In the current debate over abortion, most abortion advocates say that a mother has the right to abort a child for any reason, including to protect her career, to avoid financial hardship, to avoid mental health issues, or just because the child is not “wanted”. It’s been curious, then, to watch how many of those […]
Secular Pro-Life president Kelsey Hazzard was recently interviewed for “On the Level,” a radio show on Life FM, a Christian radio station in Cork, Ireland. The segment covered everything from the origins of Secular Pro-Life, to the rape exception, to differences between the American and Irish anti-abortion movements. You can listen at this link starting […]
Okay, stop me if you’ve heard this one: Bodily autonomy means every person has control over how their body is used. It’s why you can’t be forced to donate organs, even if you’re dead. By saying a fetus has a right to use a woman’s body, you’re making it so that women have less bodily […]
[Editor’s note: After a long while of letting our email list gather dust, we’ve finally gotten in the good habit of sending a monthly recap. If you’d like to subscribe, click here.] Projects Each of our co-leaders had in-person events scheduled this month, but not all of us made it before social distancing became the […]
Building off its successful Wilberforce Fellowship (for college and graduate leadership) and Stevens Fellowship (for high school leadership), Students for Life of America is launching the Hildegard Art Fellowship: The Hildegard Art Fellowship is about engaging young artists to use their artistry to change hearts and minds on abortion by becoming artist activists. Art in […]
Secular Pro-Life president Kelsey Hazzard here. Last weekend, I was scheduled to speak at a Florida leadership summit for pro-life high school and college students, organized by Students for Life of America. The original venue was shut down due to the coronavirus, but the show must go on, so I presented over Zoom. The video […]
[Editor’s note: Today’s guest article by German pro-life advocate Andreas Düren was written before the coronavirus outbreak.] In Germany, abortion is generally illegal under Section 218 of the criminal code. The only exceptions are the so-called “medical indication” (danger to the life of or the threat of grave impairment to the pregnant woman’s physical or […]
Rehumanize International has opened submissions for its annual Create | Encounter contest. With large gatherings cancelled for the foreseeable future, why not use that time to create meaningful art? Rehumanize International is a consistent life ethic (CLE) organization, promoting respect for human life at all ages. Create | Encounter is for pieces that “explore subjects […]
We recently asked our facebook followers for their take on the following question, which had been posed politely and in good faith by a pro-choicer on twitter: Whenever I hear someone say they became pro-life after an abortion or crisis pregnancy, it seems like they’re saying “I wish I didn’t have the *choice* to have an abortion.” […]
If you have the financial ability to donate to a pregnancy center, now is the time to do so. Pregnancy centers and their clients face tremendous challenges from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Photo by Tim Marshall on Unsplash Nearly three out of four people who have abortions say that financial strain contributed to the abortion […]