{"id":15840,"date":"2011-10-06T18:48:12","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T17:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adrianwarnock.com\/?p=15840"},"modified":"2017-09-16T18:26:10","modified_gmt":"2017-09-16T17:26:10","slug":"would-steve-jobs-have-been-a-victim-of-abortion-if-conceived-today-a-testimony-to-human-potential-and-the-value-of-adoption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2011\/10\/would-steve-jobs-have-been-a-victim-of-abortion-if-conceived-today-a-testimony-to-human-potential-and-the-value-of-adoption\/","title":{"rendered":"Would Steve Jobs have been a victim of abortion if conceived today? 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