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2019 Year in Review
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized, Year In Review /by Kelsey HazzardWhat an incredible year 2019 has been! The U.S. abortion rate hit a record low, the Supreme Court is widely believed to have a pro-life majority, and Secular Pro-Life has been hard at work. Winter: Secular Pro-Life marked its tenth anniversary in January. We took to the streets in Washington, D.C. (March for Life) and […]
Top 10 Stories of 2019
/0 Comments/in Top SPL Articles, Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardThe most-read articles on the Secular Pro-Life blog in 2019 are… 10. Are Human Embryos Human From the Beginning?—Spoiler alert: Yes. 9. I Used to be Religiously Pro-Life—Guest author Laura Vilaro describes her shift from opposing abortion purely because of her Catholic upbringing, to reaching a fuller understanding of abortion as a human rights violation. […]
Top 10 Graphics of 2019
/0 Comments/in Top SPL Graphics, Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardHere are the most reacted-to, commented-upon, and shared Secular Pro-Life graphics of 2019! You guys sure do like screenshots and corrections to pro-choice nonsense. 10. For every two Catholic pro-lifers, there is one secular pro-lifer! (Check out this blog post for the underlying data.) 9 (Several images tied). Numerous people who grew up in foster […]
Happy Birthday, Baby Chris!
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardPhoto by Alex Hockett on Unsplash Just in time for Christmas, Baby Chris has been born! The Endowment for Human Development explains: The fetus initiates labor resulting in the transition from fetus to newborn. Powerful contractions of the uterus result in childbirth and the expulsion of the placenta, which now weighs about 1/6th as much […]
Baby Chris is 38 Weeks Old
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardImage via BabyCenter.com [This is part 39 of a multi-part series chronicling a pregnancy through the lens of “Baby Chris.” Click here for other parts.] 38 weeks after fertilization (40 weeks LMP), Baby Chris 20 ¼ inches long and weighs 7 ¾ pounds—about the size of a small pumpkin. Baby Chris will be born very soon! Their […]
Reader Question: What About the Right to Privacy?
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardWe recently received an email from Josephine C., asking: “How do you respond to those people who maintain that prohibiting abortion is an invasion of privacy?” Unfortunately, when I tried to reply, I got an automated error message. Hopefully this blog post will reach Josephine, but even if it doesn’t, it’s an important issue for […]
Baby Chris is 37 Weeks Old
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardIllustration via BabyCenter.com [This is part 38 of a multi-part series chronicling a pregnancy through the lens of “Baby Chris.” Click here for other parts.] 37 weeks after fertilization (39 weeks LMP), Baby Chris is 20 inches long and weighs 7 ¼ pounds—about the size of a mini watermelon. He or she is full term […]
Please support Secular Pro-Life on Giving Tuesday
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardWe appreciate that you’re probably being bombarded by fundraisers, so we’ll keep this short and sweet: an anonymous donor will match the first $1000 we raise through Giving Tuesday. If you like the work we do, now is the perfect time to donate! You can give via Facebook or PayPal. Thanks to the generous support […]
Baby Chris is 36 Weeks Old
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardImage via BabyCenter [This is part 37 of a multi-part series chronicling a pregnancy through the lens of “Baby Chris.” Click here for other parts.] 36 weeks after fertilization (38 weeks LMP), Baby Chris is 19 ½ inches long and weighs 6 ¾ pounds—about the size of a leek. The brain has developed “deep, convoluted grooves — extra […]
Book Review: “Pro-Life Kids”
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardAbove: Preview page of Pro-Life Kids. Text reads: “It doesn’t matter your size or your age. You have equal value whatever the stage.” It is accompanied by cartoon illustrations of many people, forming a line from youngest to oldest. Pro-Life Kids, written by Bethany Bomberger and illustrated by Ed Koehler, is a rhyming picture book […]