Wednesday, June 29, 2022

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

PART I (15:19 - 15:19) The Irreducible and Unavoidable Question in Abortions Is This: Does the Inhabitant of the Womb Deserve Protection?
The Heart of the Abortion Debate: What is Human Life? by Washington Post (Henry Olsen) Ending Roe is a Pure Exercise of Republican Power, Wielded to Reduce Women’s Freedom and Equality by LA Times (Erwin Chemerinsky) Requiem for the Supreme Court by New York Times (Linda Greenhouse)

PART II (20:13 - 20:13) With Roe Reversed, I’m Leaving! (Maybe): The Moral Absurdity of Threats to Leave the U.S. in the Wake of Dobbs
Green Day Lead Singer Says He’ll Renounce Citizenship Over Abortion Ruling by Washington Post (Samantha Chery) When Is It Time to Leave America? by Religion News Service (Jeffrey Salkin)

PART III (25:15 - 25:15) The Reckoning of History: New U.S. Ambassador to Germany Visits Her Father’s Boyhood Home — Her Father Had Fled the Nazis in Fear of His Life
Her Father Fled the Nazis. She’s the New U.S. Ambassador to Germany. by New York Times (Katrin Bennhold)