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The ABC Link
/17 Comments/in Research, Uncategorized /by Monica SnyderDisclaimer. Even if all pro-lifers used secular reasoning, there is plenty of room for disagreement in the multi-faceted abortion debate. Secular Pro-Life takes formal stances on a few issues, but where SPL members—especially SPL leadership—disagree, SPL declines to take an official position. (See, for example, the rape exception.) The alleged link between abortion and breast […]
FBI Visits ProLife Advocate’s Home
/1 Comment/in Uncategorized /by Timmerie MillingtonAndy & Son Since the Obama Administration took over in 2009 there have been a series of FBI interrogations of pro-life advocates. Most recently a friend of mine, Andy Moore, received a knock at his door and, to his surprise, was confronted by FBI agents. The agents asked a number of questions, some of which being […]
Prosecuting Women? Part 2.
/7 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Monica SnyderRecently I highlighted a story about a woman arrested for her self-administered (via RU-486) abortion; I then asked what you, readers, believe the repercussions should be for breaking the law if abortion were illegal. In a case of coincidental timing, Live Action News also recently discussed the punitive implications of legally restricting abortion. In the post, author […]
Single Issue Voters?
/7 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardThe Washington Post suggests that it would be controversial for Mitt Romney to pick Condoleezza Rice as a VP candidate due to Rice’s “mildly pro-choice” views. Rice has previously stated she supports parental notification and is against late-term abortions (as are most Americans). However, regarding Roe v. Wade, Rice has said, “I have not wanted to see […]
Internship: Life Matters Journal
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardLife Matters Journal is looking for a graphic/layout designer to help produce issues. This is a pro-bono internship that requires: Help with layout/graphic design for four issues in a one year cycle (see their latest issue here); Working internet with Skype for meetings, consultations, and interviews; Experience in Adobe InDesign (send applicable work if possible); and […]
The Abortion Queen in Mississippi
/4 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Timmerie MillingtonMississippi recently passed a law requiring that abortionists be OB-GYNs with the ability to admit patients to a local hospital if necessary. This new law has come close to shutting down the last abortion clinic in Mississippi which is owned by Diane Derzis — also known as the ‘Abortion Queen’. The ‘Abortion Queen’s’ clinic has […]
International Down Syndrome Coalition
/2 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Monica SnyderThe International Down Syndrome Coalition (IDSC) is a religiously- and politically-neutral organization dedicated to supporting individuals with Down syndrome and their families. According to IDSC, When a mother finds out her baby has Down syndrome, she needs support and helpful information. What sometimes happens, instead, is that professionals, family members, and friends will pressure her […]
Prosecuting women?
/48 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Monica SnyderEarlier this year, NPR reported on a controversial abortion-related arrest: Jennie Linn McCormack was charged last year under an obscure Idaho law for ending her pregnancy with RU-486. She joins an increasing number of women who get the so-called abortion pill off the internet. NPR describes the circumstances of the abortion: In late 2010, McCormack […]
Baltimore cannot “compel speech” from CPC.
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Monica SnyderSimilar to previous stories, a federal judge ruled that Baltimore cannot force a CPC to post signs stating the CPC does not provide abortions or birth control. In 2009 Baltimore passed a law requiring such signs, and Archbishop Edwin O’Brien filed suit, claiming the law violated free speech and assembly, free exercise of religion, equal protection under […]
“Gnawing at my belly, chewing through my organs.”
/9 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Monica SnyderI’ve previously mentioned how most abortion advocates discuss the fetus in impersonal terms (“product of conception”) while some go further and describe the fetus as an antagonist (“parasite”). I’ve had a few (albeit not many) people object to these suggestions, insisting that pro-choicers do understand the humanity of the fetus. Some pro-choicers insist all women […]