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Abortion, Sterilization, and Regret: A Double Standard
/75 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardA few weeks ago, the Huffington Post ran an article about the obstacles encountered by young women interested in permanent surgical sterilization (e.g. tubal ligation): The first time Bri Seeley told her doctor she wanted to be sterilized, she was 24 years old. … Motherhood, she knew deep in her bones, was not for her. […]
Living in the Present as a Pro-Lifer
/119 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey Hazzard[Today’s guest post is by Nick Reynosa.] While giving a lecture, the renowned historian David McCullough made an interesting observation: “history is not about the past.” He went on to elaborate: If you think about it, no one ever lived in the past. Washington, Jefferson, John Adams, and their contemporaries didn’t walk about saying, “Isn’t […]
Working it Out: Audience Participation Requested!
/500 Comments/in Uncategorized /by adminTaken from woodleywonderworks I am a newer writer for Secular Pro-Life. I have been writing blog posts about logical fallacies (and will continue to do so occasionally), but now I’d like to move to another phase of blog posts that I’m really excited to start. I hope to hear perspectives from both sides of the […]
Politics happened, and stuff
/7 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardYesterday was an election day. That’s all that anyone’s going to be talking about today. And that makes things a little tricky for us, since A) SPL isn’t really involved in electoral politics (because we’re non-partisan, and also we couldn’t afford to organize a 501(c)(4) even if we wanted to), and B) we generally write […]
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/171 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardHow many times have you heard the claim that abortion is “only” 3% of Planned Parenthood’s services? Wouldn’t you like to have a video that explains, in just four minutes, why that figure is misleading? Now you do, thanks to Students for Life of America: I like the combo meal analogy. I also like the […]
Preventing genetic disease, not killing those with genetic diseases
/12 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardI’ve mentioned once or twice before that I’m an alumna of the University of Miami. On Saturday, I attended Miami’s homecoming game against UNC, and while the football was great (and we won), what really made it special was an appearance by Jim Kelly. Kelly was a star quarterback for the University of Miami in […]
Gisella Perl
/164 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardEarlier this month we received an email from a supporter named Sarah, who wrote in with a suggestion for a blog topic: I don’t know if anyone’s done a piece on Gisella Perl, but I find her to be fascinating. She was a Jewish gynecologist forced to work as a doctor in Auschwitz, and one […]
Important news from across the pond
/65 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardFor those of us in the United States, November 4th is election day. Of particular concern to pro-lifers, the November 4th election will determine control of the Senate, which approves Supreme Court nominees. Given the age of some of our current Justices, both pro- and anti-abortion, there’s no telling what could happen between now and […]
Watch Crescendo for free on YouTube
/133 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardCrescendo is a pro-life short film that was produced a couple of years ago. I got to see it early and thought it was excellent, especially where production values are concerned. However, it was not made widely available initially, because the producers were screening it at fundraisers for pregnancy resource centers. (It reportedly raised over […]
Slippery Slopes: Good for Emotions, Bad for Logic
/293 Comments/in Uncategorized /by adminFrom xkcd.com [Today’s guest post by Nate Sheets is the fifth of a series. The next post in the series will arrive sometime next week.] Slippery slope arguments allow a person to ignore the issue being presented, and to speculate about potential consequences that will arise if their opponents win or are correct. The supposed possibilities […]