A prenatal diagnosis is often accompanied by the pressure to abort, leaving most parents feeling unsupported by the medical community and society at large. In our series “Stories of Prenatal Diagnosis,” we share testimonies of parents who received a diagnosis while pregnant and their personal experience in handling it. Today’s story is from Caroline H. […]
Today’s guest author is Mrs. Meggy. It’s not helpful or compassionate to rape survivors who get pregnant to push abortion as the solution. It happened to me: I found out I was pregnant shortly after I was raped. I went to my counselor at the crisis center. I told her I had just had a […]
On May 7th, New York Supreme Court Judge Daniel Doyle removed from the ballot a proposed amendment intended to enshrine the right to abortion in the New York State Constitution. It is unsurprising that the media have labeled the judge as “conservative,” irrespective of the merits of the decision, which appears to be beyond reproach. The New […]
March was Trisomy Awareness Month, and this condition is one of many prenatal diagnoses often used to defend the “need” for abortion. In Secular Pro-Life’s series, “Stories of Prenatal Diagnosis,” we begin with one such Trisomy parent, Tessa G. What conditions did your screening results indicate? Trisomy 18. Did it turn out to be the […]
[Today’s guest post is published anonymously.] January 27, 1973. The Paris Accords formally bring an end to direct US involvement in the Vietnam War. The Vietnam war and the draft that it involved had been a major controversy for more than a decade. American society as a whole had formed a variety of opinions on […]
With Roe in the rearview mirror, the change in abortion related legal battles reflects the differences in laws across the United States. This patchwork of laws is particularly relevant in first trimester abortions, which are more likely to occur at home through drugs that can be obtained via mail. Federal and state laws contradict one […]
March is Trisomy Awareness Month. Trisomies are conditions when, instead of having the typical two copies of a chromosome, someone has three copies. Probably the most well known trisomy is Trisomy 21, or Down syndrome, which is caused by a third copy of the 21st chromosome (which is why Down Syndrome Awareness Day is 3/21). […]
[Today’s post is written by a practicing attorney, submitted anonymously.] In February a story broke out of Texas in which a man, Mason Herring, surreptitiously dosed his then-wife, Catherine Herring, numerous times with misoprostol. Luckily, Catherine’s daughter survived and is still alive today. For his part, Mason was charged by the State of Texas with […]
Today’s guest post is written by Nick Colgrove, who has a PhD in philosophy and has published about ectogenesis (artificial wombs) and personhood. SPL has summarized his work previously. Imagine that one day, we develop artificial-gestation technologies (AGTs) that allows human beings to develop from conception until nine months in age. Rather than being gestated […]
[This article is a Spanish translation of “Controversy around Abortion Pill Reversal: a quick overview” courtesy of volunteer Pablo Caballero. If you’re interested in volunteering to translate our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] Esta publicación fue escrita originalmente por Monica Snyder. [Actualización posterior a la publicación, 23/04/23 – (1) Aclaré los resultados del estudio […]