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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

Confronting counter protesters at the March on the Arch (St. Louis, MO)

May 5, 2023 in Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

My 8-year-old daughter, Clara, has been asking me to take her to a pro-life “protest,” and the St. Louis-based event in beautiful spring weather was a great opportunity.  We joined several hundred pro-life marchers for what began as a very peaceful trek on a gorgeous day. I showed Clara how to keep an eye out […]

Sources for “Deconstructing Three Pro-Choice Myths,” presented on May 1, 2023

May 1, 2023 /0 Comments/in Biology, Late-Term Abortion, Legislation, laws, & court cases, Research /by Monica Snyder

Today at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, SPL Executive Director Monica Snyder is giving her presentation “Deconstructing Three Pro-Choice Myths.” Below are all the sources she used for today’s version of the presentation. Myth #1: Biologically, we don’t know when human life begins. Articles claiming the myth Biology and embryology textbooks and relevant quotes International […]

Five reasons later abortion is worth talking about

April 28, 2023 in Late-Term Abortion, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

At Secular Pro-Life, we discuss later abortion frequently. Sometimes pro-choice people ask why we focus so much on later abortion when we oppose all abortion; if we think it’s wrong to kill embryos or fetuses at any stage, why the emphasis on later stages? Well, for several reasons. Here is a list. 1. There are […]

Controversy around Abortion Pill Reversal: a quick overview

April 21, 2023 in Abortion pills, Biology, Research, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

[Post-publication update, 4/23/23 – (1) I clarified the results of the 2018 Delgado study. Previously I had stated the study found up to 68% success rate for APR. The average rate was 48%, with different methods of progesterone administration having different success rates up to 68%. (2) I added a note about method limitations in […]

Pro-choice women who have miscarried are outraged by The Guardian

April 12, 2023 in Biology, Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

In the Guardian’s notorious article “What a pregnancy actually looks like before 10 weeks – in pictures,” Senior Staff writer Poppy Noor implied that images of decidua and pulverized embryos after an abortion (and, for some reason, after being rinsed of all blood) were what a “pregnancy” looks like before 10 weeks. She further suggested […]

5 reasons to talk about women who don’t regret being denied abortion

March 31, 2023 in Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

The Turnaway Study found that 96% of women who gave birth after being denied an abortion ended up saying they no longer wished they’d aborted. (More details here.) Pro-choice people often think we cite this statistic as a reason to outlaw abortion. Examples: We don’t think abortion should be outlawed because when women give birth […]

Many pro-choice views depend on believing embryos are “clumps of cells”

March 29, 2023 in Biology, Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

From time to time we ask our followers “If you used to be pro-choice and you’re now pro-life, tell us why.” We’ve posted some of the answers to that question (and similar questions) here. Among the recurring themes are people who sincerely believed most abortions take place when the embryo is just a “clump of […]

Idaho hospital ends L&D services due to decreasing patient volumes; media blames abortion bans

March 22, 2023 in Legislation, laws, & court cases, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

Bonner General Health (BGH), a hospital in Sandpoint, Idaho, has announced it is ending it’s labor and delivery services. You may have seen headlines like these: The Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade, which had been around since 1973. That means legislatures across the country are grappling with changes to a decades-long legal status quo. […]

I’m not anti-sex. I’m anti-crisis pregnancy.

March 17, 2023 in Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

I do not care about your sex life. As long as we’re talking about consenting adults, I don’t care who you have sex with or when or why. I hope everyone involved stays safe and healthy, but aside from those factors it’s not just that I don’t care. I’m actively uninterested. And yet, like many […]

Aborting a healthy fetus at 31 weeks

March 15, 2023 in Late-Term Abortion, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

There are several places in the United States where it is legal to abort a viable fetus for non-medical reasons. By this I mean it’s legal for a woman (1) who is 24 weeks pregnant or further (2) to undergo a procedure that has the intent and result of killing the fetus (3) when there […]

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