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Attention Virginians!
/5 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardThis Friday, the Virginia Board of Health will once again consider safety regulations for abortion centers. Perhaps the most important of these is a requirement that hallways and doorways be wide enough to accommodate a stretcher in cases of emergency (for why, click on the photo at right to enlarge). Pro-choice groups are strongly opposed […]
World Suicide Prevention Day
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardToday is World Suicide Prevention Day. According to the World Health Organization, 3000 people commit suicide every day. Untreated or inadequately treated depression is a major cause. Please take the time to read this article on recognizing signs of mental illness, which also gives helpful tips on what to do if you are concerned about […]
FOIA request confirms: PP lying about mammograms
/3 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardPlanned Parenthood supporters (including CEO Cecile Richards) have repeatedly claimed that the abortion business does mammograms. Pro-life advocates, particularly Live Action, have challenged the claim each time. This letter from the Department of Health and Human Services should clear things up once and for all. Not a single Planned Parenthood in the country has a […]
Today’s briefs
/1 Comment/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardKristi Brown of Live Action News dissects a recent Planned Parenthood rally for Obama. The highlights: Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s outrageous claim that pro-lifers cannot love women (“Thank you, Mayor Booker, for being ever-present in my life, at every moment, and assuring me that my brothers, father, and husband do not truly love me”), and […]
Punishment
/36 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Monica SnyderI believe that abortion should be far more legally restricted than it currently is, but I don’t think it should be illegal in every circumstance. I think abortion should be legal if the mother’s life is threatened, for example, or if the mother was raped (see more here.) Because of my particular perspective, I’ve had […]
Is Abortion Permissible for Fetal Deformity?
/8 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Clinton Wilcox[Today’s post is the first in a three-part series on “hard cases” by SPL member Clinton Wilcox. For the second post, on the rape exception, click here. For the third post, on life-threatening pregnancies, click here.] Now we get to the really tough questions about abortion. Can we justify abortion in the really hard cases? […]
Technical problems
/2 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardComments are disappearing. Blogger shows them as published, not withheld as spam, so the cause of the problem is not immediately obvious. We will work on resolving this over the weekend. Update: We are switching over to Disqus as our comment posting system. It may take up to 24 hours for our archived comments to […]
Thalidomide victims continue to be disrespected
/2 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardFrom the Associated Press: The German manufacturer of a notorious drug that caused thousands of babies to be born with shortened arms and legs, or no limbs at all, issued its first ever apology Friday — 50 years after pulling the drug off the market. Gruenenthal Group’s chief executive said the company wanted to apologize […]
Pondering Effects of Restrictive Abortion Laws
/20 Comments/in Uncategorized /by LN[Guest Blogger LN rejects the suggestion that restricting abortion has no effect on the actual abortion rate.] If you’re against abortion– and not in an, “Oh it’s not for me, but ya’ll do whatever suits you!” way, but more of an, “Abortion is almost always the wrongful taking of a human life and I want […]
Terms of choice
/11 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardOver the years, there have been many calls (from both sides of the aisle) to do away with the labels “pro-life” and “pro-choice.” The terms are “self-congratulatory,” over- and under-inclusive, devoid of meaning– really, the only point in their favor is that we’ve been using them for 40+ years. Pro-life agnostic Conner Alford, who is […]