28:01.600 days after
00:28:02.140 conception.
00:28:03.240 So I
00:28:05.840 don't know
00:28:06.240 what's wrong
00:28:06.640 with this
00:28:07.040 country.
00:28:08.080 They just
00:28:08.680 don't want to
00:28:09.040 touch the
00:28:09.560 whole debate
00:28:10.040 because they
00:28:10.500 don't want
00:28:10.800 any restrictions.
00:28:11.480 And I think
00:28:12.900 this seems to
00:28:13.540 be a recurring
00:28:14.240 trend.
00:28:14.860 I've mentioned
00:28:15.580 this in the
00:28:15.900 past and I'm
00:28:16.340 going to
00:28:16.700 continue to
00:28:17.400 mention it.
00:28:18.180 One of the
00:28:18.660 biggest issues
00:28:19.320 facing Canada
00:28:20.420 and modern
00:28:21.280 Western
00:28:21.620 civilization is
00:28:22.900 the unwillingness
00:28:24.160 to enter into
00:28:24.720 meaningful
00:28:25.280 discourse.
00:28:26.440 We don't
00:28:27.020 want to hurt
00:28:27.420 anyone's
00:28:28.000 feelings.
00:28:29.000 So we'll
00:28:29.360 tweet and
00:28:29.840 hashtag and
00:28:30.360 we'll do
00:28:30.540 all that
00:28:30.860 stuff as
00:28:31.140 long as it
00:28:31.480 doesn't
00:28:31.700 step on
00:28:32.200 anybody's
00:28:32.660 toes.
00:28:33.500 We might
00:28:33.820 cancel the
00:28:34.300 odd
00:28:34.460 person,
00:28:34.940 but we
00:28:35.200 don't
00:28:35.440 want to
00:28:36.180 meaningfully
00:28:36.720 engage in
00:28:37.360 anything
00:28:37.600 difficult.
00:28:38.540 I know
00:28:38.700 for me,
00:28:39.220 it wasn't
00:28:39.520 until I
00:28:39.840 was in
00:28:40.040 university
00:28:40.460 that I
00:28:40.900 actually
00:28:41.160 took a
00:28:41.680 look at
00:28:43.040 what is
00:28:43.620 abortion
00:28:44.380 actually.
00:28:45.320 And then
00:28:45.460 the second
00:28:45.780 you look
00:28:46.100 at the
00:28:46.360 medical
00:28:47.060 evidence,
00:28:47.920 you don't
00:28:48.980 need to
00:28:49.160 be a
00:28:49.340 microbiologist,
00:28:50.320 it's pretty
00:28:50.920 rudimentary
00:28:52.080 biology,
00:28:53.280 you're like,
00:28:53.720 oh my gosh,
00:28:54.140 this is what
00:28:54.540 we're doing
00:28:55.100 publicly.
00:28:57.120 It's staggering
00:28:57.900 that there's
00:28:58.280 no beyond
00:28:59.420 the few
00:28:59.760 people who
00:29:00.160 are at
00:29:00.620 that and
00:29:01.420 garnering
00:29:01.680 the
00:29:01.820 conversations,
00:29:02.500 there hasn't
00:29:03.060 been meaningful
00:29:04.200 change.
00:29:05.220 And to put
00:29:05.420 it back to
00:29:05.860 you,
00:29:06.220 there's
00:29:07.520 different
00:29:07.760 approaches,
00:29:08.260 there's
00:29:08.380 different
00:29:08.600 prongs,
00:29:09.020 I don't
00:29:09.200 mean to
00:29:09.500 sow division
00:29:10.740 or anything,
00:29:11.500 but do you
00:29:11.840 have any
00:29:12.100 recommendations
00:29:12.720 for the
00:29:13.200 pro-life
00:29:13.580 movement at
00:29:14.120 large?
00:29:15.440 I would
00:29:15.760 argue that
00:29:16.260 you're probably
00:29:16.700 one of the
00:29:17.000 people who's
00:29:17.400 generated the
00:29:18.240 most conversation
00:29:19.220 and you're
00:29:20.380 a fresh
00:29:20.840 face for
00:29:22.160 the pro-life
00:29:22.820 movement,
00:29:23.420 but what can
00:29:24.080 the rest of
00:29:24.420 the pro-life
00:29:24.880 movement do
00:29:25.600 to generate
00:29:26.060 change?
00:29:26.480 Because there
00:29:26.800 hasn't been
00:29:27.220 any in
00:29:27.620 40 years.
00:29:30.140 Right.
00:29:32.240 I don't
00:29:32.960 have too
00:29:34.240 much to
00:29:34.560 comment on
00:29:35.020 what they
00:29:35.420 have or
00:29:35.920 haven't
00:29:36.340 done,
00:29:36.760 like I
00:29:37.120 wasn't
00:29:37.540 there.
00:29:38.780 I didn't
00:29:39.380 even really
00:29:39.840 know there
00:29:40.240 was a
00:29:40.520 pro-life
00:29:40.860 movement
00:29:41.220 when I
00:29:43.300 started doing
00:29:44.340 Choice for
00:29:44.780 Two,
00:29:45.220 honestly,
00:29:46.320 or came
00:29:47.040 up with
00:29:47.360 the idea
00:29:47.880 of doing
00:29:48.420 it.
00:29:48.720 And then
00:29:48.900 once I
00:29:49.380 started into
00:29:50.180 it,
00:29:50.360 then I
00:29:50.640 was meeting
00:29:51.200 people and
00:29:51.720 making
00:29:51.900 connections.
00:29:54.000 So I
00:29:54.880 think maybe
00:29:56.420 what we've
00:29:57.520 done that's
00:29:58.580 working is
00:29:59.840 that we're
00:30:01.960 just trying to
00:30:02.420 be very
00:30:02.780 truthful.
00:30:03.140 We're not
00:30:03.520 being
00:30:03.720 politically
00:30:04.140 correct.
00:30:05.160 We're not
00:30:05.360 shying away
00:30:06.020 from sharing
00:30:07.320 the truth.
00:30:08.480 Also,
00:30:09.000 for us,
00:30:10.600 we don't
00:30:10.920 have any
00:30:11.520 sort of
00:30:11.840 restrictions
00:30:12.300 on us as
00:30:13.040 an organization
00:30:13.740 because no
00:30:14.340 one's paid.
00:30:15.480 We're not
00:30:15.680 affiliated with
00:30:16.320 any political
00:30:16.820 party.
00:30:17.700 We're just
00:30:18.120 on our own
00:30:18.780 and we can
00:30:19.240 do whatever
00:30:19.960 we feel that
00:30:20.540 we need to
00:30:21.060 do.
00:30:21.400 We're not
00:30:21.740 worried about
00:30:22.400 losing donors.
00:30:23.340 We're not
00:30:23.580 worried about
00:30:24.340 screwing
00:30:25.660 something up
00:30:26.340 in the
00:30:26.980 political world
00:30:27.720 because we're
00:30:28.820 not there.
00:30:29.980 So I
00:30:30.460 just think
00:30:30.960 the movement
00:30:32.360 in general
00:30:33.020 for everyday
00:30:33.500 people, I
00:30:34.520 think they
00:30:34.840 really need
00:30:35.280 to treat
00:30:35.820 abortion for
00:30:37.420 what it
00:30:37.760 is, which
00:30:39.040 is a
00:30:40.300 genocide of
00:30:41.160 babies and
00:30:42.740 they need to
00:30:43.100 act accordingly
00:30:43.780 and be having
00:30:45.480 discussions with
00:30:46.220 people because
00:30:46.700 people are so
00:30:47.260 scared to talk
00:30:48.040 about it.
00:30:48.780 Even if they
00:30:49.280 think it's
00:30:49.640 wrong, they're
00:30:50.140 like, oh,
00:30:50.460 someone's going
00:30:51.000 to think I'm
00:30:51.580 crazy or mean
00:30:52.780 or something.
00:30:53.480 And it's
00:30:53.680 like, well,
00:30:55.260 okay, babies
00:30:55.720 are having their
00:30:56.340 arms and legs
00:30:57.080 ripped off,
00:30:57.720 but you're
00:30:57.980 scared about
00:30:58.720 your reputation.
00:31:02.220 Priorities.
00:31:02.760 We need to
00:31:03.040 have our
00:31:03.300 priorities in
00:31:04.140 order and
00:31:05.180 then just
00:31:05.640 start doing
00:31:06.960 something.
00:31:09.380 And I
00:31:09.700 think one of
00:31:11.080 the things
00:31:11.460 that possibly
00:31:12.240 people need
00:31:13.400 to get their
00:31:13.840 head around,
00:31:14.780 and I think
00:31:15.280 possibly you've
00:31:15.980 done it, is
00:31:16.840 that we're
00:31:18.080 not the
00:31:18.500 baddies.
00:31:19.440 You're not
00:31:20.020 the baddies.
00:31:20.540 The people
00:31:20.840 who are
00:31:21.140 fighting to
00:31:21.620 try and
00:31:22.020 save people's
00:31:23.120 lives are
00:31:24.000 the good
00:31:24.380 guys.
00:31:24.860 And I
00:31:25.040 think very
00:31:25.480 often people
00:31:26.040 have this
00:31:26.400 sort of
00:31:26.660 complex,
00:31:27.240 as though
00:31:27.860 there's
00:31:28.000 something
00:31:28.200 wrong.
00:31:28.500 I know
00:31:28.640 very often
00:31:29.080 when I
00:31:29.420 talk with
00:31:29.760 people about
00:31:30.220 this
00:31:30.420 conversation,
00:31:30.960 if I
00:31:31.600 don't come
00:31:32.120 at them
00:31:32.480 with an
00:31:32.740 air of
00:31:32.980 superiority
00:31:33.360 and I'm
00:31:33.800 engaging
00:31:34.180 with them
00:31:34.560 and you
00:31:35.060 come from
00:31:35.440 the angle
00:31:35.860 of compassion
00:31:36.620 as though
00:31:37.320 I want to
00:31:39.300 save lives,
00:31:39.840 that's my
00:31:40.200 primary focus
00:31:40.900 people who
00:31:41.640 people who
00:31:41.720 are even
00:31:42.300 very hostile
00:31:43.060 to the
00:31:43.960 concept of
00:31:44.960 putting an
00:31:45.380 end to
00:31:45.600 abortion,
00:31:46.420 are at
00:31:46.740 least willing
00:31:47.100 to engage
00:31:47.740 in that
00:31:48.080 conversation.
00:31:49.420 For those
00:31:50.220 people out
00:31:50.680 there who
00:31:51.000 presently
00:31:51.740 believe that
00:31:53.120 fundamentally
00:31:53.540 abortion is a
00:31:55.460 woman's right
00:31:56.000 and that women
00:31:56.720 should be able
00:31:57.120 to do this,
00:31:58.640 do you have
00:31:58.960 any messages
00:31:59.420 to those
00:32:00.000 individuals?
00:32:01.280 Sure.
00:32:01.760 Go watch
00:32:02.280 an abortion.
00:32:03.340 There's
00:32:03.600 videos online.
00:32:05.020 Go watch
00:32:05.460 one and
00:32:06.260 then we'll
00:32:07.260 chat.
00:32:07.800 Because once
00:32:08.220 you see what
00:32:08.700 it is,
00:32:09.240 you can't
00:32:09.840 support it.
00:32:11.500 Yeah.
00:32:11.960 Well,
00:32:12.320 that's
00:32:12.640 certainly
00:32:13.160 poignant.
00:32:16.300 Well,
00:32:16.980 that's about
00:32:19.420 all it is.
00:32:19.900 There isn't
00:32:20.140 more than
00:32:20.460 that,
00:32:20.740 hey?
00:32:21.260 Yeah.
00:32:21.680 That's
00:32:22.120 poignant.
00:32:24.720 Following up,
00:32:26.220 where can
00:32:26.640 people find
00:32:27.540 you?
00:32:27.780 How can
00:32:28.040 people get
00:32:28.560 involved?
00:32:29.840 Where do
00:32:30.300 people go to
00:32:30.820 sort of keep
00:32:31.260 in touch
00:32:31.980 with you?
00:32:33.040 Right.
00:32:33.480 Our website,
00:32:34.980 choice42.com,
00:32:36.780 which is the
00:32:37.660 number four,
00:32:38.220 the number
00:32:38.500 twos,
00:32:39.080 choice42.com.
00:32:41.060 And we're
00:32:41.420 on all the
00:32:42.460 social media
00:32:43.020 outlets.
00:32:44.220 They can
00:32:44.620 follow
00:32:44.840 choice42,
00:32:45.640 or they can
00:32:46.040 follow Laura
00:32:46.840 Clausen,
00:32:47.660 me,
00:32:48.100 my stuff.
00:32:49.340 And yeah,
00:32:50.080 that's where we
00:32:50.540 connect with
00:32:50.900 people.
00:32:51.940 And I think
00:32:52.440 I didn't plan
00:32:52.880 this,
00:32:53.120 but I think
00:32:53.740 it is important
00:32:54.820 because this
00:32:55.200 will probably
00:32:55.560 reach quite a
00:32:56.100 few people.
00:32:57.120 If you have
00:32:57.700 any messages
00:32:58.120 for mothers
00:32:58.820 out there,
00:33:00.220 pregnant women
00:33:00.640 who are
00:33:01.120 considering
00:33:01.800 abortion,
00:33:03.320 if you have
00:33:03.680 any messages
00:33:04.060 directly for
00:33:04.640 those individuals.
00:33:05.260 Yeah,
00:33:07.100 I'd say
00:33:07.800 don't murder
00:33:09.200 your baby
00:33:09.780 first off.
00:33:10.800 Like that
00:33:11.040 shouldn't be
00:33:11.580 an option.
00:33:12.760 Whatever you're
00:33:13.400 going through,
00:33:14.540 it's a crisis
00:33:16.260 maybe,
00:33:16.780 but it's a
00:33:17.220 temporary crisis
00:33:18.080 and your child
00:33:19.320 is alive and
00:33:20.040 growing right now
00:33:20.780 inside of you
00:33:21.420 and deserves
00:33:22.180 to live.
00:33:23.120 So if you need
00:33:23.680 help,
00:33:24.160 reach out to
00:33:24.980 us and we
00:33:25.580 will help
00:33:26.020 you.
00:33:27.120 Awesome.
00:33:27.920 Well,
00:33:28.240 thank you so
00:33:28.900 very much for
00:33:29.620 joining me today.
00:33:30.360 Thank you for
00:33:30.780 the important
00:33:31.360 work that you're
00:33:32.560 doing out there.
00:33:33.280 and hopefully
00:33:34.240 we can touch
00:33:34.660 base again
00:33:35.060 sometime in the
00:33:35.580 future.
00:33:36.460 Thank you so
00:33:37.040 much.
00:33:37.480 Thanks,
00:33:37.960 really appreciate
00:33:38.420 it.
00:33:45.940 It's great to
00:33:46.660 have Laura
00:33:47.160 join us today.
00:33:48.340 You know,
00:33:48.480 the really
00:33:48.760 interesting thing
00:33:49.320 about Laura
00:33:49.840 is she's very
00:33:50.880 multifaceted.
00:33:51.840 There's two
00:33:52.220 distinct dimensions
00:33:53.100 to the work
00:33:53.600 and we talked
00:33:54.060 about it during
00:33:54.600 the interview.
00:33:55.580 But on one
00:33:56.360 hand,
00:33:56.580 she's providing
00:33:57.240 this compassionate
00:33:58.160 and unquestioning
00:33:59.280 care for mothers
00:34:00.020 in difficult
00:34:00.640 circumstances.
00:34:02.040 She's helping
00:34:02.480 bake for rent,
00:34:03.300 filling out
00:34:03.700 these baby
00:34:04.180 registries,
00:34:04.720 letting women
00:34:05.280 know they're
00:34:06.140 not alone.
00:34:06.640 And that is
00:34:07.020 so vital.
00:34:08.060 Many people
00:34:08.460 criticize the
00:34:09.120 pro-life movement
00:34:09.780 as being just
00:34:10.440 pro-birth.
00:34:11.240 Well,
00:34:11.400 she's addressing
00:34:12.040 that concern
00:34:12.780 right off the
00:34:13.860 bat.
00:34:14.620 But on the
00:34:14.980 other hand,
00:34:15.260 she's generating
00:34:16.020 conversations.
00:34:17.000 She said that
00:34:18.040 many of the
00:34:18.500 women who get
00:34:19.020 help through
00:34:19.700 her organization
00:34:20.480 Choice for Two
00:34:21.240 first contact
00:34:22.420 her through the
00:34:23.100 viral videos
00:34:23.720 that she puts
00:34:24.220 out.
00:34:24.860 And these viral
00:34:25.340 videos can be
00:34:26.060 challenging.
00:34:26.780 They talk about
00:34:27.560 abortion in a
00:34:28.580 very direct and
00:34:29.380 unabashed way,
00:34:30.320 which is a
00:34:31.160 fresh change
00:34:32.340 compared to
00:34:32.980 the lack of
00:34:34.080 conversation
00:34:34.520 that's been
00:34:34.980 occurring around
00:34:35.800 this issue
00:34:36.420 within society.
00:34:38.000 So I think
00:34:38.420 we're seeing
00:34:38.920 conversation about
00:34:40.240 abortion in
00:34:41.460 society,
00:34:42.120 thanks to
00:34:42.540 Laura's work,
00:34:43.060 on a level
00:34:43.400 that hasn't
00:34:43.920 maybe taken
00:34:44.440 place in a
00:34:45.440 number of
00:34:45.820 years.
00:34:46.400 So I want to
00:34:46.980 thank her for
00:34:47.500 taking a little
00:34:48.040 break from her
00:34:48.580 important work to
00:34:49.700 come and share
00:34:50.240 her story with
00:34:50.920 us.
00:34:51.500 I also want to
00:34:52.140 thank Sheila
00:34:52.620 Gunn-Reed for
00:34:53.260 allowing me to
00:34:53.920 be the guest
00:34:54.420 host this week.
00:34:55.680 She's very busy
00:34:56.420 covering an
00:34:56.840 important case.
00:34:57.820 I hope you guys
00:34:58.660 enjoyed it.
00:34:59.700 This has been
00:35:00.180 The Gunn Show.
00:35:00.700 Thanks for
00:35:01.420 watching.
00:35:01.980 We'll see you
00:35:02.440 out there.