This is not an explicitly pro-life video, but pro-life advocates certainly can (and should) take lessons from the failures of history. The take-away point is this: the Trail of Tears was a result of the politically powerful ignoring the constitutional rights of weaker persons. They knew it was wrong at the time, but their interest […]
Despite the Obama administration’s pseudo-feminist decision to pull women’s healthcare funding from Texas, the state is not backing down. It has found the funds to administer the Women’s Health Program (WHP) without federal dollars, thereby allowing WHP to prioritize legitimate clinics over those associated with abortion and continue providing care to low-income women. In a recent […]
LifeNews.com reports that presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney is considering several pro-life politicians to be his running mate, including Florida Senator Marco Rubio, Ohio Senator Rob Portman, Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. Although Romney has received a number of pro-life endorsements […]
The governor of Nebraska has promised to veto LB 199, an important pro-life measure recently passed by the Nebraska legislature. But we aren’t giving up! The legislature has rescheduled its final session to make a vote on veto override possible. All it takes is the support of 30 senators. LB 199 would restore prenatal care […]
Students for Life is hosting a Secular Pro-Life presentation at the University of San Francisco: Friday, April 20th 8:00pm 313 Cowell Hall University of San Francisco Join us to hear Secular Pro-Life’s position and why it’s needed in today’s pro-life movement. Update: The presentation went very well. The students were engaged and inquisitive. See here […]
Exactly one week ago, we launched AbortionSafety.com. And what a week it’s been! The project got excellent coverage on LifeNews.com, BryanKemper.com, and JillStanek.com. As a result, volunteers from all over the country have contacted us about adding their local abortion facilities to the database! In addition, we’re excited to announce that we have started to run […]
[Today’s post is by Kristine Kruszelnicki and is the second in a point-counterpoint debate. See the previous post for an argument in defense of the rape exception.] Is abortion justified to ease the suffering of a rape victim? Consider the following scenario: A married woman and her husband make love in hopes of conceiving a […]
[This post is the first in a point-counterpoint debate. See the argument against the rape exception here.] According to Gallup, 59% of self-described pro-lifers believe abortion should be legal in cases of rape. This is a higher percentage than I expected. Anecdotally, it seems most pro-lifers I interact with believe there should be no rape […]
Jezebel recently posted an article entitled “This Is How Much It Costs to Own a Vagina: An Itemized List.” The main point is that hormonal contraception is just one of many female-specific costs; all those tampons, shaving items, and Midol packs add up. This is certainly true, although not really news to me as a […]
[Today’s post is by Aimee Bedoy and Steven Oetjen. It is a shortened version of an article that originally appeared in the Life Matters Journal.] INTRODUCTION A quandary of major proportions faces our nation in this day and age. It could be a matter of life and death for countless persons – we cannot […]
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