When we say “life begins at conception,” we mean the human life cycle begins with the zygote. But often others think we are trying to say “people [morally relevant and valuable humans] begin at conception.” This is a philosophical claim, not a scientific one. So when others counter with “science can’t tell us when life begins” […]
After a years-long legal battle, a judge has upheld the Ohio Department of Health’s decision to close Women’s Med Center of Dayton (WMCD), a surgical abortion facility operated by Martin Haskell. Haskell is infamous for pioneering the (now illegal) partial-birth abortion method. Martin Haskell In 2016, the Department of Health found that WMCD lacked adequate […]
California legislators are expected to vote this week on SB 320, a bill that would turn all public university campus health centers into abortion vendors. The proposed legislation would require campus health centers to begin offering the abortion pill Mifeprex by 2022. SB 320 doesn’t even pretend to be pro-choice; it is blatantly pro-abortion. It […]
Secular Pro-Life is pleased to announce that its president, Kelsey Hazzard, will give the opening speech at the 2018 Vita et Veritas conference at Yale University. Vita et Veritas is an annual conference hosted by Choose Life at Yale. It will be held on Saturday, September 29 and Sunday, September 30. This year’s theme is […]
This is the second article in a series on a book by Christian author Rebecca Todd Peters called Trust Women: A Progressive Christian Argument for Reproductive Justice. (For part one, click here.) In this pro–abortion book, Peters argues for legalized abortion up until birth. She also attacks pro-life laws that require women to receive counseling […]
“Live-birth abortion” sounds like an oxymoron, but it’s the term being used to describe a shockingly common scenario in Canada. A National Post article headlined “Birth of a legal quandry: Live-birth abortions a perilous grey zone in Canada’s criminal code” reports: On Thursday, three federal Conservative backbenchers said they had asked the RCMP to initiate […]
The trailer for Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer dropped yesterday, and it looks awesome: About a minute and a half in, Gosnell’s lawyer blasts the lead detective as “an overly zealous, Catholic investigator.” That is immediately followed by the detective (in another scene) protesting “Is that what you want to make this […]
Attention pro-life student leaders: Secular Pro-Life has just redesigned its signature brochure, Why Should Non-Christians Care About Abortion?, and we want to send you some free copies! The brochure covers the science of when human life begins, the human rights and equality argument against abortion, and the diversity of the pro-life movement. New to this […]
Christian author Rebecca Todd Peters released a book this year entitled Trust Women: A Progressive Christian Argument for Reproductive Justice. In the book, she argues that abortion is a moral, ethical solution to a problem pregnancy. She supports legal abortion up until birth. Although some of the things Peters says about poverty and abortion rates […]
Last week, Slate‘s parenting advice column featured a heartbreaking letter from a woman who had an abortion at the insistence of her boyfriend, only to see the relationship fall apart. My partner and I have been together for 2.5 years. We have built a very strong, loving, and committed relationship. My almost 5-year-old daughter has […]
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