Life, Love and Law
Welcome to the Life, Love and Law podcast. Your hosts are Julie Bailey and Deacon Doug Flinn. Julie is a pro-life activist and the retired Director of the Respect Life Apostolate for the Diocese of Colorado Springs and Deacon Doug is the General Counsel for the Diocese of Colorado Springs and the Archdiocese of Denver. Together, they will discuss the beauty of Catholic Church teachings on many life issues and how these issues intersect with the law in the United States. Contact email: lifeloveandlaw@diocs.org
Episodes
On this week's episode, Deacon Doug and Julie talk about the ballot measures of concern on the upcoming November 3rd ballot for Colorado, PROP 133, PROP 134, and PROP 135.
Please don't forget to vote!
Protect Kids Colorado: https://www.protectkidscolorado.org/
On this episode of Life, Love and Law, Deacon Doug and Julie discuss legal documents for end of life.
Catholic medical durable power of attorney: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:b2fde43b-6ddc-454e-9295-a5e8a2400dbd
On this episode of Life, Love and Law, Deacon Doug and Julie talk about human trafficking.
Links to resources:
https://www.state.gov/understanding-human-trafficking/
https://www.usccb.org/topics/anti-trafficking-program
https://bakhitamountainhome.org/
On today's episode, the topic is the hard cases of abortion. This usually refers to the instances of rape, incest and the life of the mother.
Exceptions to U.S. Laws Map: https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/exceptions-in-state-abortion-bans-and-early-gestational-limits/ Mama Bear Care: https://mamabearcare.org/ Rape, Incest & Abortion - Beyond the Myths: https://afterabortion.org/rape-incest-and-abortion-se...On this episode, Deacon Doug and Julie talk about why pornography is a life issue.
Links to discussed documents and sites:
Create In Me a Pure Heart/USCCB Resources: https://www.usccb.org/pureheart Humanae Vitae: https://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_25071968_humanae-vitae.html Laudato si': https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica...On this episode, Deacon Doug and Julie discuss the aspects to AI and its effect on humanity.
Encyclical Letter MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS Of His Holiness POPE LEO XIV On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html
The Summit with Fr. Kyle Ingels, Episode 81: https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-kmxg9-1add79b
Today's episode has Deacon Doug and Julie talking about the Colorado State Legislature and the bills that were recently passed in the latest, now closed, session. They talk about the bills that were good and the bad bills for pro-life issues.
Legislative Work - Colorado Catholic Conference: https://www.cocatholic.org/legislative-work
On this episode, Deacon Doug and Julie discuss the role that men may, or may not, have in abortion decisions.
Vitae Study: https://vitaeresearchinstitute.org/afewgoodmen/
On this week's episode, Julie and Deacon Doug discuss the availability of abortion pills at universities and the bill that the Colorado State Assembly is introducing.
Abortion Pill on College Campuses Bill - 1335 https://track.govhawk.com/public/bills/2339383
On this episode of Life, Love & Law, Julie and Deacon Doug talk about abortion laws in Colorado and other states and how they were affected by the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
https://www.britannica.com/science/US-abortion-rights-by-state-2236312
On this week's episode, Deacon Doug and Julie discuss the culture of death that surrounds us today. Listen to find out how you can combat it.
More resources:
In today's episode, Deacon Doug and Julie discuss the proliferation of the Abortion Pill, also called chemical or medical abortion as well as the many dangers posed to women by these drugs. They also address the misinformation in the media, the history of the Abortion Pill, and the difference between the Abortion Pill and The Morning After Pill.
Further reading:
https://eppc.org/publication/insurance-data-reveals-one-in-ten-patient...
On this week's episode, the topic is genetic chimeras and the paths that science is taking, both good and bad, and how that relates to the Catholic Church's teachings.
For this week's episode, Deacon Doug and Julie talk about stem cell research, the different types, and what the Church teaches.
For further reading: https://www.ncbcenter.org/
On this week's episode, Deacon Doug and Julie discuss the grave matter of physician assisted suicide and share some personal stories of how they helped prevent people from that outcome.
If you are interested in a particular topic that you'd like Deacon Doug and Julie to cover, please contact them at: lifeloveandlaw@diocs.org
On this episode, Deacon Doug and Julie discuss the complex issue of embryo adoption, sometimes referred to as snowflake babies.
Resource discussed, The Way of the Lord Jesus Website: http://twotlj.org/
Email addresses for Deacon Flinn and Julie Bailey:
On this episode, Deacon Doug and Julie talk about ERDs as they pertain to end of life and the teachings of the church. Revisiting the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services: https://www.usccb.org/resources/ERDs-7th-ed-Approved_2025-11-12.pdf
Also discussed is the National Catholic Bioethics Center: https://www.ncbcenter.org/
This week Deacon Doug and Julie talk about In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and the Church's teaching on this topic.
Shiloh IVF Ministry: https://www.shilohivf.com/
On this podcast episode, Deacon Doug and Julie will be talking about Ethical and Religious Directives, or ERDs, using the 6th edition of the document from the USCCB. After this episode was recorded, the USCCB released a new edition, the 7th - here is the link: ERDs-7th-ed-Approved_2025-11-12.pdf
Welcome to Life, Love and Law! Your hosts are Julie Bailey and Deacon Doug Flinn. Julie is the Director of the Respect Life Apostolate for the Diocese of Colorado Springs and Deacon Doug is the Chancellor and General Counsel. Together, they will discuss the beauty of Catholic Church teachings on many life issues and how these issues intersect with the law in the United States.
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