# #12793 Why Do We Lose Pro-Life Advocates? Abortion and Autonomy - Emily Dinneny

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Published: 2026-07-07T23:00:00+00:00
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“Why do we lose people raised pro-life to the pro-choice side?” This question opens a discussion on the complexities of belief and autonomy in the abortion debate. Other topics include the argument that bodily autonomy supersedes the right to life and the moral implications of abortion in cases of rape or incest. Join the Catholic Answers Live Club Newsletter Invite our apologists to speak at your parish! Visit Catholicanswersspeakers.com Questions Covered: 03:25 – Why do we lose people raised pro-life to the prochoice side? 11:10 – I think that bodily autonomy supersedes the right to life. 17:38 – I am pro-choice because we should be able to allow women to abort in the case of rape or incest. 29:15 – Obviously you think abortion is murder. Do you think women who have had abortions should be charged with the same crimes as murderers? 44:25 – This issue is what drove me away from the Catholic faith. Until the zygote is viable as a human being, it is not a human being.

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