Episode 53 - PPWC Annual Summit 2025

This week's episode is a solemn look at the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. There are no jokes, no funny moments, no playful banter -- just civil discourse on political violence and the danger of refusing to practice civility. You can learn more about Turning Point USA here: https://tpusa.com/ You can donate to Promise of Life Network here: https://promiseoflifenetwork.org/  

This week, Sarah and Mikayla discuss several different cases of women experiencing coercion to have an abortion and how abortion pill access online has made it easy to drug women against their wills. 18 states have "shield laws" in place that protect doctors prescribing pills illegally from being prosecuted in these cases. You can read these cases here: https://sbaprolife.org/latest-news/abortion-drugs-fuel-abuse-the-women-poisoned-against-their-will And here: https://www.newsweek.com/mail-order-abortion-drugs-risk-turning-choice-coercion-opinion-2120412?fbclid=IwY2xjawMkDMNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHucUDVsXJwe6uTiH8eLAsCMna9sLdNDAxIQjsd3dtsBdiKYhv6x3RNIsY1IR_aem_vHcS32MQLrwi03YyoC6-Tw Donate: https://promiseoflifenetwork.org/donate/  

This week, Sarah and Mikayla revisit their conversation on hormonal birth control -- this time, focusing on it's use as treatment for various reproductive illnesses. You can read the article from Natural Womanhood here: https://naturalwomanhood.org/the-emotional-and-societal-cost-of-gynecologys-birth-control-fixation/?mc_cid=013326efd7&mc_eid=4fa94f509f And here's the link to the TIME article Mikayla referred to: https://time.com/6976918/long-term-birth-control-reproductive-coercion/ DONATE: https://promiseoflifenetwork.org/donate/  

This week, Sarah and Mikayla talk about speaking at the Pennsylvania Pregnancy Wellness Collaborative's 2025 Annual Summit on the at-home abortion issue, the importance of state-wide collaboration, and the importance of being on-time for dinner.   DONATE: https://promiseoflifenetwork.org/donate/

This week, Sarah and Mikayla discuss the report that ALL of Planned Parenthood's Pennsylvania locations and affiliates list "prenatal services" on their website, but do not offer standard prenatal care. Sarah took it upon herself to call a Planned Parenthood in Illinois to ask some questions; Pennsylvania law prohibits us sharing the full recording of this phone call, but you can learn about what they told us and how it's intentionally misleading to women seeking actual prenatal care. You can read the original report from Pennsylvania Family Institute here: https://pafamily.org/2025/07/30/planned-parenthood-misleading-women/ Donate to Promise of Life Network, a non-profit pregnancy help organization that maintains full transparency about our services and takes the 9th (and all) commandments very seriously: https://promiseoflifenetwork.org/donate/    

This week, Sarah and Mikayla talk about the troubling news that recently broke in Pennsylvania -- a registered Tier 1 sex offender was able to circumvent laws that prohibit him from adopting/fostering children, and gained custody of an infant through a loophole: surrogacy. Listen as they discuss homosexual couples, surrogacy, and the devastation it causes to society.  Donate to Promise of Life Network: https://promiseoflifenetwork.org/donate/  

On this week's episode, Sarah and Mikayla meet with Raul Reyes, founder of Life Equip Global and quite frankly one of the coolest people we know, to talk about international pro-life ministry and mobilizing churches.  You can purchase Raul's book here: https://www.amazon.com/African-Awakening-Bringing-Message-World/dp/1957566248 Donate to Promise of Life Network here: https://promiseoflifenetwork.org/donate/  

CONTENT WARNING: This episode was personally disturbing for us to film, but it is necessary to discuss in light of it's growing popularity. We strongly recommend not reviewing materials from the Satanic Temple yourself unless you feel it necessary to do so and have a strong spiritual support system in place. For these reasons, we will not be including any links to their website. We took care not to display any of the symbolism they use in the podcast episode. This week, Sarah and Mikayla discuss the Satanic Temple, an organization that made abortion a "ritual" so that they can claim it is protected under the First Amendment. You can donate to the life-saving work of Promise of Life Network here: https://promiseoflifenetwork.org/donate/  

This week, Sarah and Mikayla sit down with Anne O'Connor, J.D. from the National Institute of Family & Life Advocates (NIFLA) to talk about a few interesting court cases that impact pregnancy help organizations and the pro-life movement.    You can learn more about NIFLA here: https://nifla.org/ And donate to Promise of Life Network here: https://promiseoflifenetwork.org/donate/  

This week, Chaney Gooley from Heaven's Gain joins Mikayla and Sarah to talk about miscarriage, infant loss, and how we can honor the lives of some of the tiniest babies. Viewer/listener discretion is advised, as some of the content in this episode may be triggering to those sensitive to loss.    You can learn more about Heaven's Gain here: https://heavensgain.org/   You can donate to Promise of Life Network here: https://promiseoflifenetwork.org/donate/