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Nathan Apodaca

Nathan Apodaca

Nathan is a staff apologist for the Life Training Institute, equipping pro-life advocates to make the case for life. Also a contributing writer at The Millenial Review and CampusReform

California •
36 posts •
Commentary

Abortion: Essential Healthcare for Whom?

Those who stamp their feet and angrily insist that “abortion is healthcare” need to do better than make a mere assertion. After all, why should anyone believe that abortion is “healthcare” in the first place?

  • Nathan Apodaca
    Nathan Apodaca
16 days ago 5 min read
Commentary

Should Pro-life Men Get Vasectomies?

Ironically, in a way, the tweet also presents a strawman of sorts by attacking the inconsistency of pro-lifers for not wanting to “regulate” men’s bodies by requiring sterilization.

  • Nathan Apodaca
    Nathan Apodaca
17 days ago 4 min read
Commentary

So What's the Big Deal with Abortion?

Why make such an issue of the unborn when there are pressing issues faced by people outside the womb?

  • Nathan Apodaca
    Nathan Apodaca
19 days ago 8 min read
Commentary

A Response to “Pro-life Evangelicals for Joe Biden”

By Nathan Apodaca There are some ideas which are so inherently stupid they barely deserve any comment whatsoever. And then there are some ideas which are just as bad also but so incredibly

  • Nathan Apodaca
    Nathan Apodaca
3 months ago 8 min read
World

Safe Abortion Day for Whom?

The claim of “International Safe Abortion Day” needs to be unpacked. Namely, safe abortion for whom?

  • Nathan Apodaca
    Nathan Apodaca
4 months ago 5 min read
Commentary

Finding Grace: The Story of John Newton

The song would gain in popularity in the United States during the 19th century, and in the middle of the 20th century would play a role in the Civil Rights movement.

  • Nathan Apodaca
    Nathan Apodaca
4 months ago 8 min read

“This is Providence” Remembering Mike Adams

Mike had a saying he coined during the darkest days of his own legal battle with UNC Wilmington, “This is not defeat. This is Providence.” God’s good providence guided me to not only follow in the footsteps of one of my personal heroes, but also to find a friend and a mentor in Mike Adams.

  • Nathan Apodaca
    Nathan Apodaca
6 months ago 8 min read
Commentary

Are Pro-lifers Racist?

Pro-life advocates and racial justice advocates are striving for the exact same thing: a society in which all human beings are treated as equals, respected and protected in law and in culture.

  • Nathan Apodaca
    Nathan Apodaca
6 months ago 6 min read
Commentary

Image Bearers: Pro-life or Whole Life?

The humanity of the preborn, and the inhumanity of abortion, will become much more clear to us when we realize that we ourselves, and the people we love the most, were also preborn human beings at one point in their lives.

  • Nathan Apodaca
    Nathan Apodaca
6 months ago 11 min read
Commentary

Men Without Chests: A Response to Rob Schenck

Being a leader means you exemplify moral virtues to the utmost of your ability for the benefit of those you serve, not shirk away from those virtues to gain friends, especially when lives are at stake; and Shenck claims to believe the preborn count as one of us.

  • Nathan Apodaca
    Nathan Apodaca
8 months ago 7 min read
Commentary

The Bizarre Attack on Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Over the past several years an odd new wave of criticism is being leveled at the pro-life movement. Is it warranted?

  • Nathan Apodaca
    Nathan Apodaca
  • Rebekah Dyer
    Rebekah Dyer
9 months ago 8 min read
Commentary

Make the Most of Your Time at Home: Pro-life Reading List

However, when pro-life advocates are able to answer even the toughest or vilest challenges with grace and clarity, those who are “on the fence” regarding abortion are left with something to think about.

  • Nathan Apodaca
    Nathan Apodaca
10 months ago 8 min read
Commentary

Abortion Is Fake Compassion

Abortion is often framed as a form of compassion, preventing children from ever experiencing bullying, discrimination, poverty, or others forms of suffering. This line of thinking only makes sense if one starts with the presumption that the preborn are not fully human as the born are.

  • Nathan Apodaca
    Nathan Apodaca
10 months ago 3 min read
Commentary

Breathing Clarity into the Abortion Debate: A Response to Peter Buttigieg

Does the Bible's description of God breathing life into Adam mean we cannot be sure when human life begins, like Pete Buttigieg says?

  • Nathan Apodaca
    Nathan Apodaca
a year ago 5 min read
National

Mandatory Vasectomies and Abortion Bans: A Pro-life Man’s Response

Where Alabama state representative Rolanda Hollis' new bill misses the point.

  • Nathan Apodaca
    Nathan Apodaca
a year ago 4 min read
Commentary

Confronting A Culture Of Death: What Pro-Lifers Can Learn From 1917

War films like 1917 have a habit of confronting our moral complacency and our cynical apathy by bringing to light the character traits which make or break great men and women in promoting good or tolerating evil.

  • Nathan Apodaca
    Nathan Apodaca
a year ago 5 min read
Commentary

Answering the Argument of "Never Rarely Sometimes Always"

A forthcoming film for the Sundance Film Festival is hoping to spur dialogue on abortion among filmmakers and viewers. Titled Never Rarely Sometimes Always, the movie follows two teenage girls who are pregnant and seeking abortion.

  • Nathan Apodaca
    Nathan Apodaca
a year ago 4 min read
Commentary

Of Misogyny And Men: An Answer to Jill Filipovic

This study is not the most helpful tool for determining the true motivations for pro-lifers. However, for the sake of argument, let’s suppose it’s true: pro-lifers (including the women in the movement) are all evil, nasty, misogynistic jerks. So what?

  • Nathan Apodaca
    Nathan Apodaca
a year ago 10 min read
Commentary

Responding to Bodily Autonomy Arguments Part 2: Right to Refuse

The “Right to Refuse” argument is by far one of the strongest arguments for abortion rights. If one wanted to ground abortion as a natural right of women this is a good place to start. I happen to think it is one of the best arguments put forward in favor of abortion.

  • Nathan Apodaca
    Nathan Apodaca
2 years ago 18 min read
Commentary

Responding to Bodily Autonomy Arguments Part 1: Sovereign Zone and Uni-personal Arguments

Bodily autonomy: This is probably the best argument for the basis of abortion rights, and poses a serious challenge for the pro-life advocate.

  • Nathan Apodaca
    Nathan Apodaca
2 years ago 13 min read
Commentary

The Lazy Dismissals Of The Pro-Life View

It has become fashionable in recent times for abortion choice advocates to make a series of accusations, assertions, and quasi-arguments in response to pro-life efforts in order to dismiss pro-life claims about the immorality of abortion.

  • Nathan Apodaca
    Nathan Apodaca
2 years ago 19 min read
Commentary

Yes, Pro-life Advocates Do Care About Children After Birth

The pro-abortion movement incessently claims that pro-lifers only care about babies before they’re born. Lies? We think so.

  • Nathan Apodaca
    Nathan Apodaca
2 years ago 7 min read
Commentary

No, Rep. John Rogers, Unwanted Babies Are Not Better Off Dead

Rep. Rogers angrily denounced the pro-life movement with one of the most shockingly honest admissions by a pro-abortion advocate. Here is where he missed the mark.

  • Nathan Apodaca
    Nathan Apodaca
2 years ago 5 min read
World

New Choice42 Video Destroys Argument For Aborting Down Syndrome Babies

How should a civil society treat those who do not meet our standard for value? Can we kill them if we so choose? A new video by the Canadian pro-life organization Choice42 illustrates these serious questions very well.

  • Nathan Apodaca
    Nathan Apodaca
2 years ago 6 min read
National

Georgia Lawmaker Embarasses The Pro-Abortion Movement With New Bill

Georgia lawmaker Dar’Shun Kendrick recently proposed a new bill to regulate the sexuality of men in the state.

  • Nathan Apodaca
    Nathan Apodaca
2 years ago 7 min read
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