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After much anticipation, Josh Brahm FINALLY gets to interview Monica Snyder from Secular Pro-Life about her background and expertise in Forensics. Monica explains how her work in forensics and DNA analysis affects her view on the abortion issue, particularly when it comes to questions about the justice system and why we shouldn't prosecute women who have had abortions.
Content warning: Includes discussion of forensic rape kits as well as methods of testing whether a baby was aborted instead of miscarried.
Links:
Testing biological tissue for abortion drugs
National Right to Life: Joint Open Letter: Criminalizing Women Who Have Abortions is Not Pro-Life
ERI Statement: Should Women Be Prosecuted for Illegal Abortions?
Sidewalk Counseling Masterclass
Chapters:
00:00:00 Introducing Monica's forensics credentials and background
00:03:25 Describing the Innocence Project
00:06:25 Monica describes her forensics work
00:09:30 Real forensics vs. TV forensics
00:15:50 Why rape cases are difficult to prosecute
00:21:40 Where forensics touches the abortion debate in a post-Dobbs world
00:24:45 Distinguishing abortion pills and miscarriage?
00:34:16 Concerns with attaching criminal penalties to women who have had abortions
00:41:55 What rights do convicted people have?
00:48:35 What would a dystopian prosecution of all women who had abortions look like?
00:49:50 What is a more realistic interpretation of pro-lifers who want to attach criminal penalties to abortion look like?
00:51:10 Plea deals and public defenders
00:54:40 'Steel-manning' the pro-lifers who want to attach criminal penalties to abortion
00:58:10 Trauma associated with miscarriage
00:59:45 Relevant questions from real cases
01:02:20 WARNING: Morbid description
01:03:45 Conclusions from Monica
01:06:30 Josh's eyewitness testimony story
01:11:16 Monica's eyewitness testimony story
01:13:55 Applying this to a recent case
01:17:25 Wrapping up
Host: Josh Brahm
Guest: Monica Snyder
Audio/Video Editors: Joshua Head, Josh Brahm
Publisher: Ellen Campbell
100 episodes
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