Graphic via the Endowment for Human Development [This is part 25 of a multi-part series chronicling a pregnancy through the lens of “Baby Chris.” Click here for other parts.] 24 weeks after fertilization (26 weeks LMP), Baby Chris is 14 inches long and weighs 1 and 3/4 pounds. The major milestone this week is that […]
[This is part 24 of a multi-part series chronicling a pregnancy through the lens of “Baby Chris.” Click here for other parts.] 23 weeks after fertilization (25 weeks LMP), Baby Chris is 13 and a half inches long and weighs a pound and a half—roughly the size of a rutabega. Illustration via BabyCenter.com
Terrisa here with a very important national call to action! In addition to working with Secular Pro-Life I also run a grassroots activist organization in San Francisco, arguably the most pro-choice culture in our nation. The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a real life American Horror Story and my organization, Pro-Life San Francisco, […]
Graphic via the Endowment for Human Development [This is part 23 of a multi-part series chronicling a pregnancy through the lens of “Baby Chris.” Click here for other parts.] 22 weeks after fertilization (24 weeks LMP), Baby Chris is about the size of an ear of corn. Under United States law, 24 weeks LMP is […]
Vice News reports that in response to recent focus group research, NARAL is now emphasizing the phrase “reproductive freedom” in support of killing defenseless unborn babies. The euphemism is supposed to appeal to what they call “freedom first” voters, itself a new term for the “personally pro-life, politically pro-choice” segment of the population (which is […]
[This is part 22 of a multi-part series chronicling a pregnancy through the lens of “Baby Chris.” Click here for other parts.] 21 weeks after fertilization (23 weeks LMP), Baby Chris is almost a foot long and weighs one pound: the size of a large mango. According to the Endowment for Human Development, “[t]he structure […]
Terrisa Bukovinac here. In addition to my work with Secular Pro-Life, helping to create an inclusive space for non-religious pro-lifers, many of you know that I also run Pro-Life San Francisco, a Millennial-led grassroots activist organization. We are hosting a follow-up to last year’s groundbreaking Let There Be Life Conference with the 2019 version on […]
[This is part 21 of a multi-part series chronicling a pregnancy through the lens of “Baby Chris.” Click here for other parts.] 20 weeks after fertilization (22 weeks LMP), Baby Chris is 11 inches long and weighs 15 ounces; he or she is the size of a spaghetti squash. Baby Chris’s cochlea is now fully […]
Students for Life of America (SFLA) recently announced significant changes to its annual conference, which is held every year in the D.C. area after the March for Life. For starters, it is no longer the Student for Life of America annual conference; it has been rebranded as the National Pro-Life Summit, with SFLA as just […]
Many of our followers know by now that SPL is run by three atheist women: Monica the conservative, Kelsey the independent, and me (Terrisa), the flaming liberal. Naturally, when Democrats for Life of America cleverly sought out a secular speaker for their national conference in Lansing, Michigan, I was happy to fulfill the role! I […]
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