America was founded with a commitment to the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. So how is it that America remains so confused about the full scope of human rights? And why are abortion activists going so far as to embrace John C. Calhoun’s pro-slavery logic—treating abortion as if it weren’t simply an unfortunate but tolerable practice, but instead callously promoting abortion as a “positive good” for America and all developed nations? Josh Craddock, an affiliated scholar at the James Wilson Institute on Natural Rights and the American Founding, joins us to speak about these issues and more. A Washington, DC based attorney, Josh previously clerked for Chief Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and is a former editor-in-chief of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy.
“The Constitution Already Prohibits Abortion: An Originalist Case for Prenatal Personhood”
“Protecting Prenatal Persons: Does the Fourteenth Amendment Prohibit Abortion?”
“The Pro-Life Reply to: ‘Abortion is a Constitutional Right'”
“Abortion as Positive Good: The Democrats’ New Rhetoric Has Vile Precedents”
