Gabrielle Stanley Blair

That's a huge one.

Have you read the book Ejaculate Responsibly by Gabrielle Blair?

No.

Oh, so good.

And I've seen a lawmaker in a state legislature.

And there's a recording of her making this point recently.

And basically, Gabrielle Blair points out that women only have a fertility window.

Women are only fertile for a window of like 24 to 48 hours once a month.

I'd be curious to know.

So I do want to bring up Gabrielle Blair is a blogger and designer and now really a sort of public thinker.

She happens to be a Mormon woman who has six kids.

And she has written a book called Ejaculate Responsibly, in which she makes this argument that men can prevent nearly 100% of unplanned pregnancies.

I know we've been on this topic a bit, but another thought I have is do we value the mother's life as much as the fetus? So in this book called the turnaway study, I'll just read you a couple of quotes.

They say the risk of a major complication from abortion, needing surgery, a blood transfusion or hospitalization is less than a quarter of 1%.

And on the other hand, I believe this is from Gabrielle Blair's book, uh, She quotes that pregnancy and childbirth are very dangerous with higher mortality rates than active duty police officers.

So I don't think that people even understand the danger and all the complications that come from pregnancy and childbirth to try to compare it for safety purposes anyway of what not having a baby is for women.

Crazy, crazy world.

But we're going to talk primarily, I want to go into what has really triggered a lot of this, which is Gabrielle Blair's essay on Substack and the responses to this.

She gives a number of points, and so I think they're good to use, even though not everybody's response is to her on this and is directly to the church.

But I want to talk about this.

It's an incredible experience.

Here we go.

So let's talk about some of this pushback, starting with Gabrielle Blair's substack.

She says that the letter is inappropriate, even though it's legal, and because churches are expected to stay out of politics in exchange for tax exemption.

And it's actually making me think of, I don't remember feeling envy more.

I felt more awe, but this longtime blogging friend of mine, Gabrielle Blair, I remember when I first discovered her, this was like 20 years ago when we were both just starting in the space.

And I remember just feeling like just watching how she showed up online was kind of a masterclass for me.

And that's like how I learned to get better.