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The Life Equations
/24 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kara Balogova[Guest blogger Kara considers different factors regarding the rape exception. While SPL does not necessarily agree with every view written here, Kara makes several good points deserving of discussion as she earnestly explores the issue.] The horrid sentiments expressed by Todd Akin have left a lot of people livid and angry. I am one of […]
Punishing the Rapist, Not the Rapist’s Child
/67 Comments/in Rape Exception /by Guest BloggerToday’s post is by Kristine Kruszelnicki. As a pro-lifer who does not support the rape exception, I cringed as I watched Todd Akin’s suicidal interview. Todd Akin should never have publicly raised an argument that he was not able and prepared to back up – especially one as groundless as the claim that “legitimate rape” […]
Thoughts on Todd Akin
/12 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Guest Blogger[Guest Blogger Jen R., co-founder of All Our Lives, shares her thoughts on Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” comments.] So Todd Akin, who thinks that pregnancy resulting from rape is “really rare” because “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut the whole thing down,” announced yesterday that he is […]
Bodily Integrity Revisited
/36 Comments/in Bodily Rights, Uncategorized /by Kelsey Hazzard[Guest Blogger Simon takes a particular interest in the philosophical aspects of the abortion debate. Here he considers the important role of bodily integrity.] When studying the philosophy of abortion, it is often very hard to find new perspectives. Many arguments run along the usual lines of bodily autonomy, personhood, the moral value of autonomy and […]
Response to article in “The Humanist”
/24 Comments/in Biology /by Kelsey HazzardAn article appears in the September/October 2012 issue of The Humanist, entitled “Are Atheist Pro-Life Groups Promoting Sound Science?” which quotes Secular Pro-Life leaders. The article was written by Marco Rossi, a man who once worked for Planned Parenthood– so it’s no surprise that the article is unflattering. He comes right out of the box […]
Shooting at ProLife Office in D.C.
/9 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Timmerie MillingtonEarly yesterday morning a young man from Virginia, posing as an intern, shot a security guard at the Family Research Council office in Washington D.C. The guard’s name is Leo Johnson and he was let out of surgery late last night and is doing well. Leo took a bullet to the arm as he, along […]
Viability = Personhood?
/15 Comments/in Personhood, Uncategorized /by Monica SnyderIn the never-ending debates over what it means to be a “person” (as distinct from a human being) I’ve seen many people claim that you cannot be a person unless you are viable, i.e. a fetus is not a person until the fetus can live outside the mother’s body. The first counterargument I usually hear […]
Gosnell Updates
/3 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Monica SnyderThe Associated Press reports on developments in the case of Kermit Gosnell, the infamous abortion doctor arrested in January of 2011 and charged with eight counts of murder. According to the AP: City prosecutors say the deaths [of a patient and seven babies] were no accident but the result of dangerous medical practices that went […]
People v. Davis
/11 Comments/in Personhood /by Monica SnyderUltrasound: 23 weeks From Stanford Law School’s Supreme Court of California resources: On March 1, 1991, Maria Flores, who was between 23 and 25 weeks pregnant, and her 20-month-old son, Hector, went to a check-cashing store to cash her welfare check. As Flores left the store, defendant pulled a gun from the waistband of his […]
Implications
/16 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Monica SnyderIt’s no secret that our current laws are inconsistent when it comes to the legal status of fetuses. For example, Kansas law declares the terms “person” and “human being”–as used in laws that define murder, manslaughter, and so forth–to include an unborn child. California penal code draws a distinction between “human being” and “fetus”, but […]