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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

When women can’t get abortions, what happens to the children they birth?

May 1, 2019 /0 Comments/in Research, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

Came across this article recently and the headline caught my eye. There, fixed it. Broadly speaking, pro-choice people treat abortion as if it prevents a child from coming into existence, rather than destroying a child who already exists. Diana Greene Foster—the article’s author and principal investigator of the study being summarized—suggests as much when she says: […]

Sources for SPL’s “The case against abortion” presentation

April 22, 2019 /0 Comments/in Speeches, Discussions, Presentations, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

Today at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Malcolm Potts will be hosting his bi-annual point/counterpoint-style lecture on abortion for his public health class. This year, Monica Snyder of Secular Pro-Life will be presenting the antiabortion case. We hope to have video of her presentation later–EDIT: you can now watch the full presentation here–but meanwhile […]

Recent headlines roundup: abortion pill reversal, billboards, pro-life Democrats, “cryptic” pregnancies

April 17, 2019 /0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

Abortion will be considered unthinkable 50 years from now  Vox, 4/4/19. Didn’t expect an article like this from Vox. Kansas lawmakers OK mandating notice on abortion ‘reversal’ News Tribune, 4/7/19. Notice they never say research led by “an abortion-rights doctor” or even “a pro-choice doctor” when the situation is reversed. They just say “doctor” and leave […]

I usually don’t think my pro-life work makes much difference, so why do I keep doing it?

April 5, 2019 /0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

In my dad’s MBA program they said you need three factors to motivate someone to take an Action X for Reward Y: The person has to actually want Reward Y. The person has to believe if they take Action X, they really will receive Reward Y. The person has to believe they are capable of […]

Master post: 21+ week abortions usually aren’t medically necessary

February 26, 2019 /0 Comments/in Later Abortion, Research /by Monica Snyder

[Update 10/28/22: We have moved these resources to a landing page here. Going forward any additional resources will be added to the landing page, rather than this blog post.] Despite conventional wisdom, there’s zero quantifiable data to support the idea that all or even most late-term abortions are medically necessary. Defining our terms. First, the […]

Dear Hillary Clinton: late-term abortions are *not* “almost always” medically necessary.

February 12, 2019 /0 Comments/in Later Abortion /by Monica Snyder

On September 20, 2015, HRC appeared on CBS’ “Face the Nation” and stated: I think that the kind of late-term abortions that take place are because of medical necessity. And, therefore, I would hate to see the government interfering with that decision.  FactCheck.org took Clinton to task for this claim [emphasis added]: A spokesman for […]

Comfortable pro-choice people: can we just not talk about the “killing babies” part?

February 11, 2019 /0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

Recently the FB group Defund Live Action posted this: I can see an argument for avoiding the word “baby” while discussing abortion, but this post is more like “Can we just not discuss the other organism involved in this controversy at all? Can we please only use the euphemisms that keep me comfortable?” This kind […]

Retraction: The terrifying trend of “telemed” abortion.

February 4, 2019 /0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

Hello readers, This morning we published a guest blog about telemed abortion claiming it is a particularly dangerous practice. After push back from FB and blog commenters alike, we took a closer look and agree the post is off-base, so we have unpublished it. In the interest of transparency I’m posting this replacement note in […]

Take heart, the pro-life side is doing well.

February 2, 2019 /0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

I know it’s been a frustrating couple weeks with NY, VA, and the many conversations that have ensued. But big picture, guys: 1) Abortion rates continue to decline. They peaked at 29.3 abortions per 1,000 women in 1980; in 2014 it was 14.6. 2) Abortion clinics continue to close every year. >>The number of U.S. […]

Responding to 8 common pro-choice claims about late-term abortion.

February 1, 2019 /0 Comments/in Later Abortion, Research /by Monica Snyder

In the wake of New York’s Reproductive Health Act, I’ve seen a lot of pro-choice assertions about late-term abortion that I’d like to address here. 1. Pro-lifers actually think New York legalized abortion up until birth! It’s ridiculous. No one is legalizing abortion into the ninth month. The Reproductive Health Act allows abortion for any reason up […]

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