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Created Equal Films: OK to Kill Newborns?

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"Pro-choice" rhetoric leads to some dangerous places. When the preborn is disqualified from personhood because of her lack of self-awareness, intellectual honesty requires us to also disqualify newborns. Princeton professor Peter Singer knows this (check out this article by Scott Klusendorf ). And so does the young man in this video. Does the logical conclusion of this view terrify anyone else?

Hindsight: Hilly Holbrook

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On our journey to the east coast a couple of months ago, I packed my bag with novels of mystery and cheap suspense thrill. Aubrie's selection: the current hot pick some argue is on track to hold its own among the library of American classics-- The Help , written by Kathryn Stockett . When I inquired into the plot of this supposed chef d'oeuvre , Aubrie explained: "It's about maids." Somehow that sounded less than riveting to me, though her fingers flipped the pages so madly that it was clear there was something about the book she couldn't resist. Thus, when her birthday rolled around last month, I decided to end our celebration with a viewing of the film version of this soon to be classic "about maids"---partially because I was confident she would enjoy it, partially because I was so curious to find out what could be so enthralling about such a storyline. And, I admit that I, too, became wound up in this tale of racial bigotry, rare compassion, an

"People Don't Know"

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"It makes me sad. People do this every day and they really don't know," the young woman declares. What is she talking about? Watch this 2-minute clip to find out! This is the first of a series of films we'll be launching over the next several weeks. Stay tuned as we bring you along on our outreach to meet the people we're activating and expose the rhetoric of abortion advocacy.