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The threat of illegal abortions doesn’t justify legal abortions
/30 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey Hazzard[Today’s guest post by Todd Pettigrew is part of our paid blogging program. This post contains profanity.] The soon-to-close abortion center.Image via Google Maps Here in Eastern Canada, where I live, the abortion debate has been reignited by news that the Morgentaler Clinic, a private abortion clinic in the province of New Brunswick, will close […]
When abortion is the man’s choice
/1 Comment/in Uncategorized /by Sarah Terzo[Today’s guest post by Sarah Terzo is part of our paid blogging program. Sarah is a pro-life atheist, a frequent contributor to Live Action News, a board member of the Pro-Life Alliance of Gays and Lesbians, and the force behind ClinicQuotes.com.] Abortion is touted as a woman’s choice, but according to one study, 64% of […]
What would you say to an abortionist?
/3 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardOn Saturday, a Christian friend of mine found himself on a plane with late-term abortionist Leroy Carhart. Carhart is known for, among other things, the death of Jennifer Morbelli last year. My friend says: “I wasn’t sitting close enough to have a conversation with him (the aisle and his wife were between us, but we […]
How a pregnancy scare affected my pro-life views
/134 Comments/in Uncategorized, Your Stories /by Guest BloggerNope! Where may I collect? [Today’s guest blogger is anonymous.] While a stereotype out there about pro-lifers is that we’re prudish virgins who all hate sex, that’s not true. You can be pro-life and still have sex. Plenty of us have, myself included. But I always have sex with the thought in the back of […]
Why this middle-aged Catholic woman supports SPL
/6 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey Hazzard[Today’s guest post is by Jan S.] I’m a social conservative and practicing Catholic Christian. I’ve been involved in the pro-life movement intermittently since 1989, when my husband and I had three children under the age of four, and were expecting our fourth child. It was at that time that we invited a stranger to […]
No, I am not interested in “punishing” women for having sex
/500 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardI went to law school. This has affected my way of thinking, for good and for ill. I am now fluent in legalese. The purpose of legalese is to increase clarity. I realize that that’s very difficult for non-lawyers to believe! But it’s true, and in this post, I’ll show you by translating some legalese. […]
On Life Issues, New York is Completely Dysfunctional
/3 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardVia 41 Percent NYC On Monday, the New York Post published an article entitled “NYC’s tanning salons inspected more regularly than abortion clinics.” The Post describes this discovery as a “bombshell.” And for those who haven’t been paying the slightest bit of attention to the abortion industry and its lobby, I suppose it is. For […]
A Simple Way to Seek Common Ground
/103 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey Hazzard[Today’s guest post is by K. M. Misener.] Far too many abortion debates are framed in the most simple, black and white terms: “Are you for abortion or against it?” However, there are many shades of gray between the two extremes of an absolute ban on abortion from the moment of fertilization vs. abortion on […]
I’m not distraught when people kill embryos.
/12 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Monica SnyderI reevaluate whether I am really pro-life on a regular basis. I believe abortion is almost always morally wrong. I believe it should usually be illegal. But I typically don’t feel very emotional about it, at least not regarding early-term abortions (the most common abortions). When I think of early-term abortions I don’t feel anything […]
Join us this evening in Naples, FL
/10 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardTonight, we are screening the 40 film! This documentary is a fantastic look at the history of the pro-life cause and what the future holds. It includes the personal stories of women and men affected by unplanned pregnancy, interviews with pro-life leaders (including SPL’s Kelsey Hazzard), discussion of common themes in the abortion debate, and […]