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“Unique DNA” isn’t exactly the point.
/in Biology, Uncategorized /by Monica SnyderThe phrase “life begins at conception” is too ambiguous. People can use it to mean conception is the starting point of an individual human organism, but also to mean it’s the starting point of a morally valuable human person. Those are two very different claims. For the most part I’ve stopped using the phrase “life […]
We Asked, You Answered: Presidential Candidates
/in Uncategorized, We Asked You Answered /by Kelsey HazzardThe 2024 primary election will be here before you know it, and the race is already heating up. We asked our followers on social media: “If you could pose one question about abortion to a presidential candidate, what would you ask?” Here are a few of the top responses (with minor edits for clarity). Mx. […]
Pro-Abortion Ideology Strips Compassion from Miscarriage Care
/in Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss, Uncategorized /by Sarah TerzoChristine Henneberg’s memoir, Boundless: An Abortion Doctor Becomes a Mother, reveals a great deal about the abortion industry. Background on Henneberg I’ve previously covered how Henneberg admits to doing a sex selective abortion on a woman who wanted a girl, and was aborting because she believed her baby to be a boy. In this case, […]
Beth Fox, auto representante: “Toda vida es valiosa y cada vida vale la pena vivirla”.
/in Ableism, en español, Your Stories /by Guest Blogger[This article is a Spanish translation of “Beth Fox, self-advocate: “Every life is valuable and every life is worth living” courtesy of volunteer Pablo Caballero. If you’re interested in volunteering to translate our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] Beth Fox, presidenta de Rehumanize International, habla en Rehumanize Meet Up durante la Marcha por la […]
“I’m a Pro-Life Atheist. Your Religion Isn’t Strong Evidence.”
/in Speeches, Discussions, Presentations, Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardMonica Snyder, the Executive Director of Secular Pro-Life, recently appeared on the Spillover podcast, hosted by Alex Clark. Watch the video or read the transcript below. Many thanks to our volunteer transcriber, Anna Rawerts. Want to join her? Learn more about becoming a Secular Pro-Life volunteer. Alex: I love having guests on the show to […]
Ask a Pro-Life Atheist: Patrick Copeland
/in Religion, Uncategorized, Your Stories /by Kelsey HazzardOnce a month or so, the Secular Pro-Life blog features a short interview with a pro-life atheist. (See the full series of interviews here.) Although Secular Pro-Life is not exclusively for atheists, historically atheists have played a key role in the organization. As atheists become more prominent in the pro-life movement generally, we’re excited for the opportunity […]
A pro-choicer has doubts: “Is this really the hill I want to die on? I’m basically Thanos.”
/in Uncategorized, Your Stories /by Monica SnyderMy brother Neil (also an atheist) has spent most of his adulthood in secular, left-leaning cities on the West coast with in-person social circles which are almost entirely pro-choice. Years ago, while sitting around the living room with his three college roommates, Neil started talking about reasons he opposes abortion. One roommate, Shawn, adamantly disagreed, […]
Connected at the cellular level: fetal cells enter maternal tissues and stay for decades
/in Biology, Research, Uncategorized /by Monica SnyderI was recently reading Forever connected: the lifelong biological consequences of fetomaternal and maternofetal microchimerism (published in Clinical Chemistry, February 2021). This post contains my notes on the paper. [Read similar information in non-technical language in the Smithsonian article “The New Science of Motherhood“] The lifelong consequences of the exchange of cells between a mother […]
We Asked, You Answered: Friendships Across the Aisle
/in Dialogue strategy, Uncategorized, We Asked You Answered /by Kelsey HazzardWe asked our followers on social media: “Should pro-life and pro-choice people be friends? Why or why not?” Here are a few of the top responses. Ruth C.: “Pro-lifers should be friends with anyone. We cannot convince others that they’ve been lied to if we don’t have relationship with them.” Greg M.: “Absolutely! My friends […]
Kelsey’s Personal News
/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardSecular Pro-Life founder and president Kelsey Hazzard here. I’ve occasionally written about my family life, and it’s a big week on that front, so I hope you’ll indulge me. As I write this, I am a foster parent of four wonderful teenagers. By the time you read this, 17-year-old “D,” who has been my foster […]