Today’s the day! At 9pm Eastern (6pm Pacific), join us as we celebrate the 44th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment and honor the lives and voices of Medicaid kids. If you have not yet registered, there’s still time! We also plan to make the live stream available on our Facebook page. (Don’t worry if tonight […]
On Saturday, President Trump nominated the Honorable Amy Coney Barrett of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to join the Supreme Court of the United States. Pro-life groups quickly hailed the nomination. Judge Barrett identifies herself as an originalist who is committed to following the Constitution as written. Even legal scholars who support abortion readily […]
Yesterday, Live Action News published an excellent article by Dr. Michael New entitled “No, Democratic presidents do not cause large declines in the abortion rate.” The article debunks a recent round of memes which purport to show major abortion declines under Democratic presidents compared to Republican presidents — a claim so stale, Snopes rated it false […]
In April of 2016, Satchuel Cole of Indianapolis organized a rally against Indiana’s prenatal non-discrimination law. The law prohibits abortions sought on the basis of a baby’s race, along with other immutable characteristics like sex and disability. Support for race-based abortions is inherently racist — a criticism Cole deftly avoided by claiming to be Black. That […]
There are a lot of myths about late-term abortion in the United States. One of the most common is the idea that post-viability elective abortion is illegal everywhere. That is definitely untrue. In fact there are seven states, including Colorado, in which there are no gestational limits on abortion at all. Like the rest of […]
Register here for our Out of Hyding virtual rally on September 30 at 9pm Eastern! The Hyde Amendment, which prevents federal taxpayer funding of most elective abortions through the Medicaid program, may be the pro-life movement’s single greatest achievement. Since its enactment on September 30, 1976, it has saved the lives of over 2.4 million low-income […]
A person stands in front of the Supreme Court with a sign that reads “We are all humans / Todos somos humanos.” Image credit: Maria Oswalt on Unsplash We posed the question on our Facebook page: “If you could design a pro-life platform, what principles & policies would it include?” Here is just a sampling […]
Many of our readers are familiar with the name Melissa Ohden. A longtime friend of Secular Pro-Life, Melissa is probably the most outspoken abortion survivor in the United States. She has testified before legislative bodies about her birth following a saline abortion procedure in the late 1970s, and she is the founder of More Than A […]
The March for Life has been held every January, around the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, since 1974. Luckily, the March itself always takes place outdoors, with pro-life advocates walking down the National Mall toward the Supreme Court building — and since outdoor protests like Black Lives Matter have not led to COVID-19 spikes, I […]
ProjectsSecular Pro-Life’s president Kelsey Hazzard was busy this month so check it out: Mid-August Kelsey was featured in an interview on Respect Life Radio, a Denver-based Catholic radio station. Of particular interest, discussion on Proposition 115, which would clamp down on late-term abortions in the state. Later in August, she was one of two debaters representing […]