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/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardRead this fabulous editorial from James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal: ‘Stop Being a Baby’: Infanticide and the infantilization of women. The Guardian reports that famous Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou is in hot water for allegedly violating the one-child policy many times over. But average Chinese people are skeptical that someone of Zhang’s stature […]
Shocking video from late-term abortionist Leroy Carhart
/1 Comment/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardLive Action’s press release can be found here, and Jill Stanek has some excellent commentary as well. But really, the video speaks quite loudly for itself: (All dialogue is captioned, so you can watch with the volume off if need be. But I’m not going to declare it “safe for work.” It is extremely jarring […]
There are only three reasons women have abortions
/19 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardImage via iwastesomuchtime.com There has been a wealth of research on the question of why women have abortions. We know from sources such as the Guttmacher Institute (which supports abortion) that indeed, “a lot of it has to do with economics.” In the overwhelming majority of cases, women cite socioeconomic factors like financial strain, career […]
Teen Mom’s Senior Portrait
/3 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardA North Carolina high school pulled a teen’s senior portrait because she had the portrait taken with her baby boy. As ABC reports: A high school student is fighting back after her senior photo was pulled from the school yearbook. The photo shows North Carolina senior Caitlin Tiller holding her now one-year old son. The […]
A bioethical question
/1 Comment/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardI recently had an interesting exchange with Ray P., a Secular Pro-Life member and scientist whose current project involves the study of gestational diabetes and insulin production. Of course, I’m thrilled to see an SPL member working to improve maternal health. But Ray has an ethical conundrum: many scientists in his field use cell lines […]
Links roundup
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardLive Action has released two more videos in its “Inhuman” series of undercover investigations. The videos, from Washington, D.C. and Phoenix, Arizona, show late-term abortion doctors who are willing to leave abortion survivors to die, in violation of the Born-Alive Infant Protection Act. In addition, abortionist Laura Mercer lies to the undercover “patient,” telling her […]
In the womb at a shiny, clean clinic.
/5 Comments/in Uncategorized /by adminIn response to the Gosnell trial, some pro-choicers are claiming this is what happens when we restrict access to abortion. They say Gosnell exemplifies exactly why we must fight to protect abortion rights. For example, here’s NARAL’s statement on the subject: Kermit Gosnell’s actions were reprehensible, illegal and reminiscent of back-alley abortions from the days […]
A Critique of Judith Jarvis Thomson’s A Defense of Abortion, Part III
/24 Comments/in Bodily Rights, Philosophy /by Clinton WilcoxFor part one of this series, go here. For part two of this series, go here. Section 4. Is abortion unjust killing? Thomson begins this section by considering that “in the most ordinary sort of case, to deprive someone of what he has a right to is to treat him unjustly.” She illustrates this with […]
Defending the Indefensible: Closing Arguments in the Gosnell Trial
/1 Comment/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey Hazzard[Today’s post originally appeared on the Americans United for Life blog.] Jack McMahon, the defense attorney for Kermit Gosnell, is a friendly guy. Before the trial began, he chit-chatted with pro-lifers in the gallery. He couldn’t discuss the case, of course, but he shared funny stories and talked golf. He seemed like a nice man. […]
“We don’t use the word ‘kill.'”
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by LNLive Action just released their latest undercover video from a Women’s Health Center in the Bronx. In it, a woman 23 weeks pregnant questions Health Center employees about what would happen should her child be born alive. The response is chilling. One employee tells the pregnant woman that a born-alive infant would be killed with […]