Kelsey Hazzard, the founder and president of Secular Pro-Life, also happens to be a lawyer. For the Rehumanize International conference earlier this month, she offered her legal analysis of lawsuits that challenge abortion restrictions on “religious liberty” grounds. The video and transcript are below. The short version (spoiler alert): A religious liberty claim does not […]
[The below article is a Spanish translation of “Nearly half of all fertilized eggs fail to implant,” courtesy of volunteer Axel Abbas. If you’re interested in volunteering to translate our content, please fill out our volunteer survey.] El cigoto humano es la primera etapa de desarrollo del ciclo vital de un organismo humano. A veces, cuando afirmo […]
[This article is a Spanish translation of “Monozygotic Twinning: Weasley brothers, flatworms, and cow clones” courtesy of volunteer Axel Abbas. If you’re interested in volunteering to translate our content, please fill out our volunteer survey.] La gemelación dicigótica es cuando dos espermatozoides fecundan dos óvulos y producen dos cigotos que crecen como dos organismos separados. No es […]
Our executive director, Monica Snyder, recently appeared on two episodes of the Equipped for Life podcast with our friends at Equal Rights Institute. The topic: dealing with difficult pro-lifers. The episodes were recorded pre-Dobbs, but the advice is evergreen. Part 1 covered four types of pro-life debaters who can do more harm than good: (1) Bible verse guy, (2) “Keep […]
With Roe v. Wade‘s reversal, we can finally have a real debate about abortion in the United States. From what I’ve seen on social media since Dobbs — mostly lies about ectopic pregnancy, marriage equality, and the like (with a healthy dose of ableism and classism) — I’m inclined to agree with this tweet: But […]
Our friends at Rehumanize International organize consistently amazing conferences. Rehumanize is a Consistent Life Ethic (CLE) group, which means their work encompasses a wide range of social ills. That includes abortion, along with threats to older humans like the death penalty and sex trafficking. Their conferences present a wonderful opportunity for activists in different spheres to come […]
This debate lasts twenty-four minutes. I was hooked in the first twenty-four seconds: “A fetus is cells. They are cells. Are you proposing that cells be given rights?” “That is a lie. Abortion kills babies, and that is the truth.” “Abortion does not kill babies. Abortion is healthcare for women.” “I guess we can just […]
[Special thanks to volunteer Samantha S. for her transcription work. If you’d like to volunteer to transcribe or translate, please fill out our volunteer survey.] Illinois Right to Life (IRTL) was kind enough to host me on their podcast, Life Chat, with this flattering episode title “Secular Pro-Life: Crucial in the abortion debate.” IRTL Executive […]
Need something to listen to? You’re in luck! Secular Pro-Life president Kelsey Hazzard recently appeared on two episodes of the Explicitly Pro-Life podcast, hosted by Kristan Hawkins of Students for Life of America. In the first episode (29 minutes), Kelsey shares the story of Secular Pro-Life, her thoughts about the future of the pro-life movement, […]
We have added three new collections to the SPL website. If you’d like to contribute to any of these, please contact us here. 1. Our children’s heartbeats – While the pro-choice side tries desperately to claim embryos don’t have hearts, we collect stories from parents who became pro-life when they first heard their beloved children’s prenatal heartbeats. 2. Parents […]
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