# The Abort73 Substack Commentary on abortion in America and around the globe by Abort73's Michael Spielman—who likes to think of himself as the least weird anti-abortion activist in the world. His wife, Carrie, might disagree. Page: Feed: --- ## [More Like a School Than a Soup Kitchen](https://abort73.substack.com/p/more-like-a-school-than-a-soup-kitchen) _2026-08-10 · Michael Spielman_ There are essentially two types of charities in the world. Those that provide tangible services, like a soup kitchen, and those that provide non-tangible services, like a public school. But if you mix up the categories, you'll have a hard time evaluating their records of success. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210603588/7ce7b849fd0f7fc2a1f41810fbe1f97c.mp3) ## [No Such Thing as Mom](https://abort73.substack.com/p/no-such-thing-as-mom) _2026-06-30 · Michael Spielman_ Track 11 on Switchfoot's new Forever Now! album contains a metaphor so simple and profound that we really need to talk about it. Without mentioning abortion, it testifies to the humanity of children in the womb. And without getting religious, it reveals how shortsighted it is to simply assume that nothing awaits us beyond the grave. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204441619/fa43fba23a28978287f649b6df190a49.mp3) ## [The Old Vices Were Better Than the New](https://abort73.substack.com/p/the-old-vices-were-better-than-the) _2026-06-15 · Michael Spielman_ The Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. Frederica Mathewes-Green’s “Let’s Have More Teen Pregnancy,” and Sheldon Vanauken’s A Severe Mercy. Let’s talk about them all, and why the old vices were better than the new. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/202149441/8b3a8a541c09f7854d7994cc75dbc306.mp3) ## [Whom Do We Charge? Mom, Dad, or the Abortionist?](https://abort73.substack.com/p/whos-the-murderer-mom-dad-or-the) _2026-05-19 · Michael Spielman_ Pro-life luminaries Scott Klusendorf and Seth Gruber find themselves on opposite sides of the "Equal Protection" debate. Their respective arguments (and recent articles) leave us with a lot to consider. Does justice demand that we prosecute mothers for the crime of abortion, or does wisdom demand that we take the victories we can get? [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/198412122/f1fd1f5fc6a1189c2fc266f4eb119ed4.mp3) ## [The Problem of Faith in a World Full of Evil](https://abort73.substack.com/p/the-problem-of-faith-in-a-world-full) _2026-04-29 · Michael Spielman_ The existence of evil in a world made by a good God isn't all that hard to explain. But how can evil exist in a world where believers with even a modicum of belief are promised anything they ask for in prayer? Have you ever thought about why that is and what it says about our faith? [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/195881140/bf52e4a26083c66b81253648eb769988.mp3) ## [Move Over, Kansas & New Mexico. Massachusetts Has Gone All In on Out-of-State Abortions](https://abort73.substack.com/p/move-over-kansas-and-new-mexico-massachusetts) _2026-03-28 · Michael Spielman_ Massachusetts' reported abortion total for 2024 is shocking and unprecedented. It's double the reported total from 2023 and triple the total from 2020. Then there's this. The vast majority of Massachusetts' 2024 abortions occurred out of state on women who live out of state. How is that possible? Good question. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/192444623/6d19dc707e2a424555a91439f43a7e2b.mp3) ## [Amidst a Catastrophic Fertility Crisis, England Paid for 272,000 Abortions](https://abort73.substack.com/p/amidst-a-catastrophic-fertility-crisis) _2026-03-11 · Michael Spielman_ England's total fertility rate has fallen to an all-time low. An unsustainable low. Meanwhile, it pays to abort nearly a third of its unborn children. And almost all of those abortions now occur apart from any hospital, doctor’s office, or abortion clinic. They happen in the mother's own home, because it's now easier in Great Britain to have an abortion than it is to see a doctor. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/190619880/16fad4270179932d45d12f9bc16cac31.mp3) ## [The Difference Between Good Walls and Bad Walz](https://abort73.substack.com/p/the-difference-between-good-walls) _2026-02-10 · Michael Spielman_ There is no shortage of people out there who reject virtually every tenet of the Christian faith but insist they know exactly what Jesus would or wouldn't do. Some of them recently descended upon a church in the Twin Cities. The divine command to "love your neighbor" has become the basis for all sorts of diabolical schemes, so we better give some serious thought to what Christ is and isn't calling… [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/187530633/982db8f720a84a9d481ece5ec1b7f7ee.mp3) ## [No, American Support for Abortion is Not 80%](https://abort73.substack.com/p/no-american-support-for-abortion-9b8) _2026-01-28 · Michael Spielman_ I like listening to Batya Ungar-Sargon—who shows up with some frequency on The Megyn Kelly Show and The Free Press. She is charming and energetic and generally full of astute analysis, but her takes on abortion and gay marriage are less commendable. Batya’s argument is essentially this: ## [No, American Support for Abortion is Not 80%](https://abort73.substack.com/p/no-american-support-for-abortion) _2026-01-28 · Michael Spielman_ Planned Parenthood asserts that over 80% of Americans support legal abortion. And plenty of people have taken them at their word. But anyone who bothers to examine the basis of their dubious claim will come to a very different conclusion. Since few people are willing to make that effort, we've done the legwork for you. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/186078825/fd4015012627798e8e6d8e5579dbbb44.mp3) ## [Install Manifest V3 Extension (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/BFQ2oDJDMzKk) _2026-01-28 · **Sponsored**_ Get this Manifest V3 extension from the official TronBrowser Store listing. ## [Telehealth Abortion: The Streaming Porn of “Family Planning”](https://abort73.substack.com/p/telehealth-abortion-the-streaming-bf4) _2025-12-30 · Michael Spielman_ The era of virtual abortion clinics looks to have officially arrived. Which is very bad news. Because just as anonymity and ease of access vastly increased the market for pornography, virtual abortion clinics look to do the same in the realm of baby killing. God help us. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/182960603/ed14ea6a3b35148ee9bc38c987f03b39.mp3) ## [Telehealth Abortion: The Streaming Porn of “Family Planning”](https://abort73.substack.com/p/telehealth-abortion-the-streaming) _2025-12-30 · Michael Spielman_ Earlier this month, new #WeCount abortion estimates were published for the first half of 2025. ## [Male and Female He Created Them (for Marriage or Celibacy)](https://abort73.substack.com/p/male-and-female-he-created-them-for-afe) _2025-12-15 · Michael Spielman_ Why are there no gay couples on Dancing with the Stars?! And what does that tell us about the modern pretense that two men or two women can be wed? In an effort to better understand what all is covered by the Bible's condemnation of "sexual immorality," we offer this long and convoluted trip through Scripture. Starting in Genesis 1:1. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/181797477/0366932dd3169964c7c7a6adc32138b1.mp3) ## [Male and Female He Created Them (for Marriage or Celibacy)](https://abort73.substack.com/p/male-and-female-he-created-them-for) _2025-12-15 · Michael Spielman_ Commentary on abortion in America and around the globe by Abort73's Michael Spielman—who likes to think of himself as the least weird anti-abortion activist in the world. His wife, Carrie, might disagree. ## [Remembering Sara Henley](https://abort73.substack.com/p/remembering-sara-henley-b2b) _2025-11-24 · Michael Spielman_ During the late 1970's two of the biggest bands in the world were linked by a single abortion. The Eagles' Don Henley was the father and Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks was the mother. Nicks purportedly had the abortion to ensure that Fleetwood Mac would survive, but as things turned out, neither band would survive for long. Was their abortion at all to blame? [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/179831469/21fe1a38c7c66bc76fcd805795fea986.mp3) ## [Remembering Sara Henley](https://abort73.substack.com/p/remembering-sara-henley) _2025-11-24 · Michael Spielman_ Thanks to America This Week, I’ve been on a top-ten kick of late. ## [Voddie Baucham’s Eleventh Commandment](https://abort73.substack.com/p/voddie-bauchams-eleventh-commandment-fc3) _2025-10-09 · Michael Spielman_ In 2021, Voddie Baucham and Charlie Kirk shared the stage—along with Eric Metaxas—at Salem Media's panel discussion on biblical justice vs. social justice. Voddie and Charlie both died within weeks of either other last month, making their remarks at this event even more worth hearing. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/175714587/abe318d294ee06b4fd80e2a71ae239ce.mp3) ## [Voddie Baucham’s Eleventh Commandment](https://abort73.substack.com/p/voddie-bauchams-eleventh-commandment) _2025-10-09 · Michael Spielman_ Eric Metaxas sent out a video last week from 2021 titled “Biblical Justice vs. ## [Remembering Charlie](https://abort73.substack.com/p/remembering-charlie-859) _2025-09-16 · Michael Spielman_ An entirely unknown Charlie Kirk was just five years old when I started working for the Center for Bio-ethical Reform. ## [Ship everywhere from one CLI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/AjmtvSKm6uOg) _2025-09-16 · **Sponsored**_ One codebase, hosted runners, encrypted credentials, and automated submissions across stores ## [Remembering Charlie](https://abort73.substack.com/p/remembering-charlie) _2025-09-16 · Michael Spielman_ Charlie Kirk was hated by the world for the same reasons as Jesus. For testifying that its works are evil (John 7:7). And just like Christ before him, the world killed him for it. It's been six decades since an American icon was last assassinated, which makes this new ground for almost all of us. May God grant that we learn our lesson before it's too late. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/173767500/ff0d23238726b15084507705a91af3f3.mp3)