Rallies against Planned Parenthood will take place in 49 65+ American cities tomorrow. Times vary but most are taking place in the mid-day. Find your closest rally and get all the details at WomenBetrayed.com. Special shout-outs for two rallies being organized by friends of SPL: The Pittsburgh rally is led by Aimee Murphy of the Life […]
Via the Huffington Post: In wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in favor of same-sex marriage, Republicans are pushing legislation that aims to protect Americans who oppose these unions on religious grounds. But critics say the language is so broad, the bill creates a license to discriminate that would let employers fire women for […]
Above: the front of the line at the 2015 March for Life in Washington, D.C. You’ve probably seen the black-and-white poster that boldly proclaims: “77% of anti-abortion leaders are men. 100% of them will never be pregnant.” The 77% figure has always struck me as high. I’ve been active in the pro-life movement for about […]
Abortion advocates like to argue that if the right to life is restored, women will just turn to illegal abortions and harm themselves. I’ve previously pointed out why that argument is silly and condescending: [Abortion advocates who make that argument] are saying that the average American woman, living after the reversal of Roe, would be […]
Students for Life of America (SFLA) and its companion alumni organization Pro-Life Future are coordinating anti-Planned Parenthood rallies around the country and are seeking volunteer rally captains to expand the protests into as many cities as possible. The rallies will take place on July 28, a week from tomorrow. Under the banner #WomenBetrayed, the rallies […]
Abby S. wrote to Secular Pro-Life for advice: This is a six-year-old article, and I assume most of you have already read it. However, I wanted to mention that it brought me to a sickening epiphany: It’s not that the abortion advocates don’t know that a fetus is a human being, with arms, legs, brain […]
Support for preborn children and born children aren’t mutually exclusive When someone asks me what I’m doing about resources for born children, my initial reaction is often anger and defensiveness, for two reasons: 1) Because nobody ever says “If you oppose infanticide, you’d better be out there advocating for free and universal day care!” Freedom […]
Above: People who have no idea what they’re really standing for This is probably the most gut-wrenching story I have ever had to report on in my eight years of pro-life advocacy. It is not for anyone with a weak stomach. If you choose not to read any further, know that it is worse than […]
Photo taken at last January’s March for Life in Washington, D.C. On Wednesday, abortion advocates introduced a bill to pay for elective abortions with federal taxpayer funds. The bill “targets the Hyde Amendment, a 1976 provision that blocks federal money from going to pay for abortions, with exceptions for cases of rape or incest or […]
The above tips were created in the context of racial justice advocacy post-Ferguson but apply well to activists in any movement, including the pro-life movement. Below is a lightly edited version of an email exchange I had with a budding pro-lifer earlier this week. Got a question for Secular Pro-Life? Contact us here. Q: I’ve […]