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On this day in pro-life history: Harlan Drake convicted of murdering abortion protester Jim Pouillon
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardToday marks the ten-year anniversary of Harlan Drake’s conviction for first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of abortion protester Jim Pouillon and businessman Mike Fuoss. The murders took place in Owosso, Michigan on September 11, 2009. A jury convicted Drake six months later on March 11, 2010. Harlan Drake’s mugshot Drake testified that he murdered […]
Join us for the Students for Life of America Florida Leadership Workshop
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardUPDATE 3/12/2020: We have been advised that this event will be held virtually due to the coronavirus. Contact your SFLA regional coordinator for the latest details. ORIGINAL POST: Attention Florida pro-life students! Students for Life of America is holding a regional conference later this month, and we are pleased to announce that Kelsey Hazzard, the […]
Progressive polling firm tries, and fails, to conduct neutral survey on abortion policy
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardVox recently published an article entitled “These are the popular ideas progressives can win with (and some unpopular ones to avoid),” by Matthew Yglesias. The piece profiles a polling outfit called Data for Progress, which recently conducted a nationwide survey on 56 policy questions. Yglesias wrote: Each one was tested with explicit partisan framing and […]
Today’s Speech at the United States Supreme Court
/0 Comments/in Speeches, Discussions, Presentations, Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardToday, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a challenge to Louisiana’s pro-life law which requires abortionists to have admitting privileges at a local hospital. Pro-life advocates will rally outside the Supreme Court building in support of the law. One of the rally speakers is Secular Pro-Life’s very own Terrisa Bukovinac (pictured). […]
Your Kinship Caregiving Stories
/0 Comments/in Adoption & Foster Care, Uncategorized, We Asked You Answered /by Kelsey HazzardLast week’s article on kinship caregiving prompted a fantastic discussion on facebook, and many readers shared their personal experiences. In no particular order, here are a few of our favorites. Cecilia B.: My family is an example of kinship care. I have temporary custody of my grandson because my daughter was unable to care for him. Of […]
Sources for “Deconstructing Three Pro-Choice Myths”
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Monica SnyderToday Oregon Right to Life is hosting the “Together We Advocate” Conference, the largest pro-life conference in the Pacific northwest. Monica Snyder, SPL co-leader, will be giving a slightly updated version of her presentation “Deconstructing Three Pro-Choice Myths,” including where those myths come from and the research that undermines the myths’ claims. Here are the sources […]
Even very pro-choice biologists acknowledge a human life begins at fertilization.
/0 Comments/in Biology, Research /by Monica SnyderIf you haven’t already, you should really read Biologists’ Consensus on ‘When Life Begins’, a dissertation by Steve Jacobs out of the University of Chicago. This blog post is going to be long, so here’s the summary: Most Americans think “When does human life begin?” is an important question that people deserve to know the answer […]
Instead of abortion or adoption, what about kinship caregiving?
/0 Comments/in Adoption & Foster Care, Uncategorized /by Virginia PrideAsk any midwife to list a book she read on her journey towards birth work, and she will undoubtedly mention Ina May Gaskin’s Spiritual Midwifery. Those who aren’t the naturalistic hippie types will definitely raise a brow at her use of “psychedelic” language and philosophy, but her work as a midwife can’t be dismissed. She […]
Interview: Pro-life Democrats reflect on the Democratic Party and the pro-life movement
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Monica SnyderSecular Pro-Life strongly encourages pro-lifers from different backgrounds to seek to understand one another and form coalitions in the fight against abortion. SPL’s main focus, obviously, is on different religious backgrounds, but the longer we’ve done this work the more we’ve realized how important it is to amplify the voices of all kinds of non-traditional […]
What questions do you want the Democratic candidates to answer regarding abortion?
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Monica SnyderRecently, Herb Geraghty of Rehumanize International made the following point in a few brief tweets: At every debate/town hall event all of the Democrats should be asked: (1) Is there any point at which it should be illegal to abort a healthy pregnancy? & (2) How much money has Planned Parenthood had donated to you […]