Capitol Conversations

What’s happening with the abortion debates in America? Part 2.

May 30, 2019

This is part two in the series: What’s happening with the abortion debates in America?

Jeff and Chelsea are joined by Trillia Newbell and Dan Darling to discuss what it means to bring a holistic pro-life ethic to bear on this current cultural moment. The momentum continues for the pro-life movement as state governments in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Missouri enacted new laws prohibiting abortion. All this attention then catalyzed nationwide conversations about life, women, and the unborn.

Guest Biography

Trillia Newbell is the director of Community Outreach. Trillia has a degree in political science from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and is currently pursuing her M.A. in biblical counseling from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. She is the author of two books, United: Captured by God’s Vision for Diversity and Fear and Faith. Trillia lives in the Nashville area with her husband Thern and their two children. @trillianewbell

Daniel Darling is the vice president for Communications. He is a columnist for Homelife and is a regular contributor to In Touch and a contributing editor for Christianity Today’s CT Pastors. Dan’s work has appeared in USA Today, CNN, Washington Times, Huffington Post, and The Gospel Coalition. Daniel is the host of The Way Home Podcast and an associate pastor at Green Hill Church in Mt. Juliet, Tenn. He is the author of several books, including his latest, The Dignity Revolution. He personally blogs at danieldarling.com. @dandarling

Resources from the Conversation

Podcast Episode | Part 1: Dana Hall McCain on Alabama’s pendulum swing

Chelsea’s USA Today article | I’m pro-life. That means protecting the unborn from abortion and also caring for women.

Trillia’s RNS article | It’s unfair to say Christians’ pro-life stance ends at birth

Dan’s book | The Dignity Revolution

ERLC | Capitol Conversation Podcast

Chelsea
Chelsea Sobolik

Chelsea Sobolik serves as Director of Government Relations for World Relief, a a global Christian humanitarian organization and the largest Evangelical refugee resettlement in the U.S. Previously, she worked for the leading evangelical child welfare organization in the country, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) and on Captiol Hill.. Chelsea has been published at

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Daniel Darling
Daniel Darling

Dan Darling is the director of the Land Center for Cultural Engagement for Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is a columnist for World Magazine and a contributor to USA Today. Darling is a bestselling author of several books including The Dignity Revolution, A Way With Words, and The Characters of Christmas. He has pastored churches in Illinois and

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Jeff Pickering

Jeff Pickering is the director of the Initiative on Faith & Public Life, a project of the American Enterprise Institute. AEI is a leading public policy think tank in Washington, DC and the initiative exists to equip Christian college students for faithful engagement in public life. Jeff moved to Washington to work for Russell Moore

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Trillia Newbell

Trillia Newbell is the author of several books including A Great Cloud of Witnesses, Sacred Endurance, If God Is For Us, Fear and Faith,and the children’s books, Creative God, Colorful Us and  God’s Very Good Idea. When she isn’t writing, she’s encouraging and supporting other writers as an Acquisitions Editor at Moody Publishers. Trillia is married to

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