400 attendees of the Texas Freethought Convention watch an abortion debate between two atheists. October 20th, 2012 Austin Texas Today’s post is by Kristine Kruszelnicki 2012 has been a big year for Secular Pro-life! First we (Kelsey, Michael and I) made a big opening splash with an info table at the American Atheist Atheist […]
Welcome to Canada. We’re a land of freedom and democracy. Unless you want to discuss the question of when human life begins. We don’t debate abortion. Oh it’s not that we’re all agreed on abortion. Depending on the polls and the phraseology of the questions, a significant percent of the population disagrees with status-quo – […]
According to Michelle at Big Blueberry Eyes, in 2006 an anonymous poster shared the following story on a “termination for medical reasons” board: I have lurked here for years, and although my story may not be welcomed with open arms, I feel compelled to share it none-the-less. Like many of you, I received a pre-natal […]
[Guest Blogger Nathaniel presents a nuanced perspective on the rape exception. Secular Pro-Life takes no formal stance on the rape exception, but encourages discussion on the issue. For more information, see here.] It’s hard to make nuanced arguments in the abortion debate because folks on both sides tend to see a debate primarily as a […]
Today’s post is by Kristine Kruszelnicki. As a pro-lifer who does not support the rape exception, I cringed as I watched Todd Akin’s suicidal interview. Todd Akin should never have publicly raised an argument that he was not able and prepared to back up – especially one as groundless as the claim that “legitimate rape” […]
[Guest Blogger Jen R., co-founder of All Our Lives, shares her thoughts on Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” comments.] So Todd Akin, who thinks that pregnancy resulting from rape is “really rare” because “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut the whole thing down,” announced yesterday that he is […]
[Guest blogger EN shares the 2nd part of her story: the years after giving up her daughter for adoption. See the first part of EN’s story here.] Six years ago, I made a choice that changed my life forever. I chose life for my baby girl. I also chose to place her for adoption. I found […]
[Guest blogger EN shares her story about her unplanned pregnancy.] It is hard to imagine a journey as beautiful as the one I’m going to tell you beginning in a stall in the ladies room at Target, but that is where I found out I was pregnant with my 4th child. There I sat, staring […]
[As pro-lifers, we often find it difficult to comprehend how anyone could choose to kill their offspring. In this remarkably honest post, guest-blogger CP relates the new understanding she experienced through her second pregnancy.] I am currently pregnant with my second child and was recently offered the Downs Screening blood test. With my first child […]
[Today’s post is by Kristine Kruszelnicki and is the second in a point-counterpoint debate. See the previous post for an argument in defense of the rape exception.] Is abortion justified to ease the suffering of a rape victim? Consider the following scenario: A married woman and her husband make love in hopes of conceiving a […]