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Remembering the Most Vulnerable on Human Rights Day
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardToday, December 10, the world marks Human Rights Day. We hope our readers will take this opportunity to reflect on the meaning of human rights, and we especially encourage our fellow pro-life activists to think about how they can apply these fundamental principles to their advocacy. Human rights are for all human beings equally. But […]
Vote for Secular Pro-Life in the Project for Awesome Video Contest
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardThe Foundation to Decrease World Suck, led by legendary YouTubers John and Hank Green, is holding its annual Project for Awesome (P4A) event this weekend. The P4A is a fundraiser and video contest rolled into one. Participants submit videos highlighting their favorite charities, and supporters vote on the videos at the P4A website. Voting opens […]
Monozygotic Twinning: Weasley brothers, flatworms, and cow clones
/0 Comments/in Biology, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder[Esta publicación está disponible en español aquí.] Dizygotic twinning is when two sperm fertilize two eggs and produce two zygotes which grow as two separate organisms. Not confusing, right? Monozygotic twinning is when a single sperm fertilizes a single egg and produces a single zygote, but in the earliest stages of development that embryo splits […]
Project Rosie Saves Lives in Michigan
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Guest BloggerA pregnant Rosie the Riveter is the mascot for Project Rosie, a pro-life campaign dedicated to assisting pregnant and parenting college students in Michigan. Project Rosie is a nonprofit group created by Protect Life Michigan, and it travels to different colleges all across Michigan in an attempt to help pregnant college women choose life. I […]
Nearly half of all fertilized eggs fail to implant.
/0 Comments/in Biology, Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss /by Monica Snyder[Esta publicación está disponible en español aquí.] The below blog post is also available as a recording here: The human zygote is the first developmental stage of a human organism’s life cycle. Sometimes when I state this fact, people respond by pointing out that many zygotes never implant. Bill Nye made the same point in […]
Personhood based on human cognitive abilities.
/0 Comments/in Biology, Personhood, Research /by Monica SnyderWhat difference is there (if any) between a human organism and a “person”? Is there such thing as a human non-person? How do we determine which human organisms have moral worth and merit social protection? People have given me a variety of suggestions for the factors human organisms need to be morally relevant, including connection […]
Hydatidiform moles and molar pregnancies
/0 Comments/in Biology /by Monica Snyder[This post contains photographs of infants with serious genetic abnormalities.] [Esta publicación está disponible en español aquí.] Pro-life people often say: Life begins at conception (or fertilization). At fertilization there is a new entity genetically distinct from the woman. If two humans have sex their offspring will be human (rather than a dog, a frog, […]
I’m a Millennial Woman, and I Voted Yes on Amendment 1
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardMy state of West Virginia just passed a constitutional amendment specifying that our constitution does not contain the right to elective abortions nor require taxpayer funding for those abortions. The vote was close—52 to 48 percent—and I watched as the results came in. Now I watch as reactions from fellow West Virginians appear on sites […]
Thanksgiving Hiatus
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardTraffic to the Secular Pro-Life blog tends to dip this time of year, as people travel and prioritize spending time with their families. Therefore, we will not have any blog posts this week. We wish a very happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, and we are very thankful that each and every one of our […]
March for Life Itinerary!
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardUPDATE 11/27/18: We’ve raised $740 and are just $1,635 away from our goal. Please support us for #GivingTuesday! We are just two months away from the March for Life! Every January, the pro-life community gathers in Washington, D.C. to mark the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. It is a time for mourning, as we remember […]