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Abortion in America 2024 - 198 · Marriage Life and More and Bible Study

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  Daniel Moore: There is a question for is there justice for all?
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  Daniel Moore: There is another element in the abortion debate that has attended this issue across the centuries.
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  Daniel Moore: It is the question of meaning regarding the right to life.
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  Daniel Moore: If this is a transcendent right given to humans by the Creator, is that right solely singular?
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  Daniel Moore: In practice, for example, an expectant mother certainly has the right to life, but does the developing child within her have any rights to protection at all?
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  Daniel Moore: For thousands of years, human societies have recognized the need to provide legal protection to an unborn child in the womb.
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  Daniel Moore: American law today protects an unborn child from intentional abuse and penalizes the taking of such a life by murder, vehicular homicide and other circumstances.
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  Daniel Moore: This raises the question does an unborn child in the womb have rights some of the time, but not all of the time?
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  Daniel Moore: Do these rights expand during the stages of fetal development the time?
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  Daniel Moore: Do these rights expand during the stages of fetal development?
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  Daniel Moore: Does a fully viable child in the womb have any portion of the right to life?
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  Daniel Moore: This week, on Connecting the Gap, we're going to have an extensive, in-depth discussion on abortion, singularly abortion in America.
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  Daniel Moore: We'll be back with that episode right after this.
• 1:58
  Daniel Moore: Welcome to Connecting the Gap.
• 1:59
  Daniel Moore: I'm Daniel Moore, your host.
• 2:00
  Daniel Moore: Thank you, guys, for joining me this week.
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  Daniel Moore: We'd eternally be grateful to you for doing that and we thank you once again for listening to Connecting the Gap and supporting us here at our ministry.
• 2:45
  Daniel Moore: Well, this week I'm going to continue a little bit on the discussion that was started last week.
• 2:52
  Daniel Moore: I do want to thank Brittany Poppy for sitting in with me last week on my episode and we were talking about abortion.
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  Daniel Moore: If you have not had a chance to listen to that one, I would highly recommend you go check that out.
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  Daniel Moore: She had an abortion when she was 15 years old and she lived through a lot of grief, a lot of pain and anguish from that choice that she made, and she had that question in her mind can God forgive me for this?
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  Daniel Moore: She felt like everything that happened to her that was bad was a retaliation from God for what she did, and it's an excellent interview.
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  Daniel Moore: So you guys need to go check that out and listen to that episode.
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  Daniel Moore: If you've not listened to that yet, or if you know someone that would benefit from that episode Maybe they're going through the same situation Please share that to them and let them know that, yes, there is forgiveness for abortion.
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  Daniel Moore: God can help anyone through that situation.
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  Daniel Moore: It's an excellent episode, so go check that out.
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  Daniel Moore: Well, this week we're going to take a little bit of a different angle, as we were talking about last week and as most of you know, that's listening.
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  Daniel Moore: If you're here in the United States, we have elections coming up and here on November 5th, we have a lot of things on the ballot that we're going to be voting on, and one of the things that's out there to be voting on and one of the things that's out there again this time around is abortion, and I live in Missouri, one of the most pro-life states out of the 50 states and we have some very strong pro-life laws in our state.
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  Daniel Moore: Well, this year we have a group and kind of ramrodded by a lady in St Louis that's just trying to come in and demolish all of these pro-life laws that we have and she's trying to completely destroy any of that sanctity of life that Missouri has always stood for, as the innocent babies in the womb are getting killed constantly and this lady and her group is all for that and we're going to talk about that today.
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  Daniel Moore: I have an extensive study that's been done by the American Policy Roundtable Abortion in America in 2024.
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  Daniel Moore: We're going to go through that study a little bit.
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  Daniel Moore: I'm going to be throwing a lot of numbers at you today, a lot of statistics, a lot of things that they came up with as they went through this study, and I just hope that maybe someone listening today.
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  Daniel Moore: Maybe you're on the dividing line there.
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  Daniel Moore: You're trying to decide which way you're going to go in your particular state where abortion may be on the ballot.
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  Daniel Moore: Maybe this will help you discern the direction that you need to go.
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  Daniel Moore: Of course we're pro-life here at Connecting the Gap and we have reasons for that.
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  Daniel Moore: We'll get into that later on at the end of this episode and why we believe we should be pro-life.
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  Daniel Moore: But in the meantime we're going to be talking about a lot of numbers and statistics and just throwing a lot of stuff out there of the state of where abortion is at today here in 2024.
• 5:40
  Daniel Moore: I hope you stick around, got a great episode for you and we're going to be getting into that here shortly.
• 5:46
  Daniel Moore: On Connecting the Gap.
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  Daniel Moore: According to the Washington Stand, with all eyes on this November's elections for president and Congress, voters risk losing sight of the pivotal battlegrounds where the issues of protecting or sacrificing innocent life is on the ballot.
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  Daniel Moore: Voters in 10 states will vote on 11 ballot initiatives, nearly all of which would open the door to expanding the taking of innocent life.
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  Daniel Moore: As late as the third trimester, voters this November will decide on abortion-related ballot initiatives in Arizona, colorado, florida, maryland, missouri, montana, nebraska, nevada, new York and South Dakota.
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  Daniel Moore: According to Josh Hawley, he was at the 2024 PrayVoteStand Summit in Washington DC a few weeks ago.
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  Daniel Moore: He says Americans will be going to the polls to vote on the issue of life.
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  Daniel Moore: They'll be voting on whether or not to protect life in their state constitutions and in their state laws.
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  Daniel Moore: He said we're so thankful that they finally had the chance to do so, that the Supreme Court has finally recognized that Roe was wrongly decided, that Roe was an abomination in the Constitution, that now the issue of life again belongs to the people and their elected representatives.
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  Daniel Moore: Experts at Family Research Center have compiled the facts about these post-Dobbs state abortion initiatives into a new document titled Life on the Ballot.
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  Daniel Moore: The resource briefly records the language that will appear on the ballot, as well as how each measure would impact state laws, mothers and unborn babies if they take effect.
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  Daniel Moore: One initiative would lay down a state marker against late-term abortions.
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  Daniel Moore: If adopted, nebraska Initiative 434 would protect children from abortion in the second or third trimesters, except those conceived in rape or incest or when required by quote-unquote medical emergency.
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  Daniel Moore: Nine of the ten remaining pro-abortion initiatives would extend abortion until birth in their state constitutions, often with deceptive sounding language.
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  Daniel Moore: Confusingly, nebraska voters will also decide on Initiative 439, which would establish a fundamental right to abortion until viability, but an abortionist could carry out an abortion after that point, which is generally considered 22 weeks, to protect the quote-unquote health of the mother.
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  Daniel Moore: Nevada Question 6 also creates the right to an abortion carried out by a health care professional until fetal viability or when necessary to protect the health of the mother, as during the days when Roe v Wade and its companion case Doe v Bol and its companion case Doe v Bolton were in effect.
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  Daniel Moore: The term health can be interpreted broadly to include everything from imminent death to financial harms.
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  Daniel Moore: Nevada's language could also allow non-doctors to carry out abortions, reducing the abortion industry's cost and lowering the quality of care received by the mothers.
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  Daniel Moore: Many other initiatives strip out existing protections for mothers and their children.
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  Daniel Moore: Arizona's Proposition 139 would create a fundamental right to abortion under the state constitution.
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  Daniel Moore: Under its terms, all current laws protecting unborn children in Arizona would be removed, including the law protecting unborn children from abortion after 15 weeks.
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  Daniel Moore: This means dismemberment.
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  Daniel Moore: Abortions during the ninth month of pregnancy would be legal, explains the FRC document.
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  Daniel Moore: It could force taxpayers to fund abortion, it authorizes non-doctors to carry out abortions and it could increase abortion trafficking, which then allows abusers to take their victims to the abortionist to dispose of the evidence of rape, incest or sexual exploitation.
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  Daniel Moore: The proliferation of the abortion pill Mifepristone has already allowed men to force women into unwanted abortions for at least 24 years.
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  Daniel Moore: One of these victims shared her story with a PVSS panel on the right to life, moderated by Mary Zuck, director of the Center for Human Dignity at FRC, catherine Herring's husband, mason, repeatedly deceived her into ingesting abortion pills to abort their child in April 2022.
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  Daniel Moore: She says I continued getting sick the rest of the day, ended up in the emergency room and was bleeding heavily.
• 10:28
  Daniel Moore: She remembered, thankfully she heard of the abortion pill reversal protocol and was told to take progesterone.
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  Daniel Moore: I think it truly saved my daughter's life.
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  Daniel Moore: Herring said Josephine is two years old now and the cutest thing that you've ever seen.
• 10:43
  Daniel Moore: Josephine is two years old now and the cutest thing that you've ever seen.
• 10:45
  Daniel Moore: But after fighting for her daughter's life, she had to fight for justice.
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  Daniel Moore: One of the most shocking things about her story is even being from the state of Texas.
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  Daniel Moore: You might be interested to know the charges for her husband.
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  Daniel Moore: He was sentenced to 180 days in jail.
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  Daniel Moore: That's it for seven attempts to end their daughter's life.
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  Daniel Moore: Thanks to the state's outdated laws.
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  Daniel Moore: She had to lead a fight to criminalize poisoning people.
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  Daniel Moore: Can you imagine that they were even having to say that?
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  Daniel Moore: Well, some of the ballot initiatives could remove protections for women in similar positions, experts say, and they could compromise other individuals' rights as well.
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  Daniel Moore: Colorado's Amendment 79 allows abortion on demand until birth opens the door to taxpayer funding of abortions and threatens the conscious right of Christians and other pro-life religious believers.
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  Daniel Moore: It needs 55% support to pass this November.
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  Daniel Moore: Montana's CI-128 would allow abortion until viability, with exception for the health of the mother.
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  Daniel Moore: It would also hold that the state cannot punish patients, health care providers or anyone who assists someone in exercising their right to make and carry out voluntary decisions about their pregnancy.
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  Daniel Moore: Florida's controversial Amendment 4 would allow abortion until viability, with broad exceptions afterwards in the process, striking down the state's heartbeat law and a law protecting children from abortion to prevent fetal pain beginning at 15 weeks.
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  Daniel Moore: It would also erase parental consent or notification laws.
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  Daniel Moore: Some initiatives have vague and indistinct language that could legalize reproductive measures far exceeding abortion.
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  Daniel Moore: Maryland's Question 1 would authorize a constitutional amendment codifying the right to reproductive freedom, including, but not limited to, pregnancy-related decisions.
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  Daniel Moore: Similarly, missouri's Amendment 3 would establish a right to make decisions about reproductive health care, including abortion and contraceptives.
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  Daniel Moore: Missouri's amendment also says it allows regulation after viability, with a broad exception for the alleged health of the mother.
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  Daniel Moore: The inexact reproductive freedom language of these two amendments sounds similar to Ohio's Issue 1, which passed last November.
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  Daniel Moore: It stated every individual has a right to make and carry out one's own reproductive decisions, including, but not limited to, abortion.
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  Daniel Moore: Just weeks after the election, ohio Democrats introduced the so-called Reproductive Care Act, that's HB 343, which stated that reproductive health care means gender-affirming care.
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  Daniel Moore: Experts say the ballot initiatives could compromise women's safety in another way.
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  Daniel Moore: The Missouri's amendment forces pregnancy resource centers to refer mothers to abortion facilities and eliminates ultrasound requirements.
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  Daniel Moore: According to the new FRC resource, pro-life women's centers already find themselves in the crosshairs, as vandals spray-painted or fire-bombed numerous such facilities after the unprecedented leak of the Dobbs decision in May 2022.
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  Daniel Moore: If the right person doesn't get into office, this is going to escalate, not just for us, but the thousands of Christian faith-based pregnancy centers across this country who do nothing more than help a woman, whether she's rich or poor, who is wondering about what she's going to do, noted Janet Durig, the executive director of the Capitol Hill Pregnancy Center, which was vandalized after the leak of the decision.
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  Daniel Moore: You know, imagine a woman whose boyfriend left her when he found out she thought she was pregnant.
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  Daniel Moore: Who's going to help her?
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  Daniel Moore: How is she going to be, she asked, in light of the potential worsening of pro-life centers lot under measures such as this.
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  Daniel Moore: Durig encouraged pro-life advocates to support pregnancy centers in your community and stand behind them, because the battle would be great.
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  Daniel Moore: Pro-life centers have come under fire in New York, where Proposal 1 would further ban unequal treatment based on ethnicity, national origin, age, disability and sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity and pregnancy.
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  Daniel Moore: It also protects against quote-unquote unequal treatment based on reproductive health care and autonomy.
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  Daniel Moore: South Dakota's Amendment G would reinstate something akin to the Roe v Wade arrangement, which claimed tens of millions of babies since 1973.
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  Daniel Moore: More important than the right to life, said the post-Dobbs environment, means Americans face opportunities to protect or destroy life.
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  Daniel Moore: In all 50 states, this decade will be remembered as a time when our most foundational beliefs the right to life and liberty, the pursuit of happiness, the right to conscience, the right to worship the Lord, as he calls us were at stake, hawley contended.
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  Daniel Moore: Well, as we get started this week and to this study, there is a question of whether this study is biased on the issue of abortion.
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  Daniel Moore: Well, as an organization, the American Policy Roundtable is committed to the first principle that all human life is a sacred gift and should be protected in the construct of the rule of law.
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  Daniel Moore: They recognize that there are circumstances where the procedure of abortion is legally used to save the life and physical health of an expectant mother.
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  Daniel Moore: They also realize there are rare fetal anomalies that result in fatal consequences of a pregnancy, and they also respect the right of every person to protect their conscience, as well as their freedom of religion and speech on these challenging questions.
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  Daniel Moore: Most Americans have not been required to think seriously about abortion in the public policy since 1973.
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  Daniel Moore: Thinking about those questions every day is a part of the mission of the Roundtable.
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  Daniel Moore: This work is a brief look into some of the research that is currently on their table for discussion.
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  Daniel Moore: They invite all Americans, regardless of where they currently stand on this issue, to review this data submitted for consideration, and you can also visit lifeaproundtableorg for an extended version of this research and the conversation.
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  Daniel Moore: So, as we start this week with this episode on abortion, who is choosing abortion in America?
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  Daniel Moore: Well, after 50 years of Roe, the practices of gathering accurate statistics on abortion is still neither uniform nor comprehensive.
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  Daniel Moore: The report we're using it uses the best statistical reporting available, relying upon research from the US Center for Disease Control or the CDC, the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Guttmacher Institute, which is aligned with Planned Parenthood, pew Research and reporting agencies from individual state governments.
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  Daniel Moore: At this time, not all state governments report abortion statistics in a uniform fashion.
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  Daniel Moore: So who is choosing abortion in America?
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  Daniel Moore: We're going to look here first by age.
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  Daniel Moore: Well, the CDC statistics show that reported abortions were performed in 2021 according to the following age distributions 0.2% were under the age of 15.
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  Daniel Moore: 8.2% were in the age range of 15 to 19.
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  Daniel Moore: And last week we talked to Brittany a little bit about that age group, where she fell when she had her abortion.
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  Daniel Moore: There are many states that now allow judicial interference into an abortion for kids that are that young.
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  Daniel Moore: If the parents don't allow them to have the abortion, they can go to the court and they can convince the judge to sign off on it.
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  Daniel Moore: So that's what you're looking at with this 8.2%.
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  Daniel Moore: There's a percentage of those in there that probably fall underneath that category.
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  Daniel Moore: 57% of abortions happen between the age of 20 to 29.
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  Daniel Moore: 30% happen between 30 and 39, and then it drops drastically between 40 to 49 to 3.5%.
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  Daniel Moore: As far as marital status, unmarried women got 87% of all known abortions in 2021, while 13% were married women.
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  Daniel Moore: When you look at race accumulated data by the CDC from 31 states that reported racial and ethnic data, new York City and the District of Columbia they show this distribution, new York City and the District of Columbia.
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  Daniel Moore: They showed this distribution 42% of the women were Black, 30.2% were White, 22% were Hispanic and 6% was other races.
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  Daniel Moore: According to the parents that have current children, what percentage or demographics of those have had abortions?
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  Daniel Moore: Well, according to the CDC, 60% of women who have had an abortion have one or more children.
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  Daniel Moore: 40% of the women who have had an abortion don't have any children.
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  Daniel Moore: For more than half of the women getting abortions in 2021, just under 40% had no previous live births.
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  Daniel Moore: Nearly half had one or two previous live births, while about 17% had three or more previous live births.
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  Daniel Moore: So let's break this down here just a little bit more.
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  Daniel Moore: So the previous live births among women having abortions in 2021, one birth there was 24.3%.
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  Daniel Moore: If they had two births and had an abortion, there was 20%, and then 9.8% of the abortions with three births at least was 9.8%, and if they had four or greater births, then the abortion rate in that group was 6.6%.
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  Daniel Moore: Then the abortion rate in that group was 6.6%, and then back to the no previous births it was 39.3%, which is sitting right at about 40%.
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  Daniel Moore: So when are the abortions performed?
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  Daniel Moore: More than 80% of abortions take place before the 10th week of pregnancy.
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  Daniel Moore: Nearly half occur on or before the 6th week of pregnancy.
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  Daniel Moore: Nearly half occur on or before the 6th week of pregnancy.
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  Daniel Moore: 40% of the abortions happen in the first 6 weeks of pregnancy.
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  Daniel Moore: 39% happens between 7 and 9 weeks of pregnancy and then by the end of 13 weeks you have around 14% that have taken place.
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  Daniel Moore: Approximately 7% of abortions occur after the first trimester of pregnancy.
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  Daniel Moore: So as we break this down, abortions by known weeks of gestation, if it's less than six weeks, it's 44.8%.
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  Daniel Moore: If you're looking at the seven to nine week range, 36% of abortions happen there.
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  Daniel Moore: 12.7% happen between 10 and 13 weeks.
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  Daniel Moore: 2.7% happen in the 14-15 week range.
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  Daniel Moore: 1.5% of abortions happen between 16 and 17 weeks.
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  Daniel Moore: 1.5% happen between 18 to 20 weeks and then 21 weeks or more 0.9% of all abortions happening during that time range.
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  Daniel Moore: What is the definition of abortion in America today?
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  Daniel Moore: Well, for the purposes of the law, abortion is a medical procedure designed to terminate a living pregnancy.
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  Daniel Moore: This procedure is different than medical treatment for a miscarriage, where the pregnancy has already been lost.
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  Daniel Moore: Today, abortion is divided between two types of procedures chemical and surgical.
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  Daniel Moore: More than half, or around 56 percent, of abortions are now induced through taking two different prescription drugs over a period of several days.
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  Daniel Moore: About 40% of abortions are done through a variety of surgical procedures.
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  Daniel Moore: What is it cost to do an abortion?
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  Daniel Moore: Today, planned Parenthood is the biggest provider of abortion in America.
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  Daniel Moore: The following is the information they provide the public online regarding abortion costs in their facilities Abortion pills or aka medication.
• 23:39
  Daniel Moore: Abortion can cost up to around $800, but it's often less.
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  Daniel Moore: The average cost at Planned Parenthood is around $580.
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  Daniel Moore: An in-clinic abortion can cost up to around $800 in the first trimester, but it's often less.
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  Daniel Moore: The average cost of a first trimester in-clinic abortion at Planned Parenthood is about $600.
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  Daniel Moore: The cost of a second trimester abortion at Planned Parenthood varies depending on how many weeks pregnant you are.
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  Daniel Moore: The average ranges from about $715 earlier in the second trimester to $1,500 to $2,000 later in the second trimester.
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  Daniel Moore: The number of late-term abortions those occurring in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy or after 21 weeks are rare, and they require different procedures and present substantive medical risks to the mother.
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  Daniel Moore: There are only a handful of facilities in the United States willing to perform such procedures, especially when the life or continuing health of the mother is not at risk if the pregnancy is carried to term.
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  Daniel Moore: This is different from an emergency care situation where a pregnancy is lost by miscarriage or other fetal anomalies in the final trimester.
• 24:57
  Daniel Moore: No state in the union prohibits abortion at any stage of the pregnancy if the life of the mother is at risk.
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  Daniel Moore: That's one of the arguments that you hear now with these new amendments that are being put into place to be voted on.
• 25:11
  Daniel Moore: They try to say that there's no allowance for the health of the mother but in all reality, the truth of that to fact check that there's no state in the union that prohibits abortion at any stage of pregnancy if the life of the mother is at stake.
• 25:27
  Daniel Moore: Furthermore, it is important to note that federal law requires any hospital that accepts federal Medicare funding to provide emergency medical treatment to any patient that enters that facility.
• 25:40
  Daniel Moore: This law is called EMTALA, that's E-M-T-A-L-A, that's the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.
• 25:49
  Daniel Moore: This law applies to the mandatory provision of care regarding emergency abortions.
• 25:55
  Daniel Moore: The US Supreme Court has upheld this law as recently as 2024.
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  Daniel Moore: So some of these lies that are being given out to you on these commercials on TV that states that there's hospitals that you cannot get care when there's an emergency situation or that you're not allowed to, those are absolute lies and they hope that people will not research that and find out that they are not telling them the truth.
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  Daniel Moore: So how many abortions do women have?
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  Daniel Moore: Well, for more than half of the women getting abortions in 2021, that abortion was their first.
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  Daniel Moore: About one quarter of the women had one previous abortion, while about 18% had two or more previous abortions.
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  Daniel Moore: So let's break this down just a little bit.
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  Daniel Moore: According to the CDC, number of previous abortions among women having abortions in 2021.
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  Daniel Moore: 57.3% had not had a previous abortion, 24.5% had had at least one abortion previous 10.5% had had two, and for three or more, 7.7% of the women had had abortions.
• 27:08
  Daniel Moore: Now, why do women have abortions?
• 27:10
  Daniel Moore: Well, several studies have been conducted throughout the decades asking the question why do women have abortions?
• 27:18
  Daniel Moore: Well, these studies have asked sample groups of women throughout the US who have had an abortion.
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  Daniel Moore: Among the reasons, here are some of the most common explanations in studies that were conducted in 1987, 2005, and 2013.
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  Daniel Moore: The two top responses were financial reasons and the timing of the pregnancy.
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  Daniel Moore: The following responses were taken directly from the studies conducted from 2013 and 2005.
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  Daniel Moore: The number one reason was financial reasons.
• 27:49
  Daniel Moore: In a study from 2013, a financial reason, which was 40 percent that was asked was the most frequently mentioned theme.
• 27:57
  Daniel Moore: Around 38 percent of the women cited general financial concerns, which included responses such as financial problems or don't have the means, or it all boils down to money and another statement can't afford to support a child, as one unemployed 42-year-old woman with a monthly household income of a little over $1,000 describes.
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  Daniel Moore: It was all financial Me not having a job, living off death benefits, dealing with my 14-year-old son.
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  Daniel Moore: I didn't have the money to buy a baby spoon.
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  Daniel Moore: Dealing with my 14-year-old son.
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  Daniel Moore: I didn't have the money to buy a baby spoon.
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  Daniel Moore: The second most popular reason was timing or not the right time for a baby.
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  Daniel Moore: In the same study of 2013, over one-third, or 36%, of the respondents stated reasons related to timing.
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  Daniel Moore: Many women around 34% used phrasing such as I wasn't ready or it wasn't the right time.
• 28:53
  Daniel Moore: You will see the same two reasons found in the study done in 2005.
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  Daniel Moore: Among the structured survey respondents, the two most common reasons were having a baby would dramatically change my life and I can't afford a baby right now.
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  Daniel Moore: The third reason was partner-related issues or single motherhood.
• 29:17
  Daniel Moore: Nearly one-third, or 31%, of respondents gave partner-related reasons for seeking an abortion.
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  Daniel Moore: Six percent mentioned partners as their only reason for seeking the abortion Partner-related reasons, including not having a good or stable relationship with the father of the baby.
• 29:34
  Daniel Moore: That was 9% that were queried.
• 29:36
  Daniel Moore: 8% wanted to be married first, 8% was not having a supportive partner, 6% was because they were with the wrong guy.
• 29:45
  Daniel Moore: Having a partner who does not want the baby was 3%, and another 3% said it was because of having an abusive partner.
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  Daniel Moore: The fourth reason was the need to focus on other children.
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  Daniel Moore: The need to focus on other children was a common theme mentioned by 29% of the women.
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  Daniel Moore: 6% of women mentioned only this theme.
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  Daniel Moore: The majority of these reasons, or 67%, were related to feeling overextended with current children.
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  Daniel Moore: Here are some of the sample examples of responses that were given during this study.
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  Daniel Moore: I already had two kids and it would be really overwhelming.
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  Daniel Moore: It's kind of hard to raise two kids by yourself.
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  Daniel Moore: Or the pregnancy was too soon after a previous child, I have a three-month-old already.
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  Daniel Moore: If I had had that baby, he wouldn't even be one year old by the time the baby came.
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  Daniel Moore: Or responses were simply not wanting any more children.
• 30:44
  Daniel Moore: They were making comments like I just felt inadequate.
• 30:47
  Daniel Moore: I have a teenager and two preteens and I couldn't see starting over again.
• 30:52
  Daniel Moore: Well, the fifth reason that they have abortions in these studies was a new baby would interfere with future opportunities.
• 31:01
  Daniel Moore: One in five women, or 20%, reported that they chose abortion because they felt a baby at this time would interfere with their future goals and opportunities.
• 31:09
  Daniel Moore: In general, 5% said that, or more specifically, with school.
• 31:15
  Daniel Moore: That was 14%.
• 31:17
  Daniel Moore: That was their excuse.
• 31:18
  Daniel Moore: Another 7% said it was because of their career plans.
• 31:23
  Daniel Moore: Usually the reasons were related to the perceived difficulty of continuing to advance educational or career goals while raising a baby.
• 31:30
  Daniel Moore: The comments were I didn't think I'd be able to support a baby and go to college and have a job.
• 31:36
  Daniel Moore: That was from an 18-year-old respondent in high school.
• 31:39
  Daniel Moore: A 21-year-old woman in college with no children explained that she still wants to be able to do things like have a good job, finish school and be stable, another woman explained.
• 31:56
  Daniel Moore: Others spoke to the inability to take time off work to raise the child.
• 31:59
  Daniel Moore: A 21-year-old holding two part-time jobs and raising two children stated able to take the time off work.
• 32:11
  Daniel Moore: My work doesn't offer maternity leave and I have to work to afford to live here.
• 32:13
  Daniel Moore: If I took time off, I would lose my job, so there's just no way that I could do that Well.
• 32:19
  Daniel Moore: The sixth reason is that they say they were not emotionally or mentally prepared.
• 32:24
  Daniel Moore: 19% of the respondents described feeling that way and that they were unprepared to raise a child at this time.
• 32:32
  Daniel Moore: The seventh reason was health-related reasons.
• 32:36
  Daniel Moore: 12% of the respondents mentioned health-related reasons, ranging from concern for their own health at 6%, the health of the fetus at 5%, or drug, tobacco or alcohol use at 5%, or non-illicit prescription drug or birth control use at 1%.
• 32:55
  Daniel Moore: The eighth reason they want a better life for the baby than the mom could provide.
• 33:02
  Daniel Moore: 12% of women gave reasons for choosing abortion related to their desire to give the child a better life than she could provide.
• 33:08
  Daniel Moore: Responses related to generally wanting to give the child a better life than she could provide.
• 33:11
  Daniel Moore: Responses related to generally wanting to give the child a better life that was 7% were characterized by a concern for the child.
• 33:18
  Daniel Moore: They're saying I'm afraid my kid will be suffering in this world and they wouldn't have been good for me or the child.
• 33:24
  Daniel Moore: There was also a feeling of inadequacy to parent the child.
• 33:28
  Daniel Moore: They'd make statements like I can't take care of a kid because I can barely take care of myself and I don't want to bring a child into the world when I'm unmarried and I'm really just not ready.
• 33:40
  Daniel Moore: The ninth reason was a lack of maturity or independence.
• 33:43
  Daniel Moore: Less than 7% of women explained that their reliance on others or lack of maturity was a reason for choosing abortion.
• 33:51
  Daniel Moore: And the tenth and final reason for choosing abortion they completed childbearing and responsibility to dependents.
• 33:59
  Daniel Moore: In the 2005 study, one woman stated there's just no way I could be the wonderful parent to all three of them and still have enough left over to keep the house clean and make sure the bills are paid and I'm in bed on time so I can be at work on time the next morning.
• 34:15
  Daniel Moore: It's impossible.
• 34:16
  Daniel Moore: A 30-year-old with two children below the poverty line.
• 34:20
  Daniel Moore: In the 2013 study, even smaller percentages mentioned as the reason to abort as influences from family and friends.
• 34:29
  Daniel Moore: The woman does not want a baby or to place the baby up for adoption.
• 34:34
  Daniel Moore: So that brings us to a burning question Is banning abortion an accurate question?
• 34:42
  Daniel Moore: No state in the United States has, quote-unquote, banned all abortions.
• 34:47
  Daniel Moore: Every state has laws permitting legal abortions to save the physical life of the mother.
• 34:52
  Daniel Moore: The notion of a total ban on abortion in any and every case is a political talking point, but it fails to describe accurately the reality of the policy debate going on in America.
• 35:04
  Daniel Moore: The most restrictive abortion laws in the states circa 2024, contain a prohibition of abortion at the sixth week of pregnancy, as previously cited.
• 35:16
  Daniel Moore: Such a ban would still permit 40% of all abortions and add the provision of the protection of the physical life of the mother.
• 35:23
  Daniel Moore: This is the actual baseline of reality in the current legal and political debate.
• 35:28
  Daniel Moore: Actual baseline of reality in the current legal and political debate.
• 35:32
  Daniel Moore: Even in states that quote unquote ban abortion, the law permits roughly 40 percent of all abortions, and state and federal laws secure emergency care.
• 35:38
  Daniel Moore: The next most discussed ban on abortion in the states or at the federal level would prohibit abortion after 15 weeks and include exceptions for the physical life and health of the mother, as well as rape, incest and fetal anomalies.
• 35:54
  Daniel Moore: This form of a legislative ban would permit approximately 96% of all abortions, restricting only late-term abortions of viable children In 2023,.
• 36:06
  Daniel Moore: The voters in Ohio passed a constitutional amendment which the media portrayed as enshrining the right to abortion in the Ohio Constitution.
• 36:15
  Daniel Moore: To date, it is among the most liberal abortion laws passed in the United States.
• 36:21
  Daniel Moore: This amendment creates a legal environment that will result in abortions being available throughout all nine months of pregnancy being available throughout all nine months of pregnancy.
• 36:33
  Daniel Moore: The definition of viability in life and health of the mother are left solely in the hands of those attending the abortion procedure, without means of legal review.
• 36:38
  Daniel Moore: Under this provision, abortion is now available 100% of the time for those who choose it.
• 36:46
  Daniel Moore: In 2024, the legislature of North Carolina passed a law restricting abortion after 12 weeks.
• 36:52
  Daniel Moore: Describing this legislation, the Wall Street Journal stated Republicans in the legislature there banned nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, with limited exceptions for rape, incest and serious fetal anomalies.
• 37:09
  Daniel Moore: A more accurate reading of the North Carolina law tells a much different story.
• 37:15
  Daniel Moore: By permitting abortion for any reason through 12 weeks, the North Carolina law permits abortions in approximately 93% of all cases where women choose abortion in America.
• 37:27
  Daniel Moore: By permitting abortions in cases of rape, incest and fetal anomalies, the law permits abortion in almost all of the hard cases.
• 37:36
  Daniel Moore: This law also permits the termination of a pregnancy that presents a physical danger to the health of the mother through all nine months of pregnancy.
• 37:47
  Daniel Moore: In the factual reality of how abortions are conducted in America, the North Carolina law only substantially restricts the abortion of unborn children near or at the point of viability.
• 37:58
  Daniel Moore: This law is nearly as permissive as the abortion provisions enabled by the US Supreme Court in the era of Roe v Wade.
• 38:06
  Daniel Moore: So what is the difference between the enshrinement of abortion language in Ohio and the North Carolina legislation that bans all abortions past 12 weeks?
• 38:18
  Daniel Moore: Well, statistically, the range is somewhere around 4 to 5 percent.
• 38:22
  Daniel Moore: Ohio's universal abortion law differs from the North Carolina abortion ban by approximately 4 to 5 percent of cases.
• 38:31
  Daniel Moore: This analysis illustrates the seldom discussed fact that the actual laws being passed in the multiple states are far more permissive than restrictive.
• 38:41
  Daniel Moore: To date, there is no state that has passed a total ban on abortion.
• 38:47
  Daniel Moore: So do gestational age bans effectively protect viable children from abortion?
• 38:54
  Daniel Moore: Well, a gestational age ban is another term for the trimester system that was a part of the US Supreme Court's method for defining pregnancy during the Roe v Wade era.
• 39:05
  Daniel Moore: Most state laws that now have a gestational age ban on abortions also contain language that permits exceptions for the hard cases, such as fetal anomalies and the physical life and health of the mother.
• 39:18
  Daniel Moore: During the Roe era, these kinds of language exceptions were manipulated by some abortion providers to justify the termination of the life of a fully viable unborn child.
• 39:31
  Daniel Moore: In one case and this is the single most extreme case to date the disregard for the law resulted in horrific consequences.
• 39:42
  Daniel Moore: The news story that's being referred to here was of Kermit Gosnell, who, back in 2013, he was a Philadelphia abortion doctor, was convicted of first-degree murder and the deaths of three babies that authorities said were born alive.
• 39:55
  Daniel Moore: After they were born, gosnell took scissors and snipped their spinal cords while they were alive and murdered them.
• 40:03
  Daniel Moore: The alleged crimes came to light on February 10, 2010, after investigators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Agency raided the inner-city clinic at 3801 Lancaster Avenue following a tip that a prescription pill mill was operating inside.
• 40:19
  Daniel Moore: Agents were met not with an illegal narcotics drug operation, but rather unsanitary conditions.
• 40:26
  Daniel Moore: Investigators testified they found blood-stained rooms, filthy and old equipment and untrained staff.
• 40:33
  Daniel Moore: Aborted fetuses were stored in a basement freezer, in plastic food containers and bags next to employees' lunches.
• 40:40
  Daniel Moore: Severed feet from aborted babies were found preserved in jars around the clinic.
• 40:45
  Daniel Moore: The conditions found inside the clinic led Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams to call the clinic a house of horrors in a 2011 grand jury report.
• 40:55
  Daniel Moore: Over the course of the trial, which started on March 18th of 2013 and lasted two months, former clinic employees testified against Gosnell.
• 41:03
  Daniel Moore: Adrienne Moten was first to testify.
• 41:07
  Daniel Moore: Moten, 35, recalled several abortion procedures in court, including one where the mother delivered the baby into a toilet.
• 41:13
  Daniel Moore: The 35-year-old described how the baby seemed to struggle in the bowl before she snipped its neck with scissors.
• 41:20
  Daniel Moore: She admitted to cutting 10 babies' necks, calling the snipping common practice at the clinic.
• 41:26
  Daniel Moore: Moten also took a picture of one of the babies Gosnell was accused of murdering, referred in court as Baby A.
• 41:34
  Daniel Moore: Moten says the boy was nearly 30 weeks old when he was aborted.
• 41:38
  Daniel Moore: She claims Gosnell even joked about the baby's size, saying he was so big the baby could have walked to the bus stop.
• 41:45
  Daniel Moore: The graphic photo was, among others, shown to the jury.
• 41:49
  Daniel Moore: Linda Williams testified how she would administer painkillers and anesthesia, acting as the clinic's anesthesiologist.
• 41:56
  Daniel Moore: The 44-year-old had no formal training and only an 8th grade education.
• 42:01
  Daniel Moore: Williams was the person who delivered four doses of drugs to Mongar during her procedure.
• 42:06
  Daniel Moore: She described how the woman's skin turned gray and her breathing slowed following the last dose.
• 42:12
  Daniel Moore: She also admitted to snipping the neck of one of the babies Gosnell is charged with murdering, referred to in court as Baby C.
• 42:20
  Daniel Moore: Both women pled guilty to third-degree murder.
• 42:24
  Daniel Moore: In exchange for their testimony against Gosnell, they faced 16 to 120 years in prison.
• 42:30
  Daniel Moore: Against Gosnell, they faced 16 to 120 years in prison.
• 42:35
  Daniel Moore: Other workers described babies being born alive, watching them breathe and seeing their limbs move before being snipped.
• 42:39
  Daniel Moore: Some described the babies as aliens who made odd noises.
• 42:42
  Daniel Moore: Others said it would rain fetuses in the clinic.
• 42:45
  Daniel Moore: Karima Cross was last to testify.
• 42:48
  Daniel Moore: The 28-year-old used a fake name when she alerted the DEA to conditions inside the Women's Medical Society.
• 42:54
  Daniel Moore: She took a series of photos of her working environment, eventually turning them over to authorities.
• 43:00
  Daniel Moore: Several medical experts also took the stand during the trial, among them Philadelphia's chief medical examiner, dr Sam Galino.
• 43:08
  Daniel Moore: Philadelphia's chief medical examiner, dr Sam Galino.
• 43:14
  Daniel Moore: Dr Galino testified he examined 47 fetuses and while three had the possibility of viability, he could not say for certain if any were born alive.
• 43:20
  Daniel Moore: Prosecutors Joanne Pescatori and Ed Cameron spent five weeks presenting their case, calling 36 witnesses.
• 43:26
  Daniel Moore: In contrast, gosnell's attorney Jack McMahon only spent one day and called none.
• 43:33
  Daniel Moore: Mcmahon did not call any witnesses when it was time for the defense.
• 43:37
  Daniel Moore: The bullish attorney instead stood up and rested his case.
• 43:41
  Daniel Moore: He did, however, spend hours reliving testimony in the trial.
• 43:46
  Daniel Moore: During his closing arguments, trying to use the prosecution's case to create doubt, the 60-year-old attorney maintained babies were never delivered alive.
• 43:55
  Daniel Moore: He says Gosnell would inject the drug digoxin into the womb to stop the fetus's heart.
• 44:00
  Daniel Moore: Labor would then be induced and the dead baby delivered.
• 44:04
  Daniel Moore: He said McMahon was previously successful in getting Cameron Pleas Judge Jeffrey P Monhart to throw out several charges, including three counts of first-degree murder for lack of evidence.
• 44:18
  Daniel Moore: Well, according to the Kaiser Foundation, approximately 1% of abortions in America occur during late term.
• 44:24
  Daniel Moore: This raises the question of viable children being terminated, which remains one of the most troubling questions in abortion law.
• 44:32
  Daniel Moore: The 1% number is approximated to be between 10,000 and 12,000 late-term pregnancies terminated annually in America.
• 44:41
  Daniel Moore: If these numbers are reliable, as reported, that means between 10,000 and 12,000 viable children in America are aborted every year Since 2022 and the United States Supreme Court decision in Dobbs.
• 44:55
  Daniel Moore: There are now nine states, as of 2024 in Washington DC, that have no gestational age limits on abortion procedures.
• 45:04
  Daniel Moore: There is no legal protection language for a viable unborn child in Oregon, new Mexico, colorado, minnesota, michigan, vermont, new Jersey, maryland, alaska and the District of Columbia.
• 45:17
  Daniel Moore: Other states, like Ohio, leave the definition of viability in the hands of abortion providers and permit the question of life or health of the mother to override viability of the child without any form of legal review.
• 45:31
  Daniel Moore: It is a longstanding consensus in American law that protecting the life and health of the pregnant mother is a practice wholly consistent with the mother's right to life and to the preservation of her life.
• 45:42
  Daniel Moore: That legal trend line did not change during the five decades of Roe v Wade, nor was it abandoned in the Dobbs decision in 2022, nor has there been any erosion of this right in the attending legal changes in abortion laws in the states.
• 45:59
  Daniel Moore: So are Americans in the process of banning abortions?
• 46:03
  Daniel Moore: Well, a thorough review of the laws in all 50 states reveals that a total ban on all abortions is not happening in law anywhere in the 50 states.
• 46:13
  Daniel Moore: An accurate analysis of the evidence would conclude that the return of the question of abortion to the people and the representatives, such as the Dobbs decision, is in fact creating a sustained debate over how far the people in the states want to first permit abortion and then restrict the practice.
• 46:29
  Daniel Moore: The permissive side of the debate is clearly prevailing.
• 46:34
  Daniel Moore: Well, what about the chemical option?
• 46:36
  Daniel Moore: Well, the technology of abortion has changed dramatically since the Roe decision.
• 46:41
  Daniel Moore: The internet was largely a government secret in 1973 when Roe was decided.
• 46:47
  Daniel Moore: Today, abortion by prescription drugs secured online is the primary means of the majority of abortions.
• 46:53
  Daniel Moore: Those determined to obtain an abortion procedure have multiple options to access abortion pills.
• 46:59
  Daniel Moore: As such, it will be extremely difficult for states to effectively administrate abortion laws and reporting.
• 47:06
  Daniel Moore: So, in summary, abortions are on the rise post-DOBs.
• 47:12
  Daniel Moore: There is a great deal of rhetoric in the political marketplace about banning access to abortion post-DOBs.
• 47:18
  Daniel Moore: Abortion laws are changing in the states.
• 47:21
  Daniel Moore: Some states are restricting the process, while others are expanding abortion access.
• 47:26
  Daniel Moore: The net result of these legal changes at the state level has not led to a decrease, but rather an increase in the number of abortions in America.
• 47:35
  Daniel Moore: Since the Dobbs decision In the final years of Roe v Wade, the number of reported abortions was on the decline in the United States.
• 47:43
  Daniel Moore: In 2020, the number of reported abortions was 930,160.
• 47:50
  Daniel Moore: After the Dobbs decision returned the issue to the states in 2022, the number of abortions in the US rose in 2023 to 1,026,690.
• 48:04
  Daniel Moore: So what about the hard cases?
• 48:05
  Daniel Moore: Well, what are the hard cases and how frequently do they occur?
• 48:10
  Daniel Moore: These cases involving rape, incest, fetal abnormalities and danger to the life of the mother are most often the subjects of media campaigns to expand abortion laws.
• 48:22
  Daniel Moore: Some states have used the hard cases as a rationale to attempt to enshrine unrestricted abortion as a singular fundamental human right for women.
• 48:31
  Daniel Moore: These hard cases are real.
• 48:34
  Daniel Moore: Now that the people have the legal authority restored to deal with these issues through state and federal legislation, the questions surrounding the hard cases are being debated in all the states For rape and incest.
• 48:47
  Daniel Moore: According to the Guttmacher Institute, which is affiliated with Planned Parenthood, the number of women seeking abortions because of rape is 1% On an annual basis.
• 48:58
  Daniel Moore: In America.
• 48:58
  Daniel Moore: That would be somewhere around 10,000 to 12,000 women every year.
• 49:03
  Daniel Moore: The number of women seeking abortion because of incest is reported by Guttmacher as one-half of 1%.
• 49:10
  Daniel Moore: That would be 5,000 to 6,000 women annually.
• 49:13
  Daniel Moore: The accurate reporting of rape and incest as the reason for abortion is almost non-existent.
• 49:19
  Daniel Moore: The estimates given by Guttmacher are based upon a single survey of roughly 1,209 abortion patients conducted in 2005.
• 49:29
  Daniel Moore: 109 abortion patients conducted in 2005.
• 49:35
  Daniel Moore: There is no state-based or federal database that has tracked these numbers over the past 50-plus years.
• 49:37
  Daniel Moore: Rape is a horrible crime.
• 49:38
  Daniel Moore: The rising level of rape and sexual abuse in the United States is a grave concern that is widely underreported to law enforcement and underreported by the media to the public.
• 49:50
  Daniel Moore: The statistics on rape are tracked by the FBI and reveal that in 2022, there were 106,521 reported cases of rape or sexual abuse against women.
• 50:04
  Daniel Moore: This form of violent crime is difficult to quantify because of the unknown number of unreported offenses and because of the wide legal definition of the term.
• 50:12
  Daniel Moore: Relating the instances of rape and abortion, therefore, is a significant challenge for all reporting agencies.
• 50:21
  Daniel Moore: Well, what about the physical life and health of the mother?
• 50:24
  Daniel Moore: Well, during the years of Roe v Wade, there was not a lot of reporting from state agencies or abortion facilities regarding this particular type of hard case being cited as the official cause for requesting an abortion.
• 50:37
  Daniel Moore: However, the CDC does report the number of deaths attributed to pregnancy each year.
• 50:43
  Daniel Moore: That is a starting point for assessing the current level of risk that pregnancy poses to the physical life of the mother.
• 50:50
  Daniel Moore: According to the latest 2024 CDC report for the year 2020, with 38 states reporting, including California, new York and Florida, there were 535 deaths related to pregnancy that year.
• 51:04
  Daniel Moore: The deaths were recorded during pregnancy, at birth and for a full year following delivery.
• 51:10
  Daniel Moore: Of the 535 deaths, 47% were reported as occurring 7 to 365 days after childbirth.
• 51:19
  Daniel Moore: 80% of the total deaths were categorized as preventable and largely attributed to health conditions not related to the pregnancy.
• 51:28
  Daniel Moore: It is not possible to determine the number of deaths to mothers that were prevented by terminating a pregnancy through abortion.
• 51:36
  Daniel Moore: It is most certain such cases do exist.
• 51:40
  Daniel Moore: So far, the statistical records on these cases are not being required, recorded or published by local, state or federal agencies.
• 51:49
  Daniel Moore: Recorded or published by local, state or federal agencies.
• 51:57
  Daniel Moore: Now, as far as the fetal anomalies or the abnormalities, in 2022, the CDC reported a total of 3,970 infant deaths due to fetal anomalies or abnormalities.
• 52:02
  Daniel Moore: There were 3,667,758 live births registered in that same year.
• 52:10
  Daniel Moore: 667, 758 live births registered in that same year.
• 52:15
  Daniel Moore: How many abortions occurred in that same year based on a specific diagnosis of fetal anomalies or abnormalities is not determinable based on lack of detailed reporting.
• 52:21
  Daniel Moore: So how does abortion impact the number of children born in the US every year?
• 52:26
  Daniel Moore: Well, this is an ongoing debate as well that takes place with these amendments when they're put on the ballot.
• 52:34
  Daniel Moore: One of the arguments for the pro-abortion movement is that they are trying to regulate the population of the people in the United States.
• 52:43
  Daniel Moore: Well, in 2022-23, the latest available data from the CDC there were approximately 3,667,758 live births in the United States.
• 52:55
  Daniel Moore: According to the data from the Guttmacher Institute, there were 1,026,000 abortions during that same period.
• 53:04
  Daniel Moore: Adding those two numbers together results in an approximate number of 4,693,758 pregnancies reported in the US.
• 53:14
  Daniel Moore: This number is not exact, for understandable reasons.
• 53:18
  Daniel Moore: Not every pregnancy is reported.
• 53:20
  Daniel Moore: These numbers do not include pregnancies that also result in miscarriage.
• 53:25
  Daniel Moore: There is a slight discrepancy as to how some states report pregnancy resulting in miscarriage, so the number of actual abortions may be fewer.
• 53:33
  Daniel Moore: However, there is also a discrepancy on how many abortions by chemical means are conducted, by securing abortion pills from non-reporting agencies offshore and or online.
• 53:44
  Daniel Moore: This would cause the number of both pregnancies and abortions to rise.
• 53:50
  Daniel Moore: According to the World Health Organization, in 2022, there were 76 million women in the US in the childbearing years between 15 and 49 years of age.
• 53:59
  Daniel Moore: There were roughly 4.7 million pregnancies reported in the US for this period of time, of which 3.667 million resulted in live births.
• 54:09
  Daniel Moore: That means the population of the United States of 335 million grew 0.01% by live births.
• 54:17
  Daniel Moore: However, in that same period, there were 3,389,088 deaths recorded in the United States.
• 54:26
  Daniel Moore: The simple math, even adjusted for variances and exact reporting, makes it clear that the United States is barely growing in population any longer, at least by the natural means of replacing the aged and dying with newborn children.
• 54:41
  Daniel Moore: In 1950, there were 24 children born per 1,000 people in the United States.
• 54:47
  Daniel Moore: In 2024, that number is 12 children per 1,000 people.
• 54:52
  Daniel Moore: According to the UN projections, that number will be 10 children per thousand by the year 2100.
• 54:58
  Daniel Moore: In 1950, about nine people per thousand died in America and that number is about the same in 2024.
• 55:06
  Daniel Moore: It is projected to increase to 10 people per thousand by the year 2100.
• 55:12
  Daniel Moore: So the trend lines are very clear.
• 55:16
  Daniel Moore: Fewer children are being born now and still fewer children will be born in the future.
• 55:22
  Daniel Moore: People will keep dying at about the same rate.
• 55:25
  Daniel Moore: There is nothing on the charts or projections that show a trend towards sustaining current US population levels through childbirth.
• 55:34
  Daniel Moore: Losing over 1 million children per year to abortion is a significant contributing factor to the depopulation crisis in the United States.
• 55:41
  Daniel Moore: There are other contributing factors as well, including the decline in rates of marriage, delaying children until later in life and choosing to have fewer or no children.
• 55:51
  Daniel Moore: All these decisions contribute to the depopulation crisis that is being experienced by countries around the globe.
• 55:59
  Daniel Moore: This crisis carries with it a slow but rising tide of consequences as national populations age without young people to replace the old.
• 56:09
  Daniel Moore: So when you're watching your TV and you see a commercial come across, or you're reading a magazine or something online that says we are trying to regulate the population in the United States because we are overpopulated with too many babies, and that's one of the arguments for abortion.
• 56:28
  Daniel Moore: They are actually very inaccurate.
• 56:31
  Daniel Moore: We are producing more abortions today and having more deaths today than we are having actual live births, of children being born that are actually allowed to live.
• 56:41
  Daniel Moore: And here recently, in the last few weeks, even Bill Clinton, one of the most revered leaders in the Democratic movement that everyone glorifies and lifts up and puts on a pedestal from the Democrats even said himself that we're having less babies today and we're in major danger of having a population crisis in the future.
• 57:04
  Daniel Moore: It's a very real situation that has to be approached and has to be thought about when it comes to the idea of having abortions.
• 57:13
  Daniel Moore: So I hope you guys are all still with me.
• 57:37
  Daniel Moore: This is an extended, long version of a podcast, I know, but this stuff is very important.
• 57:42
  Daniel Moore: This is something that's very dear to my heart.
• 57:44
  Daniel Moore: I hope that, as my listener out there, or if you're a new listener today, I hope this is something that you take seriously as well for yourself.
• 57:54
  Daniel Moore: As I've stated, I live in Missouri and we have Amendment 3 on the ballot this year to vote on and basically, if we vote yes on this amendment.
• 58:04
  Daniel Moore: It's going to make our state one of the most radical pro-abortion states in the United States.
• 58:09
  Daniel Moore: Number one parental consent laws are going to be eliminated.
• 58:13
  Daniel Moore: I mean wherever went the power of being a parent of your own kids and being able to lead and guide them in the direction that they should go until they were old enough and able to be accountable for themselves.
• 58:25
  Daniel Moore: It's going to allow abortion in all nine months, which is absolutely insane.
• 58:30
  Daniel Moore: There's going to be no alternatives allowed.
• 58:32
  Daniel Moore: This amendment callously disregards the unborn child and the alternatives to sacrificing his or her life and future while helping his or her mother.
• 58:40
  Daniel Moore: Health and safety standards are going to be eliminated.
• 58:44
  Daniel Moore: Pretty much anyone's going to be able to perform an abortion.
• 58:47
  Daniel Moore: Missouri's pro-life laws are going to be eliminated.
• 58:50
  Daniel Moore: There are 60 plus laws that are at stake.
• 58:53
  Daniel Moore: With this one amendment, women are going to lose the ability to sue for malpractice, and that's very important these days to be able to take people to court if they do something wrong that they shouldn't be doing, because they did something they weren't supposed to be or whatever that damages your life and damages your body and makes it a permanent situation.
• 59:13
  Daniel Moore: There has to be a way to be able to get compensation for that.
• 59:17
  Daniel Moore: Pregnancy resource centers, whether they're faith-based or not, are going to be forced to refer people to have an abortion.
• 59:25
  Daniel Moore: Ultrasounds are going to be eliminated and we know, especially with pre-born, that program shows ultrasounds to women that are thinking about having an abortion and it's amazing the percentage of women that change their mind after they see an ultrasound of their baby inside their womb.
• 59:42
  Daniel Moore: It's going to be a significant money loss to Missouri and then taxpayers, including myself, are going to end up having to fund these satanic abortions.
• 59:54
  Daniel Moore: And you know, as I sit here and I think about this, I've been proud to be a part of Missouri.
• 59:58
  Daniel Moore: I've been proud for our pro-life stance in saving our children.
• 1:00:02
  Daniel Moore: As I've went through this whole study this week and given you the numbers, given you the percentages, you should be able to see what's at stake with the different states that have abortion on their ballot this year.
• 1:00:14
  Daniel Moore: I mean, let's look at it this way we have a human being inside of the women when they're pregnant.
• 1:00:21
  Daniel Moore: It's an actual human from the time of conception.
• 1:00:25
  Daniel Moore: That human is being created in the image of God.
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  Daniel Moore: God already knows what that human's responsibility is in this life.
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  Daniel Moore: He's got a plan for that person that's inside that mom's belly.
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  Daniel Moore: But yet we have people in the United States that's more concerned about animals and animal rights than they are about the actual human being.
• 1:00:47
  Daniel Moore: Let's look at it.
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  Daniel Moore: The protection of wildlife eggs and young animals is based on strict laws aimed at conserving biodiversity and ensuring their survival of species.
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  Daniel Moore: Many countries and regions enforce penalties for harming or taking eggs, for damaging the nest or young animals of protected species.
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  Daniel Moore: This includes fines and there's even jail time sometimes lots of jail time for disturbing wildlife at critical stages of development.
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  Daniel Moore: The purpose of these laws is to maintain the balance of ecosystems and prevent the extinction of vulnerable species, recognizing the importance of early life stages and the continuation of wildlife populations.
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  Daniel Moore: As we discussed here just within the last 15 minutes, our population in the United States has been shrinking, but yet these pro-abortion people don't seem to care about that.
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  Daniel Moore: They're more worried about having sea turtles and everything else out there in abundance than they are having our own human being species to continue to populate the earth.
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  Daniel Moore: It's insane.
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  Daniel Moore: The penalties for killing protected animals in the womb, such as pregnant animals, or destroying the eggs of certain wildlife species can be severe depending on the country, region and specific species involved.
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  Daniel Moore: These fines and penalties are designed to safeguard endangered or threatened species and ensure their survival.
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  Daniel Moore: Here's some examples that I'm going to give you and the types of fines and consequences that exist if you harm protected wildlife at early life stages.
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  Daniel Moore: Let's look at the United States.
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  Daniel Moore: The United States has an Endangered Species Act that's also called ESA Violations of the ESA, which includes harming or killing endangered species or their eggs.
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  Daniel Moore: It can result in civil fines up to $50,000 per violation and criminal penalties that include imprisonment for up to a year.
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  Daniel Moore: For instance, destroying the eggs of endangered sea turtles can lead to heavy fines and imprisonment.
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  Daniel Moore: The loggerhead sea turtle, for example, is protected, and disturbing its eggs or nest can result in hefty penalties, and disturbing its eggs or nest can result in hefty penalties.
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  Daniel Moore: We also have the Migratory Bird Treaty Act that's MBTA.
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  Daniel Moore: The MBTA makes it illegal to harm or destroy migratory bird nests or eggs without a permit.
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  Daniel Moore: Penalties can range from $5,000 to $250,000 in fines, depending on whether the violation is considered civil or criminal.
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  Daniel Moore: Criminal violations can also lead up to six months in prison.
• 1:03:19
  Daniel Moore: Let's look at the European Union.
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  Daniel Moore: They have Habitats Directive.
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  Daniel Moore: The EU protects species under its Habitats Directive, which prohibits the destruction of the breeding sites or eggs of protected species.
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  Daniel Moore: Fines for violating these laws vary by country, but can be several thousand euros or more.
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  Daniel Moore: For example, in the UK, under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, fines for disturbing or destroying the eggs of protected species like birds of prey or bats can exceed 5,000 euro per offense.
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  Daniel Moore: In Australia, they have an Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act as well.
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  Daniel Moore: Australia's laws protect a wide range of endangered and threatened species, including birds, reptiles and marine life.
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  Daniel Moore: Penalties for harming or destroying the eggs or nests of protected species, such as sea turtles or certain native birds can include fines up to $1.1 million Australian for corporations and up to 220,000 Australian for individuals.
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  Daniel Moore: They also have state laws in Australia.
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  Daniel Moore: In certain states there are additional fines and prison sentences.
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  Daniel Moore: For example, in Queensland, harming the eggs of protected species like the cassowary or certain reptiles can lead to fines exceeding 100,000 Australian.
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  Daniel Moore: In Canada they have a Species at Risk Act, sara.
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  Daniel Moore: Destroying the eggs or nests of protected species in Canada can result in fines up to $1 million Canadian for corporations, $250,000 Canadian for individuals.
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  Daniel Moore: Criminal offenses can also carry prison terms of up to five years.
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  Daniel Moore: For instance, disturbing the nest or eggs of species like the piping plover, a protected shorebird.
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  Daniel Moore: That can result in significant fines.
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  Daniel Moore: There's other countries also that have these laws.
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  Daniel Moore: In many countries around the world, especially those with biodiversity hotspots, such as in Africa, south America and Southeast Asia, killing protected animals or destroying their eggs carries serious penalties.
• 1:05:25
  Daniel Moore: These can range from heavy fines to long prison sentences, particularly in regions working to protect critically endangered species like rhinoceroses, elephants, sea turtles and various bird species.
• 1:05:39
  Daniel Moore: Some example cases sea turtles, which are globally protected.
• 1:05:44
  Daniel Moore: Destroying sea turtle eggs or interfering with their nests is a violation of various international and local laws, with fines ranging from $10,000 to $100,000, depending on the jurisdiction.
• 1:05:55
  Daniel Moore: Fines ranging from $10,000 to $100,000, depending on the jurisdiction.
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  Daniel Moore: Birds of prey Many countries protect birds of prey, and interfering with their nest or eggs can lead to fines up to $250,000 in places like the US and EU member states.
• 1:06:08
  Daniel Moore: The penalties for harming or destroying eggs or unborn animals of protected species are generally severe.
• 1:06:15
  Daniel Moore: These laws are in place to conserve species that are at a risk of extinction and to preserve biodiversity.
• 1:06:23
  Daniel Moore: Fines can range from several thousand to hundreds of thousands of dollars, depending on the species and the country's specific regulations, with potential prison time for more serious offenses for those as well.
• 1:06:34
  Daniel Moore: These penalties underscore the importance of wildlife protection across the globe.
• 1:06:41
  Daniel Moore: But yet in the same breath, someone in your town can have an abortion, murder a small child in the womb and in the same time, within the next day, call the police department and turn somebody in for animal abuse and get that person thrown into prison because they abused an animal, but yet yesterday they murdered their child.
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  Daniel Moore: Now does that really make sense?
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  Daniel Moore: I mean and I love animals, don't get me wrong.
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  Daniel Moore: I am not an animal hater.
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  Daniel Moore: I have dogs of my own.
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  Daniel Moore: They're just like my own little kids.
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  Daniel Moore: I love my animals, but have dogs of my own.
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  Daniel Moore: They're just like my own little kids.
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  Daniel Moore: I love my animals, but I also love my children.
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  Daniel Moore: I love my children even more than my animals because God created those children in His likeness and he has a purpose for them and their life.
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  Daniel Moore: One of the biggest arguments that I hear quite often, or I read about on the Internet when I'm reading about stuff like this, is everybody stating my body, my choice.
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  Daniel Moore: My body, my choice, and you know what Satan wants you to believe, that he wants you to think that it is your body.
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  Daniel Moore: But in all reality, in the Bible, in 1 Corinthians, it says do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God?
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  Daniel Moore: You are not your own.
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  Daniel Moore: You were bought at a price.
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  Daniel Moore: Therefore, honor God with your bodies.
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  Daniel Moore: Jesus died on that cross to pay for our sins.
• 1:08:11
  Daniel Moore: He purchased us and redeemed us from the pit of sin so that we could have eternity with Him in heaven.
• 1:08:18
  Daniel Moore: That means we have to shed away all of the things that Satan wants us to do, because Satan does not own us.
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  Daniel Moore: He did not create us.
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  Daniel Moore: He manipulates us.
• 1:08:27
  Daniel Moore: He tries to tempt us and cause us to do things that we shouldn't be doing.
• 1:08:31
  Daniel Moore: But that's on us, whether if we're going to give in to that temptation or if we're going to follow God's will and plan for our lives and understand that we are not our own.
• 1:08:40
  Daniel Moore: We are bought with a price by Jesus.
• 1:08:42
  Daniel Moore: God has a purpose for all of us.
• 1:08:44
  Daniel Moore: He's put us all out here on this earth to do the great commission to go spread the gospel to others so that they may hear the good news and that they can have an eternity in heaven as well.
• 1:08:54
  Daniel Moore: So that they may hear the good news and that they can have an eternity in heaven as well.
• 1:08:56
  Daniel Moore: This passage reminds us that our bodies are not our own, to do with as we please.
• 1:09:01
  Daniel Moore: We belong to God because he sent His Son Jesus to die for us as the ultimate price.
• 1:09:07
  Daniel Moore: We are called to honor God with our bodies and live according to His will.
• 1:09:15
  Daniel Moore: You may say, well, here's my argument.
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  Daniel Moore: The Bible doesn't say anything about abortion being wrong, and you know what You're right.
• 1:09:22
  Daniel Moore: It doesn't call abortion out by the word abortion, but it does have plenty to say about abortion, if you want to actually dig into the scriptures and read the Bible for what it actually says.
• 1:09:33
  Daniel Moore: Abortion is wrong according to the teachings of the Bible, which clearly state that life is sacred and life should be cherished.
• 1:09:41
  Daniel Moore: In Exodus 20, 13, the commandment you shall not murder directly prohibits the act of taking an innocent life.
• 1:09:50
  Daniel Moore: Psalm 139, 13-16 describes how God knits individuals together in their mother's womb.
• 1:09:56
  Daniel Moore: Jeremiah 1.5 states Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.
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  Daniel Moore: Before you were born, I set you apart.
• 1:10:12
  Daniel Moore: This verse highlights the idea that God has a plan for every individual, even before they see the light of day, before they're even born.
• 1:10:22
  Daniel Moore: God had a plan for you and he has a plan for me.
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  Daniel Moore: Now you may not be following that plan God gave you.
• 1:10:29
  Daniel Moore: If you are not a Christian, you've not accepted Christ into your life, you've not devoted yourself over to Him to do what he's called you to do, then you're not following that path that God had put before you for when you were born.
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  Daniel Moore: That's something that you need to think about.
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  Daniel Moore: And in Proverbs 6, 16 through 17, it condemns hands that sheds innocent blood, suggesting that harming the innocent is sinful in the eyes of God.
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  Daniel Moore: Who is the innocent?
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  Daniel Moore: The innocent are the little children.
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  Daniel Moore: Until they come to the age of accountability, they are protected by God's love and by His grace.
• 1:11:06
  Daniel Moore: They don't know any different.
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  Daniel Moore: They depend upon us for their safety.
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  Daniel Moore: They depend upon us to give them the opportunity to live.
• 1:11:15
  Daniel Moore: They depend upon us to give them the opportunity to live.
• 1:11:19
  Daniel Moore: They depend upon us to give them the choice of life so that they can experience the same things that we've experienced, and to live life and to love God with all of their hearts.
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  Daniel Moore: Overall, the Bible does teach and it does emphasize the sanctity of life.
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  Daniel Moore: There's many more verses besides these that I've quoted here today.
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  Daniel Moore: The inherent value of each individual from the moment of conception is extremely high.
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  Daniel Moore: With God.
• 1:11:42
  Daniel Moore: It makes abortion morally wrong according to biblical principles.
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  Daniel Moore: You know, in a world where a murderer can murder a pregnant mom and get two murder charges because of the living baby inside of her, but across town at the same time, a so-called doctor can murder a baby in the womb, pulling it out limb by limb, discarding it in a trash bag, throwing it in a can, laughing about it and moving on with no consequences.
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  Daniel Moore: That is completely absurd and completely wrong.
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  Daniel Moore: That should never even be a thing to even think about.
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  Daniel Moore: I just can't even imagine the mind of somebody that would think about doing something like that and being okay with it.
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  Daniel Moore: If you have done that and you have had an abortion, please refer back to my episode from last week.
• 1:12:33
  Daniel Moore: Brittany sat down with me, gave her story.
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  Daniel Moore: She received redemption from God.
• 1:12:38
  Daniel Moore: There is healing, there is forgiveness for doing this kind of thing.
• 1:12:43
  Daniel Moore: But if you've not done this yet, you need to stop and not do it.
• 1:12:48
  Daniel Moore: You need to understand that God has created that baby inside of you.
• 1:12:52
  Daniel Moore: There are adoption services.
• 1:12:54
  Daniel Moore: There's different ways of fostering, there's different ways that this baby can still live.
• 1:12:58
  Daniel Moore: God wants that baby to live and I hope that you yourself will pick life for that baby.
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  Daniel Moore: So next month, when it's election day, if this is on your ballot, I pray that God will convict your heart.
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  Daniel Moore: If you're on the fence and you're not sure which way you're wanting to vote, I pray that something today has convicted you to the point where you will change your mind and you will vote no on these initiatives to continue to murder our children and continue to go down this disastrous path, taking our country down this disgusting road that Satan wants it to go.
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  Daniel Moore: It's time that we take this back.
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  Daniel Moore: We've got to take this ground back from what Satan has done.
• 1:13:41
  Daniel Moore: It's all because of him that this murder and abortion and all these kinds of things take place.
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  Daniel Moore: That's what he wants and we have to fight against that.
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  Daniel Moore: So please vote no on these amendments against that.
• 1:13:55
  Daniel Moore: So please vote no on these amendments.
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  Daniel Moore: God will eternally reward you for that, I promise you.
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  Daniel Moore: If you vote no and you're living for Christ and you're living for Him, you will get a reward someday for standing up for the truth and standing up for what is right.
• 1:14:18
  Daniel Moore: I am pro-life.
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  Daniel Moore: I always have been, I always will be.
• 1:14:19
  Daniel Moore: I respect what God creates.
• 1:14:20
  Daniel Moore: I know it's not my place to take it away.
• 1:14:21
  Daniel Moore: God created it.
• 1:14:22
  Daniel Moore: God takes it away.
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  Daniel Moore: That is not a power that's within my hands.
• 1:14:24
  Daniel Moore: That's not a power that's within yours.
• 1:14:27
  Daniel Moore: If you have any questions about any of this and need anything further, more information or whatever it may be, please reach out.
• 1:14:34
  Daniel Moore: I've got a contact page on my website at connectingthegapnet, and you can also reach out to Brittany, who was on last week's episode.
• 1:14:42
  Daniel Moore: She has her own website at brittanypoppycom and that information is in the show notes for last week on the episode.
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  Daniel Moore: So I encourage you to check that out and I encourage you to look a little deeper at these amendments that are on these ballots this year.
• 1:14:58
  Daniel Moore: Do some research if you're not really sure what they are all about, and make sure that you vote the godly and the biblical way.
• 1:15:05
  Daniel Moore: Vote the way that God would expect you to, knowing that he owns us.
• 1:15:10
  Daniel Moore: Our bodies are not our own.
• 1:15:12
  Daniel Moore: Our bodies were bought by the blood of Jesus Christ.
• 1:15:15
  Daniel Moore: I'm so thankful for that.
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  Daniel Moore: As I go today, I'm going to say a prayer, because I feel like that this is how I need to end this episode.
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  Daniel Moore: I just pray, god, that you would just meet each and every person that's listening here today, god, if they have any question in their mind whatsoever of what they're going to do when it comes time to mark up that ballot, if they have these initiatives on their ballot.
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  Daniel Moore: I pray, god, that you would just convict their hearts, lord, and just convince them to vote right, to vote in the way that you would want us to vote the biblical way.
• 1:15:45
  Daniel Moore: God, as we endeavor to save life here on this planet and here in this country with the United States of America, I bind Satan.
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  Daniel Moore: In the name of Jesus.
• 1:15:54
  Daniel Moore: I ask God that you would just continue to just work against him, work against the darkness, defeat him and demolish him in your name, god.
• 1:16:03
  Daniel Moore: He has no business coming in and trying to take over our lives like he does and causing all of this death and destruction, although I know that it is his nature.
• 1:16:12
  Daniel Moore: But, god, in the name of Jesus and through your word, we can defeat him and I just ask you right now, god, that you would just come in and just give us all the power, lord, and the encouragement that we need to stand up against him.
• 1:16:26
  Daniel Moore: Lord, send the Holy Spirit to empower us to overcome the darkness, to overcome the evil that is saturating our cities and our country today.
• 1:16:33
  Daniel Moore: I pray for the United States that you would just take it back.
• 1:16:37
  Daniel Moore: God, we need a revival in this land.
• 1:16:39
  Daniel Moore: We need a change.
• 1:16:41
  Daniel Moore: We need to get back to you, lord, to your ways, your purposes, that all of us have morals and, lord, that we can all live together in harmony because we know that we're living for you.
• 1:16:51
  Daniel Moore: I just thank you, god, for the opportunity to make a difference and I just ask, lord, today, that you would inspire others to help make that difference as well.
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  Daniel Moore: And in your name, we pray Amen.
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  Daniel Moore: Well, that's going to do it for this week's episode of Connecting the Gap.
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  Daniel Moore: I'm Daniel Moore.
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  Daniel Moore: Thank you guys for sitting through this extended long version of the podcast this week.
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  Daniel Moore: I know it's a little bit out of the norm, but this is a subject that's really serious to me.
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  Daniel Moore: It's something that I do take serious.
• 1:17:19
  Daniel Moore: If you've noticed on my Facebook here recently I've been posting a lot about it and this is the second episode in a row.
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  Daniel Moore: This will be the last one that I'm doing, but I just pray that something that's been said over this last couple of weeks would encourage you to do what's right.
• 1:17:34
  Daniel Moore: Well, I'm out of here for this week and I thank you guys for listening.
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