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The Argument from Identity
/321 Comments/in Personhood /by Clinton WilcoxI have previously explained two good arguments for the pro-life position, the Substance View and the Future of Value arguments. I would like to share with you a third. It’s an argument that Alexander Pruss has termed an identity-based argument. Stephen Napier defends a similar argument which he has termed the Unity argument, but my exposition of this argument […]
Upcoming Movie Challenges Pro-Abortion Narrative on Pregnancy Centers
/6 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey Hazzard[Today’s guest post by Rebecca Downs is part of our paid blogging program.] One of my favorite parts of going to the movies is the trailers. I didn’t know what I was in for when I saw a trailer for Gimme Shelter. From the beginning, it looks intense. A nearly unrecognizable Vanessa Hudgens narrates how […]
Abortion as a Symptom of Misogyny in the Developing World
/36 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey Hazzard[Today’s guest post by Roger McCormack is part of our paid blogging program.] The developing world, often a bastion of religious dogma and radical fundamentalism, reveals a fascinating omission of free inquiry among abortion rights supporters. Amartya Sen, a famed Indian economist, in relation to the recent outrage over endemic rape in India, wrote: One […]
The Pro-Life Generation
/2 Comments/in Pro-Life Demographics, Research /by Kelsey HazzardA Secular Pro-Life member recently asked for the source of the claim that young Americans are more pro-life than their older counterparts (which has earned us the moniker “the pro-life generation”). The claim is not based on one particular survey, but on a series of polls over several years. For everyone’s convenience, this blog post […]
Moderate rhetoric means greater influence
/1 Comment/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey Hazzard[Today’s guest post by Roger McCormack is part of our paid blogging program.] Those who defend the rights of the unborn are habitually caricatured as zealous, religious nuts, and/or gross chauvinists with deep-seated issues regarding their mothers, much to the chagrin of thoughtful defenders of the vulnerable. A modest step for the pro-life movement might […]
Interview with Monica Snyder
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardSecular Pro-Life’s west coast representative, who will be speaking at the West Coast Walk for Life, was recently interviewed by the California Catholic Daily. They wound up devoting a full article to the people and mission of Secular Pro-Life! On January 25, 2014, pro-lifers will assemble in San Francisco for the 10th annual Walk for […]
Our New Year’s Resolutions
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardSecular Pro-Life has big goals for 2014. Here are our top five resolutions (and how you can help): 1) Connect with thousands of students, pro-life leaders, and grassroots leaders this month at the March for Life, West Coast Walk for Life, Students for Life of America conference, and more. (Meet up with us) 2) Complete […]
Drive Safely This New Year’s Eve
/3 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardThis post has nothing to do with abortion. But it does have to do with saving lives, so pay attention. This is Kortney Gordon. We met when I was a college student and she working for Students for Life of America (SFLA). This is her daughter, Sophy. This is Jon Scharfenberger, who worked alongside Kortney […]
Why would a woman want an abortion?
/66 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Monica SnyderA follower recently posted this clip to Secular Pro-Life’s Facebook page and asked for our thoughts. (If this link ever stops working, Youtube “Maddow Buchy”) The clip is not new–it’s from the fall of 2012–but it’s worth considering. My first reaction was disgust at this PR disaster. An older, white male talking about how he’s […]
Emotions run high in Texas life support case
/18 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey Hazzard[Today’s guest post is by Rachel Cox and is part of our paid blogging program.] Have you heard about the Texas husband who wants to remove his pregnant wife from life support? In November, Erick Munoz’s wife Marlise, who was 14 weeks pregnant, suffered a blood clot and is still in the hospital hooked up […]