[From “I think, therefore I blog,” Jameson Graber considers the dynamics between Secular Pro-Life and a) religious pro-lifers and b) pro-choice secularists. Excerpts are reprinted with permission.] SPL’s blog regularly receives comments from people trying to “uncover” their secret religious affiliation. Their presence at the Reason Rally was not exactly well-received by all. Why is this? … Accusing […]
Wonderful exploration by Kathryn Reed: I decided when I was thirteen that I was both an atheist and prolife. I became an atheist because I had no belief in a spiritual reality. I became prolife because my biology class taught a section about the development of the human embryo and fetus. I saw a human […]
[Today’s post is written by Jameson Graber, originally posted on his blog, “I think, therefore I blog.” Post reprinted with permission.] Here’s a story that escaped me until just today: Professor Richard Gardner of Oxford University, a renowned expert on human reproduction and an advisor to Britain’s Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority, recently raised the prospect of […]
Teenage pregnancy is a tough topic to discuss. That’s even more true when your medium of discussion is a comic strip. So I want to take just a brief moment to highlight today’s Zits strip. Pregnancy-related humor often relies, sadly, on making the pregnant woman the butt of the joke. I am happy to see […]
[Our first post by guest blogger LN.] I completely agree with pro-choice writer Allison Benedikt. In her article, “Why Pro-Choicers Should Be OK With Sex-Selection Abortions,” she points out that pro-choicers feeling squeamish about a particular reason for having an abortion makes no sense. She’s right. This is pretty elementary stuff: The pro-choice movement is […]
Last week we discussed a recent Gallup poll showing that the number of Americans calling themselves “pro-choice” is at an all-time low. William Saleton at Slate.com considered the same poll when asking, “Why are Americans becoming more liberal on homosexuality but not on abortion?” He points out: At best, support for abortion is barely holding […]
[Today’s post is written by guest blogger Leslie.] Sometimes life puts me in situations that cause me to remember what I knew all along—that love, food, shelter, and clothing are the only real essentials. Sometimes I am reminded of this when I read about survivors of natural disasters. When people are escaping with only the […]
Since arriving at my parents’ home in Florida a few days ago, I have been bombarded by radio and print advertisements concerning Health Management Associates (HMA), which owns dozens of hospitals across the country. The advertisements attack HMA for basing executive pay solely on profits, “even though HMA has been plagued by multiple government investigations, lawsuits, and scandals.” Sure […]
A new Gallup poll found that the number of Americans describing themselves as “pro-choice” has hit a record low of 41% (compared to 50% who call themselves “pro-life”). The amounts of Democrats describing themselves as “pro-choice” versus “pro-life” has remained relatively stable over the last year. Self-described “pro-life” Republicans have increased from 68% to […]
I Am Whole Life is an organization dedicated to promoting respect for the intrinsic dignity of the human person regardless of ability, age, status, ethnicity, or sex. According to their FB page, I Am Whole Life specifically focuses on fighting human sex trafficking, embryo destruction, eugenics, abortion, and capital punishment (among other issues). I Am […]