Frank Turek and Charlie Kirk: If Your Solution to Your Problem Is a Dead Baby, You Have the Wrong Solution
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Frank Turek and Charlie Kirk: If Your Solution to Your Problem Is a Dead Baby, You Have the Wrong Solution
Frank Turek joins Charlie Kirk to address common objections to pro-life legislation following the Roe v. Wade decision. Turek dismantles the argument that defending life equals imposing religion, explaining that all laws legislate morality, not religion. He delivers a powerful statement on abortion: if your solution requires a dead baby, it's not a solution. Turek and Kirk explore how the loss of self-evident truths grounded in a Creator leads to governance by power rather than principle, and why the left refuses to debate ideas they cannot defend without silencing opposition.
Frank Turek addresses a common objection raised after the Roe v. Wade decision: the claim that pro-life advocates are trying to impose religion or create a theocracy. Turek clarifies that defending the unborn is not about legislating religion. He explains that pro-life advocates are not telling people where, when, how, or if to worship. They are not mandating church membership or requiring belief in specific doctrines about God. The objective is not to legislate religion but to legislate morality.
Turek points out that every law legislates morality. Every law declares one behavior right and the opposite behavior wrong. He notes the irony that those who claim a right to abortion are themselves advocating for a moral position and seeking to enshrine it in law—the position that a woman has an absolute right to end her child's life.
If Your Solution Is a Dead Baby, You Have the Wrong Solution
Turek delivers a simple but powerful statement on the abortion issue: "If your solution to your problem is a dead baby, you have the wrong solution. That's the shortest way you can say it." He emphasizes that there is never a legitimate solution if it requires the death of a baby. This framing cuts through complex arguments and gets to the heart of the moral issue.
Turek reiterates that the goal is to legislate morality, which is what all laws do. He references a book he co-wrote with Dr. Norman Geisler 25 years ago called "Legislating Morality," which explores this very concept. He acknowledges Charlie Kirk as one of the most articulate defenders of the moral point of view who doesn't require people to be believers to understand these principles. Turek commends Kirk for the work he does on air, on college campuses, and in churches, and encourages continued support for his efforts.
Self-Evident Truths or Governance by Power
Turek addresses the core question about the political implications of the "death of God," as Nietzsche described it. He explains that if we lose self-evident truths grounded in our Creator, there are only two ways to govern: by truth and principle, or by power. Without a foundation of objective truth, governance inevitably devolves into the exercise of raw power.
Turek observes that the left is governing purely by power rather than principle. They silence opposition not because they have better arguments, but because they want to avoid debate altogether. The strategy is to shut down dissenting voices, cancel debates, and impose their will without having to defend their positions intellectually.
He notes that the left doesn't want to debate or defend their views because they cannot do so effectively. Instead, they simply want to impose their opinions by force. Without God and without self-evident truths, there is no basis to claim that anyone has rights to anything. Everything becomes merely a matter of opinion, and those with power can impose their opinions on everyone else.
Turek's analysis reveals the deep connection between a society's theological foundations and its political structure. When a culture abandons the concept of a Creator who endows human beings with inalienable rights, it opens the door to tyranny. The appeal to self-evident truths in the Declaration of Independence was not merely rhetorical—it was essential to limiting government power and protecting individual liberty.
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