While the terms “pro-life” and “pro-choice” are clearly open for interpretation, I’ve had the impression that, generally, “pro-life” people think abortion should be illegal except in cases that threaten the mother’s life (and perhaps in cases of rape*) and “pro-choice” people generally think abortion should be legal throughout pregnancy. My impressions are due partially to […]
Last month Health and Human Services (HHS) mandated birth control, sterilization, and abortion inducing drugs in President Obama’s healthcare reform. The issue at hand does not only consist of whether or not we believe any of the three above “preventative services’ are okay, the larger issue at hand is that the HHS mandate also forces […]
Backstory here. Josiah is affiliated with the Christian group Abolitionist Society of Oklahoma. You’ve probably seen their “Abolish Human Abortion” graphics on Facebook; they’re excellent with social media.
Kelsey speaking. It’s hard to believe that my graduation from the University of Virginia School of Law is just two months away! In light of this approaching milestone, I decided to revisit an issue from early in my law school career: namely, whether or not the Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University in […]
So it’s pretty ridiculous how many times I’ve heard this: If you want to understand a pro-lifer’s perspective, take any argument about abortion and substitute “fetus” with “3-year-old.” Try this with me: “If you don’t like killing 3-year-olds, then don’t kill any. But don’t try to impose your beliefs on me!” See what happens […]
New Hampshire – The New Hampshire House has passed legislation requiring a 24 hour waiting period before an abortion and also requires doctors to inform patient’s about the link between abortion and breast cancer. Here is the actual language in the legislation regarding said link: e) Materials that inform the pregnant woman that there is […]
I am not, by any stretch, the first pro-lifer to draw parallels between abortion and infanticide. Many before me have tried to explain our concern that society could adapt the pro-choice mentality to apply to newborns. Pro-choicers usually respond with flat denial, and sometimes disgust. Killing newborns, after all, cannot be justified by bodily integrity. […]
SPL member Ward Ricker has produced a couple of useful tools. The first is a quiz that tests your general knowledge of abortion in the United States; it uses neutral language, so both pro- and anti-abortion people can use it and learn something. (I confess that I got one of the questions wrong.) The second […]
In my opinion, bodily integrity—the idea that no person has the right to use another person’s body against their will–is the strongest pro-choice argument. Consider the court case McFall v Shimp: McFall suffered from a life-threatening bone marrow disease and his cousin, Shimp, was a compatible bone marrow donor. Shimp refused to donate bone marrow. […]
Thanks for bearing with us during the blog hiatus. Secular Pro-Life has an exciting announcement: AbortionSafety.com will launch on April 3rd! This project has been over a year in the making, and we are thrilled to be able to reach out to women and babies in crisis. On this International Women’s Day, we affirm that […]
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