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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

Life Chat Podcast episode: “Secular Pro-Life: Crucial in the abortion debate.”

August 8, 2022 /0 Comments/in Pro-Life Demographics, Religion, Speeches, Discussions, Presentations, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

[Special thanks to volunteer Samantha S. for her transcription work. If you’d like to volunteer to transcribe or translate, please fill out our volunteer survey.] Illinois Right to Life (IRTL) was kind enough to host me on their podcast, Life Chat, with this flattering episode title “Secular Pro-Life: Crucial in the abortion debate.” IRTL Executive […]

Our miscarried children weren’t parasites.

July 23, 2022 /0 Comments/in Biology, Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

(Transcript below video.)  [Esta publicación está disponible en español aquí.] Transcript: When pro-choice people conceptualize the embryo as a parasite, and pathologize pregnancy as our body’s failure to rid ourselves of a parasite, there’s another element of that discourse that I want to touch on. And that is how this kind of framing affects people […]

Some differences between embryos and parasites.

July 19, 2022 /0 Comments/in Biology, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

[Esta publicación está disponible en español aquí.] A few people asked us to respond to the “fetus is a parasite” TikTok. We posted some thoughts from Dr. Calum Miller here. I added to his points in this TikTok (transcript below video): Yeah this is not accurate in terms of biology. There’s a lot in it that’s […]

NPR admits abortion restrictions decrease abortion rates, then tries to backtrack

July 8, 2022 /0 Comments/in Legislation, laws, & court cases, Research, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

NPR recently published “Do restrictive abortion laws actually reduce abortion? A global map offers insights.” Correspondent Michaeleen Doucleff begins the article asking “In countries where abortion is illegal, are there fewer abortions?” and then continues “The question sounds simple, but it’s tough to answer.” It’s not a tough question to answer, though. Doucleff answers it […]

Don’t have time to read Dobbs? Here’s our notes.

July 6, 2022 /1 Comment/in Legislation, laws, & court cases, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

If you don’t want to read the 213 page opinion yourself, here are some brief notes I took. First and foremost: “Held: The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives.” The Court argues that […]

Responding to 16 pro-choice claims about Dobbs, the pro-life movement, and abortion bans

June 27, 2022 /3 Comments/in Adoption & Foster Care, Legislation, laws, & court cases, Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss, Pro-Life Demographics, Religion, Research, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

1. Abortion bans mean women won’t be able to get treatment for ectopic pregnancy. There are currently no abortion laws that outlaw treatment of ectopic pregnancy. Quite the opposite, many state laws explicitly exempt treatment of ectopic pregnancy from their definitions of abortion. For example, last year’s Texas Heartbeat Law incorporated Texas’ Health & Safety […]

Responding to Jane’s Revenge and their criminal temper tantrum

June 17, 2022 /0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

The group Jane’s Revenge is (depending on who you ask) an anarchist collective securing reproductive freedom or a far-left terrorist organization pitching (violent) fits. In the past weeks they have taken credit (blame?) for vandalizing and/or firebombing pregnancy resource centers, typically including variations of the slogan “If abortions aren’t safe, then neither are you.” See […]

Statistics demonstrating you don’t have to be religious to be pro-life

May 25, 2022 /0 Comments/in Pro-Life Demographics, Religion, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

[Much of the following information is also available as a Twitter thread here.] You don’t have to be religious to be against abortion, as evidenced by the existence of pro-life atheists (like us), agnostics, and other non-religious people. For pro-choicers who argue otherwise, the thought process seems to be “religious people are pro-life, so if […]

3 ways pro-choicers are in denial about elective later abortion

April 11, 2022 /1 Comment/in Later Abortion, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

At the beginning of April, pro-life activist Lauren Handy made national news when she turned over to DC police the remains of five aborted children. Handy had recently obtained these remains from a truck driver for a medical waste company who had been transporting them from the Washington Surgi-Clinic.  In the days following the initial […]

ACOG has spoken: 13 phrases we no longer are supposed to use regarding abortion

March 18, 2022 /0 Comments/in Abortion pills, Biology, Later Abortion, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

[This post is available as a Twitter thread here.] Introduction ACOG (the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) recently released a “Guide to Language and Abortion,” and Quartz covered the guide in their article “13 phrases US doctors want removed from our vocabulary about abortion.” It’s problematic to assume ACOG and “US doctors” are interchangeable […]

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