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Help us build momentum for life!
/5 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardLast week’s video release was a great success! The moving pro-life story of Krista and Tatiana Hogan has been viewed thousands of times on YouTube and featured in major pro-life media outlets. Above: Secular Pro-Life volunteers educate attendees at the American Atheists convention We need your help to keep the momentum going. Later this month, our outreach coordinator will […]
The Rise of Pro-Life Atheism
/18 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey Hazzard[Today’s post is reprinted from Poletical.] “In fact, almost 80% of Canadians think our law already recognizes the rights of children after the second trimester. They are unaware that our 400 year old definition of human beings actually strips away such rights. When informed, over 70% of Canadians say they believe our law should recognize […]
Is abortion justifiable in the hard cases? Part II
/87 Comments/in Rape Exception /by Clinton Wilcox[Today’s post is the second in a three-part series on “hard cases” by SPL member Clinton Wilcox. For the first post, on fetal disability, click here. And for an argument by an SPL member in favor of the rape exception, click here.] As I have previously shown, abortions because of fetal disability or deformity cannot […]
Adult stem cell researchers awarded Nobel Prize
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardJohn Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for their pioneering work in adult stem cell research, the Washington Post reports. Yamanaka was instrumental in the development of induced pluripotent stem cells (IPSC), which act like embryonic stem cells but are created without killing an embryo. His work built upon animal cloning […]
New Video Challenges “Bodily Autonomy” Argument for Abortion
/7 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardWashington, D.C.—In a video released today by Secular Pro-Life, the mother of conjoined twins challenges the idea that “you don’t have the right to life unless you can live independently of someone else’s body.” Tatiana and Krista Hogan, age five, are conjoined at the head. Because they share brain tissue, and because Krista is partially […]
Major Announcement!
/13 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardOn October 20, Secular Pro-Life outreach coordinator Kristine Kruszelnicki will participate in an abortion debate with pro-choicer Matt Dillahunty of The Atheist Experience. Both Kruszelnicki and Dillahunty are atheist ex-Christians. Their debate will take place at the Texas Freethought Convention in Austin, TX. Tickets to the convention are still available. We are very excited for […]
Oh, Canada! (No Debate Allowed)
/5 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Guest BloggerWelcome to Canada. We’re a land of freedom and democracy. Unless you want to discuss the question of when human life begins. We don’t debate abortion. Oh it’s not that we’re all agreed on abortion. Depending on the polls and the phraseology of the questions, a significant percent of the population disagrees with status-quo – […]
News briefs
/1 Comment/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardSenators Jean Shaheen (pro-choice D-NH) and Bob Casey (pro-life D-PA) have introduced a bill, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, to improve conditions for pregnant mothers in the workplace. The Act stands little chance of passage due to opposition from anti-business-regulation conservatives in the House. Pro-lifers are understandably skeptical of President Obama’s newfound interest in stopping […]
Gonzales v. Carhart: What can you see?
/5 Comments/in Later Abortion /by Monica SnyderGonzales v. Carhart is a 2007 Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003. Both the pro-life and pro-choice communities reacted strongly to the case, seeing it as a shift in the Court’s perspective on abortion. As the New York Times explained, the decision was “the first in […]
Pro-life Democrats remain optimistic through struggle
/5 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardThe Democratic Convention was heavy on pro-abortion messaging, to put it mildly. Pro-life Democrats attempted to moderate the party platform and push a “big tent” strategy on abortion, but were rejected at every turn. In light of that disappointing experience, various commentators have wondered where, if anywhere, pro-life Democrats can go from here. Kristen Day, […]