[Update December 2021 – We have recreated and added to the below list here: https://secularprolife.org/pregnancy-rates/] Pro-life laws decrease abortion in two ways. The direct and more obvious way is by decreasing the number of pregnant women who get abortions. A wide body of research (part 1, part 2) demonstrates that when abortion is restricted abortion […]
Tomorrow is the deadline to submit your comments to the Department of Health & Human Services in support of the Protect Life Rule. This regulation limits the ability of abortion businesses to obtain government subsidies through the Title X program. Title X is intended to fund contraception, not abortion. The Protect Life Rule will prioritize […]
This weekend I had the honor of attending and speaking at the Democrats for Life of America (DFLA) Conference in Denver, Colorado. I myself am a registered Democrat and pro-life activist operating in San Francisco, one of the most left-leaning of America’s progressive cities. A progressive local group in Colorado had purchased a billboard sign […]
[Update December 2021 – We have recreated and added to the below list here: https://secularprolife.org/abortion-rates/] As a follow up to our previous post (Pro-life laws stop abortions. Here’s the evidence.) here in chronological order are more studies suggesting that abortion restrictions do decrease abortion—and not just legal abortion, but abortion in general. Note how many […]
Mark your calendars for these upcoming pro-life events! August 5-11: #Justice4Life Bus Tour and Rallies Students for Life of America is organizing a nationwide effort to confirm Judge Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. The #Justice4Life bus tour will cover town halls and campaign rallies of Senators in West Virginia, Indiana, North Dakota, Missouri, and Alaska. […]
The word is “consequence.” “Consequence” has two closely related meanings. First, it can be used to indicate a cause-and-effect relationship, synonymous with the word “result.” A consequence may be positive, negative, or neutral: Monique studied hard over the weekend. As a consequence, she aced her final exam. Joe smoked cigarettes for thirty years. As a […]
Today’s guest post is by Conner Alford. Women and their partners are generally forward-thinking and rational in their fertility behavior. Within our society’s broader debate on abortion, two particular pro-choice arguments have occupied a great deal of attention among political activists and leaders alike. The first and stronger of these arguments postulates that legal restrictions […]
Last night, Students for Life of America hosted a webcast on the topic of its Justice4Life campaign, a grassroots effort to confirm Judge Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. A recording will be available soon, but in the meantime, here are my notes. Emcee David Bereit David uses the word “opportunity” constantly. An historic opportunity, an […]
Every life has equal worth. However, not all lives are treated with dignity. For instance, society commonly favors the lives of non-disabled people over disabled people. This preference even appears in the debate about the legality of abortions. A common argument pro-choicers pose is that a woman should get an abortion if she is not […]
This Sunday, July 15, is a big day for two reasons: 1. It’s the submission deadline for Create|Encounter! The second annual Create|Encounter contest, organized by our friends at Rehumanize International, is home to creative works of all kinds—poetry, narrative fiction, paintings, scripts, music, photography, sculpture, video, you name it—that relate to human rights and freedom […]