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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

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 […]

Virginia delegate presents a bill allowing abortion in all 9 months for mental health

January 30, 2019 in Later Abortion, Legislation, laws, & court cases /by Monica Snyder

(This information also available as a Facebook post here.) Pro-choice people can’t believe we would suggest that certain abortion laws legalize abortion for non-physical reasons all the way up until birth. But here is video of Virginia Delegate Kathy Tran stating that is exactly what her proposed bill would do. Partial transcript below. (Chairman) Gilbert: […]

Walk for Life West Coast 2019 Recap

January 28, 2019 /0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

As has become tradition, we kicked off the Walk for Life with our own meet-up before the rally before the Walk itself. The past several years we’ve partnered with Rehumanize International, Pro-Life San Francisco, and other non-traditional pro-life organizations to host a meet-up in front of the Asian Art Museum typically highlighting the diversity in […]

McFall v. Shimp and Thomson’s Violinist don’t justify the vast majority of abortions.

December 11, 2018 /0 Comments/in Bodily Rights /by Monica Snyder

[Esta publicación está disponible en español aquí.] Many people argue that abortion is justified because of bodily rights. The idea is that it doesn’t matter if the fetus is a person or not, because no person can use your body against your will. If that principle is generally true and generally applies to abortion, it […]

Monozygotic Twinning: Weasley brothers, flatworms, and cow clones

December 5, 2018 /0 Comments/in Biology, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

[Esta publicación está disponible en español aquí.] Dizygotic twinning is when two sperm fertilize two eggs and produce two zygotes which grow as two separate organisms. Not confusing, right? Monozygotic twinning is when a single sperm fertilizes a single egg and produces a single zygote, but in the earliest stages of development that embryo splits […]

Nearly half of all fertilized eggs fail to implant.

December 3, 2018 /0 Comments/in Biology, Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss /by Monica Snyder

[Esta publicación está disponible en español aquí.] The below blog post is also available as a recording here: The human zygote is the first developmental stage of a human organism’s life cycle. Sometimes when I state this fact, people respond by pointing out that many zygotes never implant. Bill Nye made the same point in […]

Personhood based on human cognitive abilities.

November 30, 2018 /0 Comments/in Biology, Personhood, Research /by Monica Snyder

What difference is there (if any) between a human organism and a “person”? Is there such thing as a human non-person? How do we determine which human organisms have moral worth and merit social protection? People have given me a variety of suggestions for the factors human organisms need to be morally relevant, including connection […]

Hydatidiform moles and molar pregnancies

November 28, 2018 /0 Comments/in Biology /by Monica Snyder

[This post contains photographs of infants with serious genetic abnormalities.] [Esta publicación está disponible en español aquí.] Pro-life people often say: Life begins at conception (or fertilization). At fertilization there is a new entity genetically distinct from the woman. If two humans have sex their offspring will be human (rather than a dog, a frog, […]

Is Gosnell America’s “Biggest Serial Killer”?

October 24, 2018 /0 Comments/in Debunking, Later Abortion /by Monica Snyder

This post contains quotes, summaries, and descriptions from the grand jury report regarding Kermit Gosnell. Much of this information is very disturbing, including graphic descriptions of violence. NBC published a review of the Gosnell movie by Robin Marty. She didn’t like the film. In particular she took exception to the moniker “America’s Biggest Serial Killer,” saying: […]

NWF attends “Abortion Stories” panel at The Women’s Conference

October 19, 2018 /0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

About a year ago, Destiny of New Wave Feminists attended The Women’s Convention in Detroit. Recently she created a video (FB, Youtube) talking about attending the “Abortion Stories” breakout session. We’ve transcribed the video below. Phrases in italics signify thoughts not spoken out loud. ***** Okay so I don’t have a ton of time but I […]

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