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Pro-lifers challenge media silence on Gosnell trial
/1 Comment/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardYou wouldn’t know it from the major network coverage, but abortionist Kermit Gosnell is currently facing trial for multiple counts of murder. Witnesses are giving horrifying testimony of Gosnell beheading live newborns. Kirsten Powers puts it better than I can in this USA Today piece: Infant beheadings. Severed baby feet in jars. A child […]
Ex-abortion workers speaking out
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardAnd Then There Were None’s “Exodus” campaign this Monday was a great success, with five people reaching out for help to leave the abortion industry! And speaking of ex-abortion workers, two former nurses have some illuminating things to say about Planned Parenthood in Delaware: Jayne Mitchell-Werbrich, former employee said, “It was just unsafe. I couldn’t […]
New Issue of the Life Matters Journal
/3 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardOur dear friends at the Life Matters Journal have just released their latest issue. The lead stories are on anti-war activism, and particularly the recent rise in prominence of opposition to drones. There are also several abortion-related stories: Feminists Choosing Life of New York breaks down Governor Cuomo’s proposed abortion expansion legislation on page 6. […]
Video: Our visit to the Ivy League!
/1 Comment/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardLast Thursday, Secular Pro-Life president Kelsey Hazzard visited Columbia University to give a presentation on secular opposition to abortion. To date, Secular Pro-Life representatives have given talks at eight colleges: Liberty University, Carnegie Mellon University, University of San Francisco, University of Virginia, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, University of Mary Washington, University of Richmond, and […]
“Reproductive Rights are Human Rights”
/22 Comments/in Uncategorized /by admin[Today’s entry is re-posted from “Yeah, but…“] Stumbled upon this Elle story about men who don’t want to be fathers but are “forced”* to by their pregnant partners. Dubay’s argument was that while his girlfriend was permitted by the Constitution to end her pregnancy for any reason, he had no comparable right, in violation of […]
Tonight: SPL at Columbia U
/2 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardTonight at 8pm Eastern, Secular Pro-Life president Kelsey Hazzard will give a presentation at Columbia University. It’s the same presentation as last week at the University of Richmond, but this time it will be recorded, so look out for video next week! Of course, nothing beats being there in person, and we’d love to see […]
Aborting to protect our bodies?
/24 Comments/in Bodily Rights /by admin[Today’s entry is re-posted from “Yeah, but…“] We hear a lot about bodily rights during the abortion debate. Moving beyond the abortion debate to society in general, I think it’s clear that bodily rights are fundamental. It seems most other pro-lifers think it’s clear too. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a pro-lifer that says they’d […]
News round-up
/1 Comment/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardA big story out of Florida broke late on Friday, so you might have missed it. Florida is considering legislation to provide care for babies who are born alive in failed abortions. (A federal Born-Alive Infant Protection Act was enacted during the Bush administration, but pro-life legal eagles have encouraged the passage of state-level versions […]
A Critique of Judith Jarvis Thomson’s A Defense of Abortion, Part II
/4 Comments/in Bodily Rights, Philosophy /by Clinton WilcoxFor part one of this series, click here. Section 1. The “extreme” pro-life view. [1] I agree with Thomson that the view that abortion is impermissible even to save the mother’s life is an extreme pro-life view. I believe that abortions are justified if the mother’s life is in immediate jeopardy. [2] She does wonder […]
We want your opinion
/4 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardIn the coming weeks and months, Secular Pro-Life leaders will be taking a review of where we are and how we should move forward. We would like your input on our long-term plans. Please take just a minute to answer this simple two-question survey. Thank you! Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey , the […]