EP77: Kate Cox and Dobbs Abortion Update - Gracearchy with Jim Babka

The Kate Cox in Texas story gives us cause to revisit the Dobbs abortion decision. Join us for an intriguing UPDATE to Episode #4 (June, 2022). Discover the accuracy of our past predictions, especially about the social response to the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision. Explore why divisive partisans create conditions where someone must be the loser, and why Republicans are the ones who are presently losing this debate. Then discover how we can create harmony without sacrificing happiness between good-willed people with differing values on this issue. Stay tuned for the dramatic final third of this episode, where Jim begins by addressing anti-scientific statements on the pro-choice side but ends up sharing two very personal stories -- one of them, very personal. When you listen to Gracearchy with Jim Babka, you learn things other people do not know yet. Timeline 0:00 Theme 0:43 Reminiscing on Episode 4 3:56 Overplaying the hand 5:17 Kate Cox in Texas case 7:31 A bounty on Kate Cox? 10:50 Advice, the "60% rule" 16:00 Republican electoral price to pay 17:37 Our EP 4 prescription post-Dobbs 19:53 Our three predictions happened 21:04 Sharpened discussion skills 23:45 The natural or common law test 27:25 Methods that increase the choice for life 30:04 The two lines of gracious dialogue 32:23 Ungracious anti-abortion statements 34:58 Anti-science utterances by pro-abortion side 36:53 The challenge and blessing of a disabled child 39:26 Personal experiences of life 43:00 How to make legal abortion increasingly rare 44:06 Opening the door to gracious understanding Show References - Gracearchy Episode 4 "Abortion Rights" [now on ZAP] - https://youtu.be/DTiMmoKzDHg - Media Matters: "Anti-abortion media attacked a Texas woman seeking an emergency abortion, likening the procedure to eugenics" - https://www.mediamatters.org/live-action/anti-abortion-media-attacked-texas-woman-seeking-emergency-abortion-likening-procedure - SOFT (Support Organization for Trisomy 18, 13 & Related Disorders) press release 12/14/2023 - https://trisomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SOFT-Press-Release-December-2023.pdf - "Loving Lavender" on Facebook 12/11/2023 - https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid04CvzE7ofoVya5P1KwrkQA4uh5HccS8s7rHTvQEmbmekHjjkF14KXjGSXbC29BBb2l&id=100044570793356 Bill Protzmann is your moderator. ZERO AGGRESSION PROJECT is our sponsor. But the views expressed are exclusively those of the participants, and not necessarily those of the board, staff, or supporters of the Zero Aggression Project. Thank you to Randy Garbin for our amazing thumbnails: http://randygarbin.com/ We are grateful to Sergio at https://www.youtube.com/@KeysofMoonMusic for our intro theme. ► https://www.patreon.com/user?u=10500501 or you can purchase his music on BandCamp: ► https://keysofmoon.bandcamp.com/ ► If you have any questions please feel free to write to Sergio at: serjo.de.lua.music@gmail.com Be grace-full to each other.