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About Abortion with Dave Brennan
Dave Brennan
173 episodes
5 days ago
Is there a more divisive, controversial, or (for many) painful issue than abortion? 1 in 3 women in the UK has at least one abortion in her lifetime, and yet almost no-one is talking about it. If the subject ever is broached, it’s often not in the most helpful way: more heat than light; people talking past, at, or for each other, instead of to each other. It’s time for a proper conversation about abortion. Dave Brennan, together with a whole range of guests, helps us to think through this issue carefully and calmly, examining facts, experiences, and arguments from all sides.
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Is there a more divisive, controversial, or (for many) painful issue than abortion? 1 in 3 women in the UK has at least one abortion in her lifetime, and yet almost no-one is talking about it. If the subject ever is broached, it’s often not in the most helpful way: more heat than light; people talking past, at, or for each other, instead of to each other. It’s time for a proper conversation about abortion. Dave Brennan, together with a whole range of guests, helps us to think through this issue carefully and calmly, examining facts, experiences, and arguments from all sides.
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About Abortion with Dave Brennan
Beth Richards, Thames Valley: Introducing our Brephos Speaker Team

Check out brephos.org for resources and speakers to help your church teach on abortion.To book a speaker e.mail bookaspeaker@brephos.org To join the movement to end abortion go to cbruk.org/joinPlease share this video.

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5 days ago
52 minutes 22 seconds

About Abortion with Dave Brennan
"Dunking on Keller"? My Response to Gavin Ortlund

Gavin Ortlund has waded into the "Third Way" debate that's been raging: here Dave responds to Gavin's short video.This matters because bad politics kills babies.Check out brephos.org for resources and speakers to help your church teach on abortion.To book a speaker e.mail bookaspeaker@brephos.org To join the movement to end abortion go to cbruk.org/joinPlease share this video.

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1 week ago
55 minutes 33 seconds

About Abortion with Dave Brennan
DEBUNKED! 5 Myths About Abortion Decriminalisation

Second Reading of the Crime and Policing Bill, which includes the abortion up to birth amendment, is in the House of Lords October 16th.You can use this function to select a few Peers from the House of Lords to write to: https://www.theyworkforyou.com/peers/Why not include some of these facts/arguments?Relevant links:https://www.cbruk.org/they_said_it_wa...Check out brephos.org for resources and speakers to help your church teach on abortion.To book a speaker e.mail bookaspeaker@brephos.org To join the movement to end abortion go to cbruk.org/joinPlease share this video.

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2 weeks ago
14 minutes 37 seconds

About Abortion with Dave Brennan
Wasn't Charlie Kirk a Far-Right Racist Misogynistic Bigot?

After our last two videos about Charlie Kirk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgJGpqmqqUk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSGh795He4M&t=49s), a question/objection has come back from several quarters:"How can you speak up in support of someone who was such a racist, misogynistic, divisive, Far-Right bigot?"In this episode we take a deep dive into these allegations, looking at what Charlie himself said in context, and relating all this to how GB Christians process the media, align ourselves politically and socially, and engage (or don't engage) with the controversial issues of the day, such as the baby genocide.Relevant links:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/11/charlie-kirk-quotes-beliefsClip 1 - https:https://youtu.be/jBiiQY0Rgpg?si=esIslLWXTYThQLWCIf you’re a WNBA, pot-smoking, Black lesbian, do you get treated better than a United States marine?– The Charlie Kirk Show, 8 December 2022Happening all the time in urban America, prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people, that’s a fact. It’s happening more and more.– The Charlie Kirk Show, 19 May 2023Clip 2 -https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-goes-unhinged-racist-rant-prowling-blacks-go-around-fun-go-target-whiteClip 7 -https://x.com/i/status/1679829904026730496Clip 8 -Charlie refuting white supremacy: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17NcMg3DTS/Clip 9 -Charlie Kirk is not a racisthttps://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Dj4nKsXRw/Clip 10 - Black and white DNA is the same, race is a social construct https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1b2WgvnAnm/Clip 11 - Charlie explaining the problem of black fatherlessness https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17H8HSsogF/Clip 12 - Black pilot remark explained (short on campus)https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1FaqcNALF5/Clip 13 - No white privilegehttps://www.facebook.com/share/r/17Bc2LYKmN/Clip 14 - Blacks were better off in the 40s and 50s - full contexthttps://www.facebook.com/share/r/17BCJLaGFH/Clip 15 - Racism is a sinhttps://www.facebook.com/share/r/1F96Xvj1Ym/Clip 16 - Immigration - long form answerhttps://www.facebook.com/share/r/1eaXf5vFa1/Clip 17 - https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1FXE4vwpRj/Clip 18 - A Gay conservativehttps://www.facebook.com/share/r/1BhHq33m74/Clip 19 - Answer to “what do you think about gays”https://www.facebook.com/share/r/15G8berXuut/Clip 20 - https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1FScAZw7Cq/Clip 21 - Pro-life, Defending life with “Christian” defending abortion because of exodus 21https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1DG4t3SceC/Clip 22 - A baby is a blessinghttps://www.facebook.com/share/r/1ZG4Six3op/Clip 23 - Charlie on when he accepted Christ and sharing gospelhttps://www.facebook.com/share/v/1ByFt8pkG3/Clip 24 - https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1B3D9z3YMc/Clip 25 - Jesus was 100% grace and truth - sin no morehttps://www.facebook.com/share/v/16Nrcu7bpt/Clip 26 - On Jesus https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1JxRGCKbdj/Clip 27 - Modern churchhttps://www.facebook.com/share/v/1ChaDXGHv1/Clip 28 - Church big, government small; refuting Christian leftismhttps://www.facebook.com/share/r/175u9DEuEm/Clip 29 - Jesus and how do we love our neighbour (Campus)https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Gd3YEbYfJ/Clip 30 - gay man found Christ and left LGBTQhttps://www.facebook.com/share/r/1FigjzYT5d/Clip 31 - We should love on the cowardly pastorshttps://www.facebook.com/share/v/169vuj9Thb/Clip 32 - If you don’t stand for something you stand for nothinghttps://www.facebook.com/share/v/1BUuk9BnUD/Check out brephos.org for resources and speakers to help your church teach on abortion.To book a speaker e.mail bookaspeaker@brephos.org To join the movement to end abortion go to cbruk.org/joinPlease share this video.

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3 weeks ago
1 hour 18 minutes 31 seconds

About Abortion with Dave Brennan
Charlie Kirk and the Demise of the Third Way

Having challenged the UK Church's self-distancing from Charlie Kirk in the last video (   • Rejecting Charlie Kirk: The UK Church's Sh...  ), in this video Dave examines the way of thinking that seeks to justify such neutrality - "Third Way -ism".Dave argues that Third Way -ism has been thoroughly discredited by events of the last two weeks especially, and that to hold onto it at such a time as this is untenable.Held up against Scripture, case studies, and logic, the Third Way is found wanting.Apart from anything else, the Third Way approach gives cover to those who would advance or defend the baby genocide raging on both sides of the Atlantic. It enables evil and delays justice, and represents a version of Christianity that is post-truth and amoral.Check out brephos.org for resources and speakers to help your church teach on abortion.To book a speaker e.mail bookaspeaker@brephos.org To join the movement to end abortion go to cbruk.org/joinPlease share this video.

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1 month ago
45 minutes 28 seconds

About Abortion with Dave Brennan
Rejecting Charlie Kirk: The UK Church's Shameful Misstep

After the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk and the huge response globally, Dave shines the spotlight on the UK Church.Why are we shunning him?Was Charlie a martyr?What do faith and politics have to do with one another?What does all this mean in the light of Matthew 25?Are we sheep or goats?Check out brephos.org for resources and speakers to help your church teach on abortion.To book a speaker e.mail bookaspeaker@brephos.org To join the movement to end abortion go to cbruk.org/joinPlease share this video.

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1 month ago
27 minutes 41 seconds

About Abortion with Dave Brennan
Beth Davey, East Anglia: Introducing our Brephos Speaker Team

From a close brush with puberty blockers aged 4, Beth and her husband Gwil have journeyed through the question of IVF and other fertility treatments to where they are today.In this episode, Beth has some very exciting news to announce!Hear her amazing story of the Lord's guidance, reassurance, and grace over the years, and why she's come on board the Brephos Speaker Team.Over these weeks we're getting to know the members of our Brephos Speaker Team, spread right across GB, from Cornwall to Scotland.Hear their faith stories, why they're pro-life, Scriptures and moments that have gripped them, and how they can help YOUR church to teach on abortion.Book a speaker for your church:bookaspeaker@brephos.orgJOIN THE MOVEMENT to end abortion: cbruk.org/joinVisit our website: brephos.orgDonate to support our work: brephos.org/give⁠ Follow us on:Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/3zyKhjr.⁠.Anchor: ⁠https://anchor.fm/aboutabortion⁠Castbox: ⁠https://castbox.fm/channel/id4970594?.⁠.Apple Podcasts: search "About Abortion Brephos"

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1 month ago
57 minutes 8 seconds

About Abortion with Dave Brennan
Beth Davey, East Anglia: Introducing our Brephos Speaker Team

From a close brush with puberty blockers aged 4, Beth and her husband Gwil have journeyed through the question of IVF and other fertility treatments to where they are today.In this episode, Beth has some very exciting news to announce!

Hear her amazing story of the Lord's guidance, reassurance, and grace over the years, and why she's come on board the Brephos Speaker Team.

Over these weeks we're getting to know the members of our Brephos Speaker Team, spread right across GB, from Cornwall to Scotland.

Hear their faith stories, why they're pro-life, Scriptures and moments that have gripped them, and how they can help YOUR church to teach on abortion.

Book a speaker for your church: bookaspeaker@brephos.org

JOIN THE MOVEMENT to end abortion: cbruk.org/join

Visit our website: brephos.org

Donate to support our work: brephos.org/give⁠

Follow us on:

Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/3zyKhjr.⁠.

Anchor: ⁠https://anchor.fm/aboutabortion⁠

Castbox: ⁠https://castbox.fm/channel/id4970594?.⁠.

Apple Podcasts: search "About Abortion Brephos"

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1 month ago
57 minutes 8 seconds

About Abortion with Dave Brennan
Beth Davey, East Anglia: Introducing our Brephos Speaker Team

From a close brush with puberty blockers aged 4, Beth and her husband Gwil have journeyed through the question of IVF and other fertility treatments to where they are today.In this episode, Beth has some very exciting news to announce!Hear her amazing story of the Lord's guidance, reassurance, and grace over the years, and why she's come on board the Brephos Speaker Team.Over these weeks we're getting to know the members of our Brephos Speaker Team, spread right across GB, from Cornwall to Scotland.Hear their faith stories, why they're pro-life, Scriptures and moments that have gripped them, and how they can help YOUR church to teach on abortion.Book a speaker for your church:bookaspeaker@brephos.orgJOIN THE MOVEMENT to end abortion: cbruk.org/joinVisit our website: brephos.orgDonate to support our work: brephos.org/give⁠ Follow us on:Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/3zyKhjr.⁠.Anchor: ⁠https://anchor.fm/aboutabortion⁠Castbox: ⁠https://castbox.fm/channel/id4970594?.⁠.Apple Podcasts: search "About Abortion Brephos"

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1 month ago
57 minutes 8 seconds

About Abortion with Dave Brennan
Aisling Goodison, Sussex: Introducing our Brephos Speaker Team

From crippling anxiety and a claustrophobic fear of flying to international pro-life activist and apologist, Aisling's faith journey has seen her confront our current Prime Minister in a legal battle to get UK doctors prosecuted for sex-selective abortion, and appear on TV and radio to champion the rights of the unborn worldwide.Hear her amazing story of the Lord's guidance and comfort as she's been taken way beyond her comfort zone to be a voice for the voiceless.Over these weeks we're getting to know the members of our Brephos Speaker Team, spread right across GB, from Cornwall to Scotland.Hear their faith stories, why they're pro-life, Scriptures and moments that have gripped them, and how they can help YOUR church to teach on abortion.Book a speaker for your church:bookaspeaker@brephos.orgJOIN THE MOVEMENT to end abortion: ⁠https://www.cbruk.org/join⁠Visit our website: ⁠⁠https://www.brephos.org⁠⁠ Donate to support our work: ⁠https://www.brephos.org/give⁠ Follow us on:Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/3zyKhjr.⁠.Anchor: ⁠https://anchor.fm/aboutabortion⁠Castbox: ⁠https://castbox.fm/channel/id4970594?.⁠.Apple Podcasts: search "About Abortion Brephos"

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1 month ago
43 minutes 31 seconds

About Abortion with Dave Brennan
Talking About Abortion with your Youth: Step-by-Step Guide

Once a biology teacher, now a youth and families worker on the staff team of a church, with a heart for the gospel to be absolutely central in how we handle this issue, Jonny brings a wealth of experience and conviction as our Brephos Speaker for South Wales.Check out brephos.org for resources to help, including our Bible Studies.Book a speaker for your church:dave@brephos.orgJOIN THE MOVEMENT to end abortion: ⁠https://www.cbruk.org/join⁠Visit our website: ⁠⁠https://www.brephos.org⁠⁠ Donate to support our work: ⁠https://www.brephos.org/give⁠ Follow us on:Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/3zyKhjr.⁠.Anchor: ⁠https://anchor.fm/aboutabortion⁠Castbox: ⁠https://castbox.fm/channel/id4970594?.⁠.Apple Podcasts: search "About Abortion Brephos"

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2 months ago
2 minutes 58 seconds

About Abortion with Dave Brennan
Social Gospel or Gospel of the Kingdom? Revisiting our Evangelical Heritage

Not having grown up in a Christian household, Aaron and then others in his family were radically saved in wonderful and unexpected ways.Aaron went on to study theology and then lecture at a Bible college, where he was famously dismissed for Tweeting about homosexuality.But his foray into public theology actually started years before that, in a rather unstrategic way, as he simply felt compelled to speak into the issue of abortion.As Aaron says, if there's one "issue" we need to be speaking about in our day, it has to be abortion.Book a speaker for your church:dave@brephos.orgJOIN THE MOVEMENT to end abortion: ⁠https://www.cbruk.org/join⁠Visit our website: ⁠⁠https://www.brephos.org⁠⁠ Donate to support our work: ⁠https://www.brephos.org/give⁠ Follow us on:Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/3zyKhjr.⁠.Anchor: ⁠https://anchor.fm/aboutabortion⁠Castbox: ⁠https://castbox.fm/channel/id4970594?.⁠.Apple Podcasts: search "About Abortion Brephos"

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2 months ago
1 minute 55 seconds

About Abortion with Dave Brennan
Deep Conviction: How This Pastor Shepherded his Flock into Becoming Pro-Life

From hating God to passionately loving him and his gospel and the unborn, Dan Dwelly's story is one that will warm your heart as to the amazing grace of God. As a pastor in Reading, Dan has firsthand experience of teaching and navigating this thorny issue from the pulpit - and of then being around for the months and years that see the outworkings.Book a speaker for your church:dave@brephos.orgJOIN THE MOVEMENT to end abortion: ⁠https://www.cbruk.org/join⁠Visit our website: ⁠⁠https://www.brephos.org⁠⁠ Donate to support our work: ⁠https://www.brephos.org/give⁠ Follow us on:Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/3zyKhjr.⁠.Anchor: ⁠https://anchor.fm/aboutabortion⁠Castbox: ⁠https://castbox.fm/channel/id4970594?.⁠.Apple Podcasts: search "About Abortion Brephos"

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2 months ago
13 minutes 18 seconds

About Abortion with Dave Brennan
Wonderful Opportunity: Biology Teacher on How to Open Up Abortion Discussion in School

Once a biology teacher, now a youth and families worker on the staff team of a church, with a heart for the gospel to be absolutely central in how we handle this issue, Jonny brings a wealth of experience and conviction as our Brephos Speaker for South Wales.Check out brephos.org for resources to help, including our Bible Studies.Book a speaker for your church:dave@brephos.orgJOIN THE MOVEMENT to end abortion: ⁠https://www.cbruk.org/join⁠Visit our website: ⁠⁠https://www.brephos.org⁠⁠ Donate to support our work: ⁠https://www.brephos.org/give⁠ Follow us on:Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/3zyKhjr.⁠.Anchor: ⁠https://anchor.fm/aboutabortion⁠Castbox: ⁠https://castbox.fm/channel/id4970594?.⁠.Apple Podcasts: search "About Abortion Brephos"

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2 months ago
1 minute 59 seconds

About Abortion with Dave Brennan
Courting Controversy? Why Gospel Preachers Must Address Abortion

Not having grown up in a Christian household, Aaron and then others in his family were radically saved in wonderful and unexpected ways.Aaron went on to study theology and then lecture at a Bible college, where he was famously dismissed for Tweeting about homosexuality.But his foray into public theology actually started years before that, in a rather unstrategic way, as he simply felt compelled to speak into the issue of abortion.As Aaron says, if there's one "issue" we need to be speaking about in our day, it has to be abortion.Book a speaker for your church:dave@brephos.orgJOIN THE MOVEMENT to end abortion: ⁠https://www.cbruk.org/join⁠Visit our website: ⁠⁠https://www.brephos.org⁠⁠ Donate to support our work: ⁠https://www.brephos.org/give⁠ Follow us on:Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/3zyKhjr.⁠.Anchor: ⁠https://anchor.fm/aboutabortion⁠Castbox: ⁠https://castbox.fm/channel/id4970594?.⁠.Apple Podcasts: search "About Abortion Brephos"

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2 months ago
7 minutes 51 seconds

About Abortion with Dave Brennan
Communication is Key: How to Open Up on Abortion with your Youth Group

Once a biology teacher, now a youth and families worker on the staff team of a church, with a heart for the gospel to be absolutely central in how we handle this issue, Jonny brings a wealth of experience and conviction as our Brephos Speaker for South Wales.Check out brephos.org for resources to help, including our Bible Studies.Book a speaker for your church:dave@brephos.orgJOIN THE MOVEMENT to end abortion: ⁠https://www.cbruk.org/join⁠Visit our website: ⁠⁠https://www.brephos.org⁠⁠ Donate to support our work: ⁠https://www.brephos.org/give⁠ Follow us on:Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/3zyKhjr.⁠.Anchor: ⁠https://anchor.fm/aboutabortion⁠Castbox: ⁠https://castbox.fm/channel/id4970594?.⁠.Apple Podcasts: search "About Abortion Brephos"

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3 months ago
13 minutes 15 seconds

About Abortion with Dave Brennan
Why We're Back In Keswick

This Summer, in spite of opposition and even concrete attempts to make it impossible for us to return, we are back in Keswick with our visual display of life in the womb, highlighting the horror of the ongoing baby genocide.https://keswickreminder.co.uk/2025/07...Why are we back when "they" don't want us here?Listen in for the inside scoop from Carolina, who took part in the display, engaging with locals and visitors, Christians and non-Christians.Here is our written statement regarding our Keswick display: https://www.brephos.org/post/why-are-...Book a speaker for your church:dave@brephos.orgJOIN THE MOVEMENT to end abortion: ⁠https://www.cbruk.org/join⁠Visit our website: ⁠⁠https://www.brephos.org⁠⁠ Donate to support our work: ⁠https://www.brephos.org/give⁠ Follow us on:Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/3zyKhjr.⁠.Anchor: ⁠https://anchor.fm/aboutabortion⁠Castbox: ⁠https://castbox.fm/channel/id4970594?.⁠.Apple Podcasts: search "About Abortion Brephos"

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3 months ago
48 minutes 30 seconds

About Abortion with Dave Brennan
Lily Allen "Just Vile": Pro-Choice Moderates Turn On Pro-Choice Extremists

This week we discuss Lily Allen, casual repeat abortions, the mushy middle, the fallacy of being "moderately pro-choice", the hitherto silence of the Church, and the possibility that things getting so bad is actually the beginning of the turning of the tide to make them better again.Churches are beginning to wake up and respond to abortion - is yours one of them?https://www.cbruk.org/_i_m_pro_choice...https://www.cbruk.org/we_re_christian...Book a speaker for your church:dave@brephos.orgJOIN THE MOVEMENT to end abortion: ⁠https://www.cbruk.org/join⁠Visit our website: ⁠⁠https://www.brephos.org⁠⁠ Donate to support our work: ⁠https://www.brephos.org/give⁠ Follow us on:Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/3zyKhjr.⁠.Anchor: ⁠https://anchor.fm/aboutabortion⁠Castbox: ⁠https://castbox.fm/channel/id4970594?.⁠.Apple Podcasts: search "About Abortion Brephos"

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3 months ago
51 minutes 23 seconds

About Abortion with Dave Brennan
The Satanic Roots of Abortion

Most people intuit there's something wrong with "abortion", but do we appreciate just how deep it goes?


Do we see the evil that drives it?


Do we understand the personality behind that evil?


What difference does this make?



Book a speaker for your church:

dave@brephos.org



JOIN THE MOVEMENT to end abortion: ⁠https://www.cbruk.org/join⁠



Visit our website: ⁠⁠https://www.brephos.org⁠⁠


Donate to support our work: ⁠https://www.brephos.org/give⁠


Follow us on:


Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/3zyKhjr.⁠.

Anchor: ⁠https://anchor.fm/aboutabortion⁠

Castbox: ⁠https://castbox.fm/channel/id4970594?.⁠.

Apple Podcasts: search "About Abortion Brephos"

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3 months ago
43 minutes 37 seconds

About Abortion with Dave Brennan
The Dangers of Non-Directive Pregnancy Centres

The vast majority of British Crisis Pregnancy Centres are "non-directive", according to their own self-description.

What does this mean?

Is this a problem?

Can this be reconciled to faithful Christian witness for life and the gospel?

What is Keswick Convention's position on this?

Are conservative evangelical churches aware of this issue?Book a speaker for your church:dave@brephos.orgJOIN THE MOVEMENT to end abortion: ⁠https://www.cbruk.org/join⁠Visit our website: ⁠⁠https://www.brephos.org⁠⁠ Donate to support our work: ⁠https://www.brephos.org/give⁠ Follow us on:Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/3zyKhjr.⁠.Anchor: ⁠https://anchor.fm/aboutabortion⁠Castbox: ⁠https://castbox.fm/channel/id4970594?.⁠.Apple Podcasts: search "About Abortion Brephos"

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4 months ago
27 minutes 56 seconds

About Abortion with Dave Brennan
Is there a more divisive, controversial, or (for many) painful issue than abortion? 1 in 3 women in the UK has at least one abortion in her lifetime, and yet almost no-one is talking about it. If the subject ever is broached, it’s often not in the most helpful way: more heat than light; people talking past, at, or for each other, instead of to each other. It’s time for a proper conversation about abortion. Dave Brennan, together with a whole range of guests, helps us to think through this issue carefully and calmly, examining facts, experiences, and arguments from all sides.