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Will weight-loss drugs lead to a spike in abortions? · The Daily Article

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  [SPEAKER_00]: Good morning and welcome to the daily article podcast from Denison Forum.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's Tuesday, August 4th, 2026.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This is an automated reading of today's daily article authored by Dr. Jim Denison.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Today's article is titled Will Weight Lost Drugs lead to a spike in abortions.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: While today's news is dominated by wildfires in Washington State and the latest in the war with Iran, here's a story that may seem less urgent than it is.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: GLP-1 weight loss drugs might weaken the effectiveness of oral contraceptives.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: According to Cambridge Scientists' Giles' Yo, women using the birth control drugs are going to get a lot of unexpected babies.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's dramatically better than the alternative, however.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But if women are taking contraceptive pills, they presumably do not want to become pregnant.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If they then become pregnant, are they more likely to abort their baby?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In other words, will GLP-1 drugs cost even more babies their lives?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I need to respond to this question today, but not in the way you might think.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Scripture consistently states that God is the author of life beginning at conception.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You knitted me together in my mother's womb.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Lord said to Jeremiah, before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And before you were born, I consecrated you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I appointed you a prophet to the nations.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Those who ripped open pregnant women in Gilgall would especially face the wrath and judgment of God.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: For much more, see my website article.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What does the Bible say about abortion?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What then, are we to do with clergy who advocate for abortion?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Reverend Rebecca Todd Peters is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church, USA, and a professor of religious studies at Elon University.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Washington Post approvingly covered her recent sermon to a congregation in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where she stated that at 55, she is married, has two children, and has undergone two abortions.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She told the congregation,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I felt God's presence with me as I made the decision to end two pregnancies, and I felt no guilt, no shame, no sin.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: A forced pregnancy or birth is not holy.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: According to the post, Dr. Peters advocates for reproductive justice, one of the more recent euphemisms for abortion.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: An abortion clinic in Cresceptown, Maryland, drew a group of what the nation calls, religious leaders, and people of faith.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: According to the article, they were there to give a blessing for the providers and staff and the communities they serve to acknowledge the clinics' work as sacred.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Reverend Katie Z, an ordained Baptist Minister, heads the religious community for reproductive choice, which the New York Times describes as a multi-faith organization that seeks to end religious stigma around abortion by providing training for religious leaders who want to counsel people through reproductive decisions.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Their group has blessed numerous abortion clinics over the years as well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: My purpose in today's article is not to debate the subject of abortion in a thousand words or less.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: For an extensive look at the arguments made by abortion advocates and my biblical responses, please see the website article I referenced earlier and other resources on our website.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Rather, I am writing today to encourage you with this fact.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: God's word and common sense are on the side of life.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Not only is scripture clear, but it is clear that an unborn baby is in fact a baby.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: At the moment of conception, the so-called fetus possesses a complete set of 46 human chromosomes arranged in 23 pairs.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: No woman in human history has ever given birth to anything but another human.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Don't let pro-abortion clergy dissuade you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There was a time when white supremacist ministers argued that chattel slavery in America was
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Eugenics, the attempt to enhance the genetic makeup of society, was once widely accepted in America.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In fact, Margaret Sanger founded what became planned parenthood to promote Eugenic birth control throughout the U.S. to the continuing devastation of racial minorities.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As we noted yesterday, common sense can prevail across time, even in a post-truth culture.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In the meantime, on abortion and any other moral subject, believers are ultimately at war with Satan himself, who was a murderer from the beginning and a liar and the father of lies.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: One of his favorite tools is discouragement, in large part because so few people know that it is his.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: To this end, let us not grow weary of doing good.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: For in due season we will reap if we do not give up.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Let us stand boldly for biblical truth, using our gifts, abilities, resources, and influence to serve Christ in our kingdom assignment.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And let us pray for the day when abortion is as a warrant as slavery and eugenics.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And our nation treats its most vulnerable and innocent members with the protection and respect they deserve.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: President Ronald Reagan said, I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Such common sense reasoning for biblical truth is vital in saving the lives of millions of pre-born Americans.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And in leading our broken culture to the one who alone can forgive our sin, transform our hearts, and change our culture.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Pastor and author Dave Harvey is right.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Everything in Scripture is either preparation for the gospel, presentation of the gospel, or participation in the gospel.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Let's join in all three today to the glory of God.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for listening to the Daily Article Podcast.
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