[Today’s post is re-posted from “Yeah, but…“] Planned Parenthood is moving away from the term “pro-choice” in response polls showing dissatisfaction with abortion debate labels. “I’m neither pro-choice nor pro-life,” said one woman in a focus group commissioned by Planned Parenthood. “I’m pro-whatever-the-situation is.” Said another, “there should be three: pro-life, pro-choice and something in the […]
There was no shortage of great pro-life articles last week. Here are three that you should take the time to read in full. In an excellent article at Public Discourse, Russell Nieli recounts a Princeton University debate and explains what pro-lifers can learn from Karl Marx: “Karl Marx,” I said, “got most things wrong” (some […]
[Today’s article, by Bill Saunders and Kelsey Hazzard, originally appeared on LifeNews.] Planned Parenthood recently released its latest annual report, showing its services and finances for 2011. As many pro-life advocates have noted, the report shows that Planned Parenthood is continuing to expand its abortion business, and its bottom line. In addition, the report shows […]
Above: Mr. Swirling Scott Richard Swirling, a former executive director of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA), has been arrested for attempting to arrange a sexual encounter with a twelve-year-old girl. According to the Washington Examiner: Scott Richard Swirling, 61, thought he was discussing plans to meet a District man who was […]
It’s an uncontroversial fact of science that the preborn conceived of a human male and human female are human beings (biologically) from fertilization. But does this mean that just because they’re human beings we can’t kill them? There are times when it’s almost universally accepted that it’s acceptable to kill a human being, such as […]
[Today’s post is reprinted from Clinic Quotes, a website run by SPL member Sarah T.] Mandatory waiting periods before abortions reduce the suicide rate among women ages 25-64, according to a study. In the study “Mandatory Waiting Periods for Abortions and Female Mental Health” by Jonathan Klick, it was determined that the suicide rate of […]
You probably know that Secular Pro-Life’s president has written a book, Cultivating Weeds (available here and on Kindle). But we aren’t the only ones with a new book! Students for Life of America is about to release Courageous: Students Abolishing Abortion in this Lifetime. Unlike Cultivating Weeds, which is a work of fiction, Courageous is a […]
[Today’s post is reprinted from “Yeah, but…”] Philosophers have proposed, and studies have suggested, that people form opinions based on their emotions first, and after the opinion is formed they find a way to rationalize it. Emotion —> Opinion! —> Rationalization We may like to believe we first carefully think about the logic behind ideas, then form our opinions, and then let our […]
In my previous article, I examined the argument against abortion that I consider to be the strongest, the Substance View. This argument, by philosopher Don Marquis, is also a very strong argument and, when used in tandem with the Substance View, offers a very powerful cumulative case against abortion.This argument comes from Marquis’ 1989 article […]
The Irish Times is infamous within the pro-life movement for irresponsibly running with the story that a young woman named Savita Halappanavar had died because she was denied an abortion. Irish pro-lifers familiar with Irish medical practice were skeptical— and sure enough, the reporter later admitted that Savita may not have wanted an abortion at all. […]
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