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Describing miscarriage as “intrauterine death” threatens abortion rights
/in Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss, Uncategorized /by Monica SnyderIn 2023, Jessalyn Bohn wrote “When Words Fail: ‘Miscarriage,’ Referential Ambiguity, and Psychological Harm.” She called for more precision and sensitivity when describing pregnancy loss. About a year later, Belinda Alievska wrote some reflections of Bohn’s work: The Implications of Revising The Terminology of Pregnancy Loss. Specifically Alievska worried that Bohn’s proposed phrase “intrauterine death” […]
Blog Hiatus
/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardHello readers, The Secular Pro-Life blog will be on hiatus until July 26 due to one of our lead volunteers going on vacation. This was planned in advance and is unrelated to current events. New blogs will only be available as other volunteers’ schedules allow. During the hiatus, you can continue to get SPL content […]
Testing biological tissue for abortion drugs
/in Abortion pills, Biology, Research, Uncategorized /by Petra WallenmeyerPhoto Credit Chromatograph on Unsplash Two studies explain proof of concept for testing for the presence of abortion drugs after a pregnancy loss using a highly specific process: ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) coupled with triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (QqQ-MS/MS) (coupled as UHPLC-QqQ-MS/MS). Here, I will walk through what exactly this testing process is and how […]
Stories of Prenatal Diagnosis: Annie M.
/in Uncategorized, Your Stories /by Guest BloggerA 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 Annie M. […]
Checking in on the Trump Veepstakes
/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardDonald Trump is leading in the polls, and he is expected to announce his running mate soon. Although President Trump nominated Supreme Court Justices who recognized Roe v. Wade as bad law, his more recent comments make it clear that he does not support the right to life for all unborn Americans. (Hey, don’t say […]
Ask a Pro-Life Atheist: Olivia Lamoreux
/in Religion, Uncategorized, Your Stories /by Kelsey HazzardOnce a month or so, the Secular Pro-Life blog features a short interview with a pro-life atheist. (See the full series of interviews here.) Although Secular Pro-Life is not exclusively for atheists, historically atheists have played a key role in the organization. As atheists become more prominent in the pro-life movement generally, we’re excited for the opportunity […]
The abortion debate no one wants to have
/in Ableism, They Can Hear You, Uncategorized /by Guest BloggerPhoto Credit Pavol Štugel on Unsplash The following is a reprint from The Chron. This article was authored by Patricia E. Bauer. If it’s unacceptable for William Bennett to link abortion even conversationally with a whole class of people (and, of course, it is), why then do we as a society view abortion as justified and unremarkable […]
Fact-Checking the AP Fact Check
/in Later Abortion, Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardThe Associated Press, in its fact check of last Thursday’s presidential debate, had this to say: TRUMP: “The problem they have is they’re radical because they will take the life of a child in the eighth month, the ninth month, and even after birth, after birth.” THE FACTS: Trump inaccurately referred to abortions after birth. Infanticide […]
Did Texas’ Heartbeat Law increase infant mortality rates?
/in Ableism, Later Abortion, Legislation, laws, & court cases, Research, Uncategorized /by Monica SnyderA transcription of the video, with source links and post-video notes, follows. A new study purports to show an increase in infant mortality in Texas due to their Heartbeat Bill: their September 2021, approximately six week abortion ban. Specifically, the study found an excess of 216 infant deaths, or a 12.7% increase over what they […]
Are we facing a blowout in November?
/in Legislation, laws, & court cases, Uncategorized /by Guest BloggerThis article originally appeared at Created Equal and is reprinted with permission. According to the latest tally, there could be up to 12 states facing a constitutional amendment on November’s ballot expanding abortion beyond viability killing babies that are five, six, seven months gestation, and even up to birth. According to current polling, if the […]