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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 […]
Baby Chris is 35 Weeks Old
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardAbove: Depiction and ultrasound of 35-week-old unborn baby via the Endowment for Human Development [This is part 36 of a multi-part series chronicling a pregnancy through the lens of “Baby Chris.” Click here for other parts.] 35 weeks after fertilization (37 weeks LMP), Baby Chris is 19 ¼ inches long and weighs 6 ¼ pounds—about the size […]
Confronting the Pro-Choice Stance, Honestly
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardAbove: Pro-life youth demonstrate outside the Supreme Court; in the background, a sign reads “Keep abortion safe and legal.” Last week, The Atlantic published an article by Caitlin Flanagan entitled “The Dishonesty of the Abortion Debate: Why we need to face the best arguments from the other side.” I encourage you to read the whole […]
Baby Chris is 34 Weeks Old
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardDiagram of a mother and 34-week-old baby in the womb via BabyCenter [This is part 35 of a multi-part series chronicling a pregnancy through the lens of “Baby Chris.” Click here for other parts.] 34 weeks after fertilization (36 weeks LMP), Baby Chris is 18 ¾ inches long and weighs 5 ¾ pounds—about the size of a […]
Book Review: “Sex Ed for Everyone”
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardAbove: A free sample panel from the “Sex Ed for Everyone” comic by Sophie LaBelle. Click to enlarge. Sophie LaBelle, best known as the artist behind Assigned Male Comics, recently came out with a new comic book entitled “Sex Ed For Everyone.” Featuring many of the same characters as her regular Assigned Male series, “Sex […]
Baby Chris is 33 Weeks Old
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardAbove: Image of a 33-week-old baby in the womb. Their hand covers their face. Graphic via the Endowment for Human Development. [This is part 34 of a multi-part series chronicling a pregnancy through the lens of “Baby Chris.” Click here for other parts.] 33 weeks after fertilization (35 weeks LMP), Baby Chris is 18 ¼ […]