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Mississippi Personhood Amendment
/3 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Matthew NewmanFollowing a court decision to allow it, this fall voters in Mississippi will get to decide on whether to approve or disapprove an amendment to their state constitution that will define a person as “… every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning, or the functional equivalent thereof.” A “Personhood” amendment as it is […]
Life Matters Journal releases its first issue
/1 Comment/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardI am incredibly impressed by the work being done by our friends at the Life Matters Journal. Less than a month after first requesting articles, they have already published their first mini-issue! You can read it online, for free, here. (To purchase a print version, for $12, go here.) Topics addressed in this issue include […]
Silent Witness: The Baby in the Jar
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized, Your Stories /by Guest Blogger[Editor’s note: This article, originally posted on the Live Action blog, is by Secular Pro-Life member and former abortion worker Jewels Green. Jewels, who is a Christian, tells me that she wants her piece to serve as a reminder “that human dignity transcends religion.”] So much became daily business-as-usual while working at an abortion clinic […]
Ten years later
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardIt’s impossible not to talk about the tenth anniversary of 9/11. To blog about any other story would be to ignore the elephant in the room. Various pro-life commentators have noted that the number of lives lost in the September 11 attacks is very nearly the number lost to abortion every day. That’s true as […]
News briefs
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey Hazzard1) A recent study of premature infants suggests that babies’ ability to distinguish touch from pain becomes fully mature around 35 weeks. Dr Rebeccah Slater, UCL Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, said: “Premature babies who are younger than 35 weeks have similar brain responses when they experience touch or pain. After this time there is a […]
Sex-Selective Abortion on the Rise Internationally
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Matthew NewmanIn India and China, sex-selective abortion has skewed the gender ratio by 10-20% in either country with females being aborted at a much higher rate. In addition, this type of gender imbalance is beginning to crop up in unexpected places, including parts of the world where there had been no history of sex-selective abortions. Niemen […]
Time to regulate the fertility industry?
/3 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardI hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day. Now, back to business! The New York Times reports that one sperm donor has fathered more than 150 children. The story has prompted concern from experts and activists who believe that regulation of the fertility industry is long overdue: There is growing concern among parents, donors and […]
Top pro-life charities
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardThe other day, a facebook friend shared this link about top pro-abortion organizations. The information comes from My Philanthropedia, which does not provide a list of top pro-life charities. Fortunately, Charity Navigator has some solid information on the efficiency of pro-life charities. Here are a few pro-life groups that received high ratings. Four stars Life […]
Abortion’s mental health risks in the news
/2 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardCORRECTION: I misread the story about the federal court ruling. It did not uphold the the South Dakota law requiring disclosure of psychological risks. Instead, it upheld the law requiring disclosure that a) abortion terminates the life of a human being, and b) women have a right to not have an abortion. I apologize for […]
Back to School
/1 Comment/in Uncategorized /by Timmerie MillingtonAre you or your kids back to school this fall? As school begins again for many of us it is often easy to leave our pro-life convictions at the door. ProLife Organization Stand True has put together a list of “pro-life actions” to help guide youth in being active advocates for life this school year. […]