Most people recognize that stigmatizing abortion increases the cultural pressure for women to carry to term. There’s a flip side to this coin: destigmatizing abortion increases the cultural pressure for women to abort. The idealized abortion decision There’s a theoretical version of women’s decision making processes leading to abortion. I’ve come to think of it […]
The Chronicle for Higher Education recently published “Medical Students Fought to Get Training in Abortion Care. Then Came ‘Dobbs.’” Author Heidi Landecker paints a grim picture of medical students who just want to practice “ethical medicine” (perform abortions), but struggle to get training in states that have been able to restrict elective abortion since Dobbs. […]
Last week I flew to Dallas for the 2024 Matthew Bulfin Educational Conference (which I refer to as the “AAPLOG conference”). Secular Pro-Life (meaning myself and fellow pro-life atheist Michelle) tabled at the conference, and additionally I had quite a few meetings and social gatherings lined up to make the most of the travel time. […]
The New Yorker article “A Safe Haven For Late Abortions” combines the photography of Maggie Shannon with the writing of Margaret Talbot to give a closer look at the abortions performed at Partners in Abortion Care, an all trimester clinic in College Park, Maryland. (There is no need for a graphic image warning for this […]
Podcast Teaser: “We don’t want people to think, ‘the only way you can be pro-life is to register Republican and convert to Catholicism’. We want people to think ‘everybody can be pro-life’. You can be pro-life right where you are right now. You don’t have to change anything about the rest of your life to […]
[This article by SPL’s Monica Snyder was originally published by Americans United for Life and is reprinted with permission. This content is also available in presentation form.] The Turnaway Study (“the Study”) is a study conducted by the research team at ANSIRH (Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health), led by demographer Diana Greene Foster. The […]
Special thanks to Caris Li for transcribing! Want to join in? Learn more about becoming a Secular Pro-Life volunteer. TRANSCRIPT: SUSAN PENNER: Hi Monica! Thank you so much for being here today. MONICA SNYDER: Thank you for having me! SUSAN PENNER: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself: where you’re from; what you […]
I wrapped up the March for Life weekend on Sunday. It was exhausting but incredibly productive. I attended a networking event on Thursday; the Rehumanize meetup, March for Life, and MFL Rose Dinner on Friday; National Pro-Life Summit followed by dinner with Equal Rights Institute on Saturday; and another collaborative breakfast on Sunday before heading […]
Special thanks to volunteer Virginia Pride for transcribing! Want to help out? Fill out our volunteer survey. TRANSCRIPT: “Stop pushing your religion!” “This is not a theocracy.” “Keep your rosaries off my ovaries.” These pro-choice slogans reference a common idea: that opposing abortion is a purely religious belief and therefore has no place in a […]
I’ve recently been seeing headlines like these: On January 2, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Texas v Becerra, a case about what the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) can require of hospitals. And no, the court did not say Texas can ban emergency abortions. EMTALA requires Medicare-accepting […]
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