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Target's Transgender Undergarments, Starbucks Abortion Coverage, and Disney's Falling Star May 19, 2022

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Women who want to appear to be men now can buy “compression tops” at Target to hide their breasts. Starbucks, among other companies, will pay travel costs for employees to have an abortion if they live in a state that restricts the procedure. And Disney says it's outraged that kindergarteners can’t be taught gender ideology in Florida public schools.

Some of America’s biggest businesses increasingly are embracing far-left ideology, and that may be affecting consumers' opinions about those businesses.

“The share of Americans with a favorable impression of Disney has collapsed from 77% last year to just 33% today,” Christopher Rufo, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and contributing editor at City Journal, reports.

The streaming service Netflix, for one, may have noticed Disney’s falling star. Netflix recently released a memo to employees stressing the company's commitment to a diversity of views and opinions in its content.

“As employees we support the principle that Netflix offers a diversity of stories, even if we find some titles counter to our own personal values,” the memo reads. “Depending on your role, you may need to work on titles you perceive to be harmful. If you’d find it hard to support our content breadth, Netflix may not be the best place for you.”

On today’s edition of the “Problematic Women” podcast, we discuss why some Americans are likely weary of the left’s radical agenda infiltrating America's businesses.

We also share what we saw at the recent pro-abortion women’s march in D.C. And as always, we crown our Problematic Woman of the Week.

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What to Know: Pro-Abortion Protesters Target Justices’ Homes May 12, 2022

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It’s against the law to intimidate a Supreme Court justice in an effort to persuade him or her to rule a certain way. But that hasn't stopped some abortion activists from marching to the homes of the high court’s conservative justices to demand that Roe v. Wade stand.

Saturday evening, protesters visited the houses of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

On Monday, the pro-abortion group Ruth Sent Us organized a demonstration in front of Justice Samuel Alito’s home, and on Wednesday, protesters visited the homes of all six conservative justices, including Amy Coney Barrett.

The protests come in response to the leak of Alito's draft majority opinion in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. That opinion, if finalized, would overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that legalized abortion on demand across the country.

On today’s edition of “Problematic Women” we discuss what it's like at the scene of these protests and why the First Amendment doesn't give anyone the right to intimidate judges or justices.

Also on today’s show, we cover YouTube's censoring of a speech by former President Donald Trump. Plus, food shortages continue to create challenges for Americans.

And as always, we’ll crown our Problematic Woman of the Week.

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Sam Sorbo on Faith, Acting, and Education Reform May 10, 2022

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After making it big in the entertainment industry, a young Sam Sorbo was struggling to find purpose.

“I guess I figured out that the game was to make a lot of money,” she recalls. “That's what I was taught growing up. And I made a lot of money and it wasn't enough for me.”

Sorbo’s quest for purpose led her to faith, and a new set of values.

Sorbo, an actress, author, filmmaker, and advocate of education freedom, joins the “Problematic Women” podcast to share her journey into faith, entertainment, and homeschooling.

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Historic Fall of Roe v. Wade May 05, 2022

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Nothing is normal about the way the public learned this week that Roe v. Wade is likely to be overturned by the Supreme Court, but then again, nothing is normal about taking the life of an unborn child.

Roe v. Wade is the contentious 1973 high court ruling that legalized abortion nationwide.

In a leaked draft opinion in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Justice Samuel Alito wrote, “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences.”

Alito adds that “far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and [Planned Parenthood v.] Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division."

On today’s edition of the “Problematic Women” podcast, we break down the significance of the Supreme Court’s decision, and why the leaked draft opinion is damaging for the high court. Plus, we explain what happens at the state level if Roe is in fact reversed in the decision expected late next month.

And as always, we crown our “Problematic Woman of the Week.”

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What Biden’s Plans for Title IX Means for Women and Girls Apr 28, 2022

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Feminists this year are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the federal law prohibiting sex-based discrimination in any educational program that’s federally funded, either directly or indirectly.

But in an ironic twist, the Biden administration is eroding the landmark legislation by redefining sex to mean “gender identity.”

The change, seemingly minor, will have major repercussions, and Sarah Parshall Perry, a senior legal fellow for the Edwin Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation, joins "Problematic Women" to discuss what these changes would mean—and what can be done to stop them.

Also on today's show, we discuss the Biden administration's attempt to reinstate the mask mandate for public transportation and the Supreme Court preparing to weigh in on whether a public school employee is allowed to participate in silent prayer in view of students while on the clock.

And as always, we crown our "Problematic Woman of the Week."

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Megan Almon: How to Defend Your Pro-Life Views Apr 26, 2022

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Megan Almon is a voice for those who have no voice.

Since 2009, Almon has trained tens of thousands of people, many of them students, how to defend their pro-life views.

Almon is a speaker with Life Training Institute, and approaches the life issue from a scientific, philosophical, and Biblical perspective.

The first question that has to be answered, she says, is “What is the unborn?” That question “frames the entire debate."

"And that's the question most people are not talking about right now,” she says.

Almon joins the “Problematic Women” podcast to explain her own pro-life journey, and offers wisdom on how we can all have meaningful and intelligent conversations about the unborn.

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Motherhood, Career, and Homeschooling. Is It Possible to Do It All? Apr 21, 2022

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Being a wife and mother while working full time is a lot. Add homeschooling to the mix? Now you have entered superhero status in our book.

Marguerite Bowling, a senior communications manager at The Heritage Foundation, is actually no superhero, but she and her husband are committed to their children’s education and upbringing. When Bowling realized how woke her local Maryland school district was, the couple decided to take on the challenge of homeschooling their kindergarten daughter.

The couple shares the responsibility of schooling their kindergartner, each giving the other time to work and care for their other two young children. It’s not always perfect, Bowling says, and promises she has had more than one or two rough days. But they have found a way to make it work.

Today, Bowling joins the “Problematic Women” podcast to explain why she and her husband made the choice to homeschool, and how they are doing what many would call “impossible.”

Also on today’s show, commentator Dennis Prager says the left has heavily influenced what women want, away from their natural desires. Is he right? And Prince Harry of the British royal family says he wants to raise his kids in a more equal world. How much advice should we be taking from the royals?

And as always, we crown our Problematic Woman of the Week.

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What’s Really Happening at the Southern Border? Apr 14, 2022

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On his first day in office in January 2021, President Joe Biden ended many of his predecessor's policies to manage illegal immigration at America’s southern border. Biden brought a halt to former President Donald Trump's construction of the border wall, and tens of thousands of migrants began crossing the border illegally.

Since October, more than 940,000 migrants have been caught at the border, the Border Patrol reports.

Gloria Taylor, communications manager for national security and foreign policy issues at The Heritage Foundation, traveled last week to McAllen, Texas, to see for herself what is happening there.

Taylor joins this episode of the “Problematic Women” podcast to discuss what she learned from Border Patrol agents and from ranchers who live on the border and face the challenges of surging illegal immigration every day.

Also on today’s show, we discuss why some district attorneys no longer prosecute entire categories of crime. Plus, we take time to remember the significance of Easter. And as always, we’ll crown our Problematic Woman of the Week.

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Why This Grandmother Has Been Helping Unborn and Moms for 20 Years Apr 12, 2022

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For over 20 years, Eleanor McCullen has taken time every week to stand outside a Planned Parenthood clinic and offer help to women in crisis pregnancies.

At the age of 85, McCullen says she has been a part of saving the lives of about 300 babies from abortion. But she adds that it’s not about numbers, but helping women and their babies.

The first question she asks women outside a Planned Parenthood clinic, McCullen says, is: “What can I do to help you?”

And she doesn't stop there. McCullen has journeyed with many women through their pregnancies and beyond, offering financial, spiritual, and emotional support to families.

Her passion for unborn babies and their mothers has taken McCullen to the Supreme Court and prompted her to testify before Congress. She testified March 24 against Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.

McCullen joins this episode of the “Problematic Women” podcast to explain why she decided to become an advocate for life.

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Upholding Rights for Women, Addressing Teen Girls’ Mental Health Crisis Apr 07, 2022

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On this edition of the “Problematic Women” podcast, we break down a new effort to defend the legal rights of women and girls.

A document from the Independent Women’s Network, “The Women’s Bill of Rights,” calls for legally defining basic sex-based terms that activists have manipulated in recent years to alter the common public meaning of the nation’s laws against discrimination.

We also share the horrific story of five babies who appear to have been aborted illegally in the nation’s capital. And we discuss Suzy Weiss’ column headlined “The Teen Girls Aren’t Going to Forget,” which explores the accelerating mental health crisis among teenage girls.

And as always, we crown our Problematic Woman of the Week.

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