Sinta Jimenez, Director of Digital Strategy at SBA Pro-Life America and host of The Pro-Life American, is joined by Jeanne, a junior member of her team, and Azlyn, a fall intern. They talk about youth culture, music, and entertainment and the abortion dialogue in America.

They start with Olivia Rodrigo's recent concert in Washington, D.C., the Daisy Chain Festival, and her promotion of Planned Parenthood, including free Plan B and directing concert money to the organization. Jeannie and Aslin say they grew up with her music and are disappointed that famous pop stars push values on young girls who may not have formed their own opinions. They also note her double standard of saying all women are wonderful while telling people who disagree with her politics not to buy tickets.

The conversation moves to Chapel Roan's comments that her friends with young children are in hell, have no light in their eyes, and have not slept. Jeannie and Aslin call that a lie that is sold to a young audience. Cinta points to Whitney Carson from Dancing with the Stars, who is 20 weeks pregnant and still competing, as a contrast to the sisterhood marketing of Planned Parenthood. She recalls Hailey, who hemorrhaged at home after taking abortion drugs, felt no aftercare, and later found support in church communities.

They discuss Maya Hawke talking about her mother Uma Thurman's abortion as the groundwork for her own life, Pedro Pascal saying abortion rights are human rights alongside other rights, and Sharon Stone's comments on Michelle Obama's podcast plus her own painful experience with abortion drugs. Jeannie and Aslin talk about catchy slogans, the absence of the baby from those slogans, cognitive dissonance after abortion, and the pressure to stay committed to a public position.

Chapters

0:00 Intro

1:01 Olivia Rodrigo and Planned Parenthood

5:23 Chapel Roan on Motherhood

8:03 Whitney Carson and the Sisterhood Lie

12:42 Maya Hawke and Aborted Siblings

16:06 Pedro Pascal and Catchy Slogans

20:48 Sharon Stone and Cognitive Dissonance

26:03 Closing

Sinta Jimenez, host of The Pro-Life American, welcomes listeners back to Iowa, where Iowa campaign manager Austin Stubbs moderates a panel of Christian faith leaders on the opportunities between church and state in creating a culture of life. At SBA, she says, they support these efforts in church communities and at the state level.

On the panel are Gary Pilcher, lead pastor at Berean; John Dunwell, who serves in the Iowa House from District 38 in Newton as Assistant Majority Leader and pastors a church in Monroe; Todd, lead pastor at First Family Church in Ankeny; Jesse Newman, lead pastor at Eternity Church in Johnston; Adam Steen, a Berean board member, former Iowa gubernatorial candidate, now on the campaign trail for Zach Lane, the Republican nominee for governor; and Greg Baker, lead minister connected with the Family Leader in Des Moines. Jonathan Bartholomew is also introduced.

Asked why they are pro-life, the pastors point to Scripture, the image of God, life beginning at conception, common sense, and a born-again change of heart. Austin notes that abortions have gone up since Roe was overturned. The panel says the church's role is not only changing laws but changing hearts, equipping the saints, preaching the gospel, and building a culture of marriage, family, adoption, and foster care. One pastor says sixty percent of abortions are now through abortion drugs.

On when life begins, Adam says life begins at conception and contrasts that with Rob Sand, the Democrat nominee for governor, who said life begins at breath. Greg says God knew each person before the mother's womb, and speaks of over sixty million plans that never took form. Gary warns that if life does not begin until viability, the same principle can be used for euthanasia. John shares miscarriages, failed adoptions, and adopted embryos. Jesse points to Jeremiah, Isaiah, David, and the baby who leapt in the womb.

Austin says 10 states plus DC have no limits on abortion, and that the United States is one of only seven countries in the world, including communist China, where abortion can go all the way to birth. He says 70 percent of women agree they were coerced, or that the decision was against their values, wishes, and desires. The panel answers that healing starts with the gospel, that the church must step up rather than rely on government, and that ministry should include fathers and the whole family, not only mothers. Sinta closes by asking listeners what they think about creating a culture of life and supporting women in crisis and those recovering from abortion.

Chapters

0:00 Intro

0:35 Opening Prayer

1:40 Welcome from Austin

2:07 Meet the Panel

3:57 Why Are You Pro-Life?

8:06 After Roe: The Church's Role

19:51 When Does Life Begin?

33:31 Foreknowledge, Sex, and Marriage

36:16 No Limits in 10 States Plus DC

36:39 Healing After Abortion

41:50 The Church, Not the Government

44:55 Family Ministry, Not Only Moms

50:54 A Community, Not Just Programs

53:59 Closing

Sinta Jimenez, host of The Pro-Life American and Director of Digital Strategy at SBA Pro-Life America, sits down with her colleague Abigail Balmert, Director of Legal Affairs and Policy Counsel at SBA, to discuss the new FDA update on abortion drugs released in October 2026.

Abigail describes a five-page court-ordered status report on the safety of mifepristone. Data collection is expected to wrap up in mid-December, with a final report no later than March 2027. She notes that then-Commissioner Makary said the study was underway in January 2025, and that a deadline told to a judge is more reliable than one given only to the public, though an extension would not be a surprise.

They discuss pressure to restore in-person dispensing after the FDA conceded that earlier data was not sufficient to remove that requirement, the risks of remote dispensing for ectopic pregnancy and gestational age, and reports of women who only filled out an online form. Sinta compares the lack of oversight to the opioid crisis. Abigail says SBA president Marjorie Dannenfelser has urged the administration to restore in-person dispensing immediately through a consent decree in the federal case against Louisiana, and that the Department of Justice also has enforcement pathways independent of the FDA study.

Abigail then explains a Supreme Court filing in which Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas are suing New York, California, and Massachusetts over shield laws, arguing violations of the full faith and credit clause, equal sovereignty among the states, the dormant commerce clause, and the federal common law of public nuisance. A second lawsuit in the Western District of Louisiana names individuals and web-based entities prescribing and shipping abortion drugs. Sinta describes packaging from a Memphis, Tennessee pregnancy center visitor that looked like a greeting card, with little baggies, a mismatched return address, and a local library listed.

Asked what Congress can do, Abigail points to Senator Banks signaling that the FDA is being watched, and to Congress's power over the FDCA. On Marjorie's description of the update as fool's gold, Abigail says a solid study must be rigorous, rooted in science, and not rely on low voluntary adverse-event reporting. She cites researcher Studnicki, who used insurance records to find women who took the drugs and then presented within 30 days with miscarriage-related coding. Abigail closes by saying common ground should be proper regulation of medicine, protecting women from ectopic rupture, wrong gestational age, and abortion drugs used against women who want the baby.