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1982

1982-01-01 Televangelist Jerry Falwell created the Liberty Godparent Home in Virginia as an “alternative” to abortion for unwed mothers. Several mothers and podcasters alleged the home used shame, coercion, forced birth, manipulation and faith to force adoptions.

https://www.vpm.org/news/2025-08-12/liberty-lost-tj-raphael-maternity-home-family-life-services-adoption

https://msmagazine.com/2025/07/10/liberty-university-maternity-home-unwed-mothers-teenagers/

https://religiondispatches.org/2025/08/07/liberty-universitys-baby-business-forced-birth-coerced-adoption-white-christian

https://therevealer.org/all-aboard-the-orphan-train/

2025 August

2025-08-07 CNN Pamela Brown interviewed Doug Wilson with Christ Church. The interview is very enlightening because he made several misogynist remarks about women including but not limited to “women are people other people come out of” and that having babies doesn’t take skill.  Summed up, he claimed that women should not vote, and they should not hold leadership positions because the bible says they shouldn’t. The interview featured two other church leaders with the same set of beliefs. For context, Doug Wilson erected a church in Washington D.C., helped co-author Project 2025, and is followed by Pete Hegseth.

2025-08-07 Pete Hegseth posted on X “All of Christ for All of Life” and included a link to Doug Wilson’s interview about his Christian Nationalist crusade.

https://x.com/PeteHegseth/status/1953626931234054558?lang=en

2025-08-13 Doug Wilson had a church built in Washington DC which Pete Hegseth attends.

2025 September

2025-09-10 During an interview with Lila Rose in September 2025, Emma Waters of the Heritage Foundation (a religious organization which contributed to and pushed Project 2025) addressed her pro-life views on IVF. During the interview she even brought up a correlation between IVF and birthright citizenship if contracted out. In the video, which can be found on Live Action on YouTube, she starts talking about foreign nationals around 22 minutes in, but I’d recommend watching the 45-minute video in its entirety. 

https://www.heritage.org/marriage-and-family/commentary/taming-ivfs-wild-west