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Upcoming Events
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardWednesday, May 22 (Washington, D.C.): A coalition of anti-human-trafficking and pro-life organizations will hold a symposium entitled “Human Trafficking and Women and Children’s Health” in the Russell Senate Building from noon to 5:00 p.m. The organizers state: Human trafficking impacts all aspects of the victim’s health, but especially gynecological, reproductive, procreative, and other related health […]
The zygote is the beginning of the human life cycle: everyday examples.
/0 Comments/in Biology /by Monica SnyderThe human zygote is the first developmental stage in a human life cycle. A zygote is different in kind from sperm and unfertilized eggs, which are gametes, not organisms. The zygote is different from any random cell that has human DNA, such as your skin cells (also not organisms). The zygote is a separate and […]
Baby Chris is Seven Weeks Old
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardFigure via the Endowment for Human Development [This is part 8 of a multi-part series chronicling a pregnancy through the lens of “Baby Chris.” Click here for other parts.] Seven weeks after fertilization, Baby Chris has brainwaves! In fact, brainwaves have been detected by EEG as early as six weeks and two days. Baby Chris’s […]
Baby Chris is Six Weeks Old
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey Hazzard[This is part 7 of a multi-part series chronicling a pregnancy through the lens of “Baby Chris.” Click here for other parts.] Six weeks after conception, Baby Chris has reached several major milestones, particularly when it comes to nervous system development. Neurons are growing in the newly formed cerebral cortex, a brain structure crucial for […]
Who needs an ultrasound? DIY chemical abortion is here.
/0 Comments/in Abortion pills, Uncategorized /by Guest BloggerIn 1996, the Clintons used the phrase “safe, legal, and rare” to describe the supposed goal for abortions. Since then, many people have dropped the “rare” from their list of stated expectations, but they have continued to proclaim that they are concerned about the safety of women getting abortions. In fact, a primary purported reason […]
When women can’t get abortions, what happens to the children they birth?
/0 Comments/in Research, Uncategorized /by Monica SnyderCame across this article recently and the headline caught my eye. There, fixed it. Broadly speaking, pro-choice people treat abortion as if it prevents a child from coming into existence, rather than destroying a child who already exists. Diana Greene Foster—the article’s author and principal investigator of the study being summarized—suggests as much when she says: […]
Baby Chris is Five Weeks Old
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey Hazzard[This is part 6 of a multi-part series chronicling a pregnancy through the lens of “Baby Chris.” Click here for other parts.] Animation via Virtual Human Embryo Five weeks after his or her conception, Baby Chris is rapidly developing new organs. The kidneys have appeared, the liver is producing blood cells, and the yolk sac is […]
Nathan Nobis’ Summary of Pro-Choice Arguments
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Clinton WilcoxNathan Nobis is an associate professor of philosophy at Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA. He published an article on 1000 Word Philosophy summarizing the arguments in support of abortion. His article is called “The Ethics of Abortion.” Nobis clearly has a good grasp on the philosophical literature by pro-choice thinkers. While his summary of pro-choice […]
Sources for SPL’s “The case against abortion” presentation
/0 Comments/in Speeches, Discussions, Presentations, Uncategorized /by Monica SnyderToday at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Malcolm Potts will be hosting his bi-annual point/counterpoint-style lecture on abortion for his public health class. This year, Monica Snyder of Secular Pro-Life will be presenting the antiabortion case. We hope to have video of her presentation later–EDIT: you can now watch the full presentation here–but meanwhile […]
Baby Chris is Four Weeks Old
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey Hazzard[This is part 5 of a multi-part series chronicling a pregnancy through the lens of “Baby Chris.” Click here for other parts.] Photo via Visible Embryo. This is a dorsal (rear) view. Four weeks after his or her conception, Baby Chris is growing rapidly. Last week’s circulatory system development has enabled a burst of activity. […]