Alabama recently legalized medical marijuana, but only for a limited set of medical conditions. One condition that made the list is “persistent nausea not related to pregnancy.” Policymakers apparently excluded pregnancy-related nausea out of concern that marijuana would negatively impact an unborn baby’s health. There is not much evidence for that, however. Researchers have struggled […]
This article is especially important for those of you who live in Georgia, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, or Texas. Congress is in recess and its members are home to engage with their constituents. This is the perfect time to talk to your representatives about the importance of the Hyde […]
The lives of 60,000 children a year depend upon one person: Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia. As many of our readers know, the Hyde Amendment is a rider to the annual federal budget which limits taxpayer funding of abortion, particularly via the Medicaid program. Since 1976, it has been enacted every year with […]
Standing With You (formerly known as Pregnant On Campus), a Students for Life of America initiative, equips pregnant and parenting students and their pro-life allies across the country. For young advocates who want to take their pregnancy resource skills to the next level, Standing With You is offering weekend retreats in 19 locations from Thursday, […]
This Friday, June 18, is the deadline to submit your entry for the Pro-Life Flag Project! Secular Pro-Life is one of several dozen organizations partnering with the Pro-Life Flag Project for this design contest. This is an initiative to create the official flag of the pro-life movement. The project involves a public design contest to […]
Mother Jones, a left-leaning outlet hostile to the lives of children in the womb, recently published an article about abortions after 15 weeks, sometimes called “late-term” abortions. A Mississippi law protecting children 15 weeks and older from abortion will come before the Supreme Court in the fall. Author Becca Andrews criticizes her fellow abortion advocates’ […]
Although he is considered a pro-life icon today, President Ronald Reagan did not always respect the lives of children in the womb. In his role as Governor of California, he signed a bill expanding legal abortion. He later reversed his position, in part thanks to the positive influence of Mildred Jefferson. (Jefferson was the first […]
A recording of last month’s virtual panel “Birth Control Bedfellows: A Discussion with Unsung Heroes for Better Contraceptive Access,” hosted by R Street Institute, is now available on YouTube. Our very own Terrisa Bukovinac was one of the panelists. Check it out:
Many of Secular Pro-Life’s American readers may be surprised to hear that Canada has no legal restrictions on abortion: it is available at any point in a pregnancy, for any reason. One of the consequences of this legal vacuum is sex-selective abortions: that is to say, fetuses are aborted because they are not the parents’ […]
With the Biden administration expected to release its proposed federal budget any day, Secular Pro-Life is proud to join a coalition of over 60 anti-abortion organizations demanding that Congress preserve bipartisan, common-sense, life-saving provisions that have been in place for decades. Chief among these is the Hyde Amendment, which limits taxpayer funding of abortion through […]