(Shop artist Alisha Vernon on Etsy.) A few weeks ago the New York Times ran “The Women the Abortion War Leaves Out,” a refreshingly objective op-ed about the high costs of motherhood that drive many to choose abortion. Author Michelle Oberman, a law professor and self-described feminist from California, wanted to better understand the goals […]
Interviewer’s note: People who aren’t involved in the pro-life movement—and even some within it—tend to believe that those who stand outside abortion clinics are there to shame and terrify vulnerable abortion-minded women. But what I’ve witnessed has been quite the opposite: the people who wait outside of abortion clinics (referred to within our movement as […]
Top: a “photo” of a 9-week fetus from EarlyAbortionOptions.com (See under “What does the tissue look like?”) Bottom: a picture from WebMD of an 8-week fetus. Also Snopes links to BabyCenter for accurate depictions of fetal development. Notice BabyCenter’s photo is basically the exact same picture as WebMD’s. Fetal Development Facts: At 9 weeks, the […]
In the UK, abortion is legal up to 24 weeks typically—but in cases where the fetus has disabilities, the woman can obtain abortion at any time throughout pregnancy. Recently a UK lawmaker with disabilities, Lord Kevin Shinkwin, spoke out about this double standard: I can see from the trends in abortion on grounds of disability […]
A scene from the 2015 March for Life weekend. SPL president Kelsey Hazzard has red wine; NWF co-president Destiny Herdon-De La Rosa has white wine. NWF’s other co-president, Kristen Walker Hatten, is on the far left. Secular Pro-Life recently interviewed Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa of New Wave Feminists. SPL and NWF cross paths often, and we […]
Recently we asked our FB followers: “Do you think comparing abortion to a holocaust is a valid comparison?” We got tons of responses. (I read over the first 80 comments but stopped keeping track after that.) Opinions seem to break down into three overall categories: 1. No, the comparison has problems. 2. Yes, it’s a […]
Last Friday we posted a 2 question poll about who you consider “pro-lifers” and who you consider part of the “pro-life movement.” The point of the poll was to explore how people define these terms. We considered four factors: Whether a person is politically active in fighting abortion. Whether a person thinks abortion should be […]
Descriptions: Lucas is a business owner who offers paid maternity leave. He also writes letters protesting abortion to his political representatives and local newspapers whenever the opportunity comes up. Elizabeth is a stay-at-home mom who thinks abortion is wrong. She does what she can to help women not feel they need it; for example, when […]
Pro-choice activists mock the most socially unpalatable aspects of the pro-life position. Broadly speaking, pro-lifers believe human life is morally relevant when the human organism begins: as a zygote. This means we oppose killing not only fetuses, but also embryos and zygotes. And so, while we primarily object to surgical abortion, many of us also […]
When I hear the phrase “Girl Code” I think of some randomly numbered meme dictating who you’re allowed to date. Well if there were 1,718 rules more important than this one, maybe it’s not as serious as it sounds. But today I saw a small collection of stories about women helping other women (often strangers) […]