Life, Liberty, and Law
Conversations on the Human Right to Life
Americans United for Life brings you “Life, Liberty, and Law,” a weekly podcast featuring conversations on the human right to life.
Ernest Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants' and abortion's violent and coercive nature in every time and place – Life, Liberty, and Law
In a way that only he can, Ernest Hemingway uses a literary device known as the Iceberg Theory to tell stories that lead readers to personal, emotional conclusions. In the short story "Hills Like White Elephants," Hemingway alludes to abortion without ever saying the word or even mentioning a baby. In this story, you’ll hear a man and woman talking over beer and liquor at a bar in Spain while they wait for a train. The emotional space between them is tense. Another character is present—a character whose life is on the line.
Today's episode is a little different than Life, Liberty, and Law's typical programing—it is a reading of Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants," sharing this timeless and timely short story and the lessons it imparts.
- Ernest Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants' and abortion's violent and coercive nature in every time and place
- Abby Balmert on the human right to life in the law, Casa Teresa, and working with women in need to create a culture of life
- Dr. Christina Francis on science and the human right to life, communicating the truth, and refuting ideology
- Jean-Paul Van De Walle on abortion activism at the European Parliament, the human right to life in Europe, and the hope of pro-family policies
- Hadley Arkes on human rights, natural law and moral reasoning, and ‘recovering the things we used to know’
- Catherine Glenn Foster testifies to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on the Women's Health Protection Act
- Katy Faust on children's rights, bioethics, and how we can strengthen the American family
- William L. Saunders on human rights, 'Unborn Human Life and Fundamental Rights,' and the future of American law on life issues
- Katie Glenn on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, the U.S. Supreme Court case that could protect preborn children
- Senator Steve Daines on founding the U.S. Senate pro-life caucus, the people of Montana, and abortion at the Supreme Court
