I hope you all had a safe and enjoyable Memorial Day weekend! Here are some stories you may have missed. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down an Arizona law restricting late-term abortions (after 20 weeks). Americans United for Life explains why the ruling was flawed: the Supreme Court has clearly recognized the legitimate […]
At Secular Pro-Life, our primary goal is to unite people of every faith and no faith in the fight against abortion. Every year in the United States, over one million unborn children’s lives are violently snuffed out in the name of “choice.” But in focusing on this tragedy, we do not mean to minimize other […]
E. W. Jackson Democratic activists are going nuts over statements by E. W. Jackson, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor of Virginia. The quote all the news pieces are highlighting: “Planned Parenthood has been far more lethal to black lives than the KKK ever was.” Reporters are treating this as an unimaginable gaffe. Their theme […]
Daniel Henninger writes: No other public policy has divided the people of the United States for so long and so deeply. Abortion is America’s second civil war. . . . Across the 40 post-Roe years, the idea of a deeply personal decision, or choice, has taken a back seat to the hard face of public […]
I am often asked if I know of any non-religious resources for post-abortion recovery. Most post-abortion programs are Christian, with a particular emphasis on doctrines relating to repentance and forgiveness. And for some women, that’s fine. But many post-abortive women are not Christian, and not interested in conversion. They struggle with the same issues of […]
[Today’s guest post is by SPL member Nathaniel Givens. It originally appeared on his personal blog, Difficult Run.] As a general rule when I’m talking about the abortion issue I’m talking about it primarily in America. And, within that context, I usually refer to those who want abortion to be kept legal as “pro-choice”. I […]
Read this fabulous editorial from James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal: ‘Stop Being a Baby’: Infanticide and the infantilization of women. The Guardian reports that famous Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou is in hot water for allegedly violating the one-child policy many times over. But average Chinese people are skeptical that someone of Zhang’s stature […]
Live Action’s press release can be found here, and Jill Stanek has some excellent commentary as well. But really, the video speaks quite loudly for itself: (All dialogue is captioned, so you can watch with the volume off if need be. But I’m not going to declare it “safe for work.” It is extremely jarring […]
Image via iwastesomuchtime.com There has been a wealth of research on the question of why women have abortions. We know from sources such as the Guttmacher Institute (which supports abortion) that indeed, “a lot of it has to do with economics.” In the overwhelming majority of cases, women cite socioeconomic factors like financial strain, career […]
A North Carolina high school pulled a teen’s senior portrait because she had the portrait taken with her baby boy. As ABC reports: A high school student is fighting back after her senior photo was pulled from the school yearbook. The photo shows North Carolina senior Caitlin Tiller holding her now one-year old son. The […]