SPL president Kelsey Hazzard here. When I was in high school, I was uselessly pro-life. I didn’t do anything about it outside of the occasional debate with friends. It wasn’t until college that I really got involved. Not so for the high schoolers I will address on July 28. They’re part of Camp Joshua, a […]
[Today’s guest post by Rebecca Stapleford is part of our paid blogging program. Rebecca has three sisters, two of whom are also disabled. One of her significantly disabled sisters will eventually need a kidney transplant.] Many of those involved in the pro-life movement are aware of the incredibly high abortion statistics for those prenatally diagnosed […]
Human life does not begin at birth. Hopefully we can all agree on that by now. But the English language hasn’t caught up to the science. We’ve written before about the problem with phrases like “born leader,” “a sucker born every minute,” etc. We decided it’s time to expand that conversation with the ultimate conversation-starter: […]
[Today’s guest post by Roni Cairns is part of our paid blogging program. An earlier version of this piece appeared on her personal blog.] Have you ever been told that a woman will lose all of her rights and become a second-class person, inferior, or subhuman if she cannot obtain a legal abortion? I have, […]
From Reuters (a short article, so here it is in its entirety): Florida Governor Rick Scott signed legislation on Friday barring late-term abortions in cases where doctors determine an unborn child could survive outside the womb, in a move critics say further chips away at abortion rights. The measure is among new limits on abortion […]
[Guest blogger Roni Cairns contributed to today’s piece.] One argument in favor of Roe v. Wade, and for the general argument that bodily autonomy trumps the right to life, is that pro-life logic would dictate in favor of forced cesarean sections. Many pro-lifers would of course disagree. It’s true that in some scenarios a C-section […]
Recently, Life Dynamics launched a new website called People of Choice. Inspired by People of Wal-Mart, it highlights abortion advocates displaying hatred of children, ignorance of human anatomy, extreme selfishness, racism, and other unflattering traits. “Abortion is not murder. it is a medical procedure to remove unnecessary piece of meat. what if it is born […]
[Today’s guest blog post by Alexa Gospodinoff is part of our paid blogging program.] I think most pro-lifers would agree that if one were to examine our current scientific knowledge of the human life cycle from an unbiased perspective, without any cultural baggage, one would immediately see that a human life biologically begins at fertilization […]
[Editor’s Note: If you have had an abortion and are dealing with the psychological aftermath, please visit AbortionChangesYou.com for free, non-judgmental peer support through this difficult time. If you are experiencing the desire to harm yourself, skip the website and call 911 or 1-800-SUICIDE immediately.] Tomorrow, abortion advocates plan to flood twitter with an #AbortStigma […]
[Today’s guest post is by Maria Tsikalas.] News organizations from Al Jazeera America to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel were in full force last week lamenting current and pending legislation in Louisiana, Wisconsin and other states that would require admitting privileges at nearby hospitals for abortion providers. The New York Times said: The requirement that doctors […]