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Monica Snyder

About Monica Snyder

Monica Snyder is the Executive Director of Secular Pro-Life. She has been working with SPL since its founding in 2009. Monica has a BS in Chemical Biology and MS in Forensic Science and takes a particular interest in biological facts and peer-reviewed research related to the abortion debate.

Entries by Monica Snyder

People care about embryonic hearts

May 15, 2026 in Biology, Personhood, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

[This article is a transcript of “People care about embryonic hearts” courtesy of volunteer Ben Tomlin. If you’re interested in volunteering to transcribe more of our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] Video also available on TikTok. So, whenever I talk about embryonic hearts there’s usually a few people who push back, both actually pro-life and pro-choice people, […]

Recap: Life Launch conference in Minnesota

May 13, 2026 in SPL Emails, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

Hi All – In April, Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life hosted their first-ever Life Launch, a conference for college students. Secular Pro-Life played a core role in several ways: SPL is very interested in equipping pro-lifers in blue states to make inroads where they have the most influence: in their own communities, with classmates, coworkers, and friends. […]

Ethics article argues for forced abortions on minors

May 11, 2026 in Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

[This article is a transcript of “Ethics article argues for forced abortions on minors” courtesy of volunteer Ben Tomlin. If you’re interested in volunteering to transcribe more of our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] This video is also available on TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook. Pretty wild article out of one of the top ethics journals in philosophy, “Justice for Girls: […]

6 reasons equal protection laws can’t be enforced justly

April 29, 2026 in Legislation, Laws & Court Cases, Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

First, a few definitions When I use the term “pregnancy loss” it can refer to either miscarriage or abortion. The difficulty in distinguishing the two is a major theme of this article. When I talk about “equal protection laws,” I’m referring to laws that would make it possible to charge women who get abortions with […]

Study: abortion bans aren’t increasing maternal mortality

April 24, 2026 in Debunking, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

[This article is a transcript of “Study: abortion bans aren’t increasing maternal mortality” courtesy of volunteer Ben Tomlin. If you’re interested in volunteering to transcribe more of our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] This video is also available on TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook. Since Dobbs, we’ve heard endlessly about how abortion restrictions are going to increase maternal […]

“Abortion is nothing to do with death”

April 17, 2026 in Later Abortion, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

[This article is a transcript of ‘Abortion is nothing to do with death‘ courtesy of volunteer Ben Tomlin. If you’re interested in volunteering to transcribe more of our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] This video also available on TikTok. “Abortion is nothing to do with death.” Okay, this paper is by Lisa Harris, an abortion provider. […]

25 assumptions about abortion for fetal anomaly

April 15, 2026 in Ableism, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

We talk about abortion for fetal anomaly often without noticing a lot of unspoken and unexamined assumptions. In this post, I’m not trying to evaluate whether the assumptions are true, false, fair, or absurd. I’m only naming them. If you’re looking for evaluations about the assumptions, skip to the section “Evaluative Content.” Assumptions about moral […]

Could you pass an ideological Turing test?

April 13, 2026 in Dialogue strategy, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

[This article is a transcript of “Could you pass an ideological Turing test?” courtesy of volunteer Ben Tomlin. If you’re interested in volunteering to transcribe more of our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] (Video also available on Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram.) This video is meant for people both for and against abortion. In any kind of debate, whether it’s […]

Recap: AAPLOG conference 2026

April 1, 2026 in Administrative, Speeches, Discussions, Presentations, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

At the end of February, I keynoted the conference for the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG) in Seattle. I trained nearly 300 medical professionals on how to have more effective, persuasive conversations about abortion. This work is core to Secular Pro-Life’s mission: advancing secular arguments against abortion but also training people with […]

Alexia Moore and the attempted murder charge

March 23, 2026 in Abortion pills, Later Abortion, Legislation, Laws & Court Cases, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

[This article is a transcript of “Alexia Moore and the attempted murder charge” courtesy of volunteer Ben Tomlin. If you’re interested in volunteering to transcribe more of our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] This video is also available on TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook. “Georgia woman charged with murder after police say she took pills to induce an abortion.” On December […]

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