On Sunday, as you probably heard, Marlise Munoz was removed from life support under court order. This eliminated any chance that unborn baby Nicole, a few weeks short of viability, might survive to birth. Secular Pro-Life issued a brief statement mourning the loss and stating our disagreement with the court’s decision. A long comment thread ensued. Pro-choice facebook followers expressed the […]
Our time in D.C. was a huge success! Despite the cold temperatures and disrupted travel plans, many of you still made it out to the March for Life (see video; pictures coming soon). We were interviewed by multiple news outlets and even made the front page of Buzzfeed: “13 Young, Secular People Who Also Believe Abortion […]
The weather is going to be atrocious, but we’re no fair-weather activists. You can still plan on us to be at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. this morning! The abortion industry doesn’t take the day off when it’s cold. Neither will we. The original plan was to meet in front of the Museum of […]
The anniversary of Roe v. Wade on January 22nd is a somber occasion. It reminds us of the millions of innocent lives that have been lost to abortion in the United States. It is also a very hectic time for many pro-life advocates, myself included. And yet this is, without question, my favorite time of […]
[Today’s guest post by Roger McCormack is part of our paid blogging program.] The tragedy that is late-term abortion recently received the approbation of the U.S. Supreme Court. A case pertaining to Arizona legislation banning abortion at 20 weeks, which the Ninth Circuit subsequently struck down as unconstitutional in Isaacson v. Horne, illustrates the increasingly […]
On January 4th, Bay Area Catholic radio host Ed Horodko interviewed SPL’s Monica Snyder, who will be speaking at the West Coast Walk for Life on January 25. Click this link and fast forward to around the 14 minute mark to hear the segment. Here’s an excerpt: I’ve met a lot of people who I would […]
[Today’s guest post by Rachel Enders is part of our paid blogging program.] Safe, legal, and rare. We’ve all heard this phrase at one time or another regarding abortion. The debate in popular culture changes, however, when you apply this phrase to female genital cutting, also known as female genital mutilation, female circumcision, or FGM. […]
A Secular Pro-Life member recently brought 31 States to my attention. This documentary film, which is still in production, tells the stories of courageous women who refused to abort their children who were conceived in rape—only to learn that the laws of their states effectively punished them for choosing life: If you can’t watch the video, […]
[Today’s guest post by Rebecca Downs is part of our paid blogging program.] One of my favorite parts of going to the movies is the trailers. I didn’t know what I was in for when I saw a trailer for Gimme Shelter. From the beginning, it looks intense. A nearly unrecognizable Vanessa Hudgens narrates how […]
[Today’s guest post by Roger McCormack is part of our paid blogging program.] The developing world, often a bastion of religious dogma and radical fundamentalism, reveals a fascinating omission of free inquiry among abortion rights supporters. Amartya Sen, a famed Indian economist, in relation to the recent outrage over endemic rape in India, wrote: One […]