Baruch Brody, in an essay titled “Against an Absolute Right to Abortion”, [1] defends what he calls the brain, heart, and lung theory of death, adapted from a theory put forth by ethicist Paul Ramsey. Brody is, himself, pro-life, but only after the first trimester. The view he supports essentially states in order to determine […]
Our friends at the Life Matters Journal have released their latest issue, which you can read online for free here. On abortion, this issue includes commentary from frequent SPL contributors Acyutananda (“What’s in it for the Born?”) and Clinton Wilcox (“Our Identity Remains the Same Throughout Our Entire Life”). There is also a reprint of […]
This past June, Secular Pro-Life launched Prevent Preterm, a campaign to educate future parents about three preventable causes of premature birth. Two, tobacco use and lack of prenatal care, are uncontroversial. The third is a history of abortion. The evidence that abortion is a risk factor for premature birth in subsequent pregnancies is overwhelming. Over […]
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