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 […]
[This article is a Spanish translation of “5 reasons to talk about women who don’t regret being denied abortion” 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. El Estudio Turnaway encontró que el 96% de las […]
[This article is a Spanish translation of “Heidi Crowter and the Deathly Laws” 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 Kristina Aruković. En este Día Mundial del Síndrome de Down, vamos a enfocarnos en una de las […]
[This article is a Spanish translation of “Humanity has a long history of condoning infanticide” 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. En noviembre de 2017, la revista digital Aeon publicó “Infanticidio”, un artículo que […]
[This article is a Spanish translation of “Pro-life laws prevent abortion primarily by preventing unplanned pregnancy.” courtesy of volunteer Pablo Mestrovic. If you’re interested in volunteering to translate our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] Esta publicación fue escrita originalmente por Conner Alford. Dentro del debate más general sobre el aborto en nuestra sociedad, dos […]
Hope After Loss is a book to assist people who have experienced miscarriage as they process their grief. Heidi Inlow read this book in light of both her personal experience with pregnancy loss as well as her professional experience working with the group Support After Abortion. Here is her review: For me, Hope After Loss […]
Today’s post is an email sent to SPL from Kathleen Szekely, reprinted with permission. I just read your excellent piece on the Ohio/Washington DC miscarriage issue. This needs to be heard over and over, because not only does it expose a lie about healthcare law and state law, it exposes media bias and is an example […]