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Pregnancy Resource Centers Expand in Response to Dobbs
/in Research, Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardA nationwide survey of 2,750 pro-life pregnancy resource centers (PRCs) found that their services reached an all-time high in 2022, the first full calendar year after Dobbs v. Jackson allowed states to protect the right to life before birth. PRCs provide free social and medical services to pregnant mothers and their families. Services vary by […]
La humanidad tiene una larga tradición de tolerar el infanticidio.
/0 Comments/in en español, Later Abortion /by Guest Blogger[This article is a Spanish translation of “Humanity has a long history of condoning infanticide” courtesy of volunteer Pablo Caballero. If you’re interested in volunteering to translate our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] Esta publicación fue escrita originalmente por Monica Snyder. En noviembre de 2017, la revista digital Aeon publicó “Infanticidio”, un artículo que […]
Pro-lifers around the world explain why they support SPL
/in Administrative, Pro-Life Demographics, Uncategorized, Your Stories /by Becca Rupp[If you would like to share why you support SPL, please do so here.] We at Secular Pro-Life love feedback. It helps us to know what content is resonating with audiences and helps us understand how to come alongside pro-lifers who are mobilizing across the globe. During the first half of our end-of-year campaign, we […]
Mainstream Media Dehumanize Children of Dobbs
/in Legislation, laws, & court cases, Research, Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardRecently published research shows that anti-abortion laws that went into effect after Dobbs are preventing abortions, saving the lives of approximately 32,000 babies per year. (To understand how this squares with other research suggesting a rise in abortions, see this article.) The researchers reached this conclusion by examining birth rates in states with and without […]
Kate Cox, Trisomy 18, and the Texas abortion law
/in Legislation, laws, & court cases, Uncategorized /by Monica SnyderI’ve seen quite a few people asking about the Kate Cox case. This tweet in particular caught my eye: Summary of Kate Cox case If you don’t already know, Kate Cox is a woman a little over 20 weeks pregnant with a little girl with Trisomy 18. Trisomy 18, also known as Edward’s Syndrome, is […]
azcentral: Therapists are ill-equipped to treat abortion-related trauma
/in Uncategorized /by Monica Snyderazcentral recently published Many women struggle mentally after an abortion. Few counselors know how to help. The whole piece is worth the read, but here are some key excerpts: Melanie opened up about the anxiety and anguish she still felt over the abortion decision. As an atheist woman in her 30s with her whole life in […]
3 reasons you should let people know you’re pro-life
/in Pro-Life Demographics, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder[Some of this content is available as a printed brochure here.] I have a quick and easy way you can do pro-life work in your day-to-day life. There’s a certain kind of pro-choice person who takes for granted that the pro-choice worldview represents all that is educated, enlightened, secular, democratic, and forward-thinking, and that all […]
Ask a Pro-Life Atheist: Ashley P.
/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 […]
Submissions open for Create | Encounter art contest
/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardRehumanize International has opened submissions for its annual Create | Encounter art contest. Let’s get creative for human rights! Submissions are due by Saturday, February 17, 2024. Rehumanize International is a consistent life ethic (CLE) organization, promoting respect for human life at all ages. Create | Encounter is for pieces that “explore subjects of aggressive violence against human […]
Was “I” Never an Embryo?
/in Biology, Personhood, Philosophy, Uncategorized /by AcyutanandaPhoto Credit Viviana Rishe on Unsplash Psychological approaches to personal identity are normally used to argue that since an embryo doesn’t have a psychology (doesn’t have a mind), it doesn’t have a continuous identity with more highly-developed, “smarter”, stages of the organism that will follow the embryo stage; and that therefore if you kill an […]