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2024 Heartbeat International Recap

May 1, 2024/in Speeches, Discussions, Presentations, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

Last week I went to Salt Lake City to speak at the Heartbeat International conference. Heartbeat International is an association of thousands of pregnancy resource centers (PRCs) and hosts an annual conference offering affiliates detailed training on running successful PRCs. The conference is massive. This year they boasted approximately 1,300 attendees in person, plus countless […]

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Recap: “Myths” presentation at the University of Portland

March 29, 2024/in Research, Speeches, Discussions, Presentations, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

The pro-life organization at the University of Portland (UP), Voices For Life, invited me to give my presentation “Deconstructing Pro-Choice Myths” on March 25. Preceding Events I wasn’t involved with the events preceding the presentation, but to my understanding they went as follows. In the weeks before the talk, Voices For Life created this poster […]

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The Narrative: Being Pro-Life Isn’t Just for Christians, with Monica Snyder

February 9, 2024/in Administrative, Pro-Life Demographics, Speeches, Discussions, Presentations, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

Podcast Teaser: “We don’t want people to think, ‘the only way you can be pro-life is to register Republican and convert to Catholicism’. We want people to think ‘everybody can be pro-life’. You can be pro-life right where you are right now. You don’t have to change anything about the rest of your life to […]

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Susan Penner Interview with SPL’s Monica Snyder

January 26, 2024/in Administrative, Pro-Life Demographics, Speeches, Discussions, Presentations, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

Special thanks to Caris Li for transcribing! Want to join in? Learn more about becoming a Secular Pro-Life volunteer. TRANSCRIPT: SUSAN PENNER: Hi Monica! Thank you so much for being here today. MONICA SNYDER: Thank you for having me! SUSAN PENNER: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself: where you’re from; what you […]

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Is Opposing Abortion “Religious Extremism”?

January 12, 2024/in Administrative, Religion, Speeches, Discussions, Presentations, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

Special thanks to volunteer Virginia Pride for transcribing! Want to help out? Fill out our volunteer survey. TRANSCRIPT:  “Stop pushing your religion!” “This is not a theocracy.” “Keep your rosaries off my ovaries.” These pro-choice slogans reference a common idea: that opposing abortion is a purely religious belief and therefore has no place in a […]

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Are All Pro-Lifers Religious? Podcast Interview with Monica Snyder (Part 1)

October 13, 2023/in Pro-Life Demographics, Speeches, Discussions, Presentations, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

Religious. Fundamentalist. Republican. This stereotype is how many people imagine pro-lifers. Monica Snyder, Executive Director of Secular Pro-Life, busts that stereotype in a two-part interview with “Know Why” Podcast. In this episode, Monica talks about Secular Pro-Life and uses her background in biology to discuss the beginning of human life and personhood. Ready for shattered […]

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PRC conference attendees loved SPL’s presentation on Building Bridges!

September 25, 2023/in Administrative, Pro-Life Demographics, Speeches, Discussions, Presentations, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

Last February the good people at Choose Life Marketing reached out to Secular Pro-Life to ask if I would give a keynote presentation at their conference for staff and volunteers of pregnancy resource centers. They specifically asked if I would talk about how pro-life Christians can “build bridges” to more secular demographics. Frankly, I was […]

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The Pro-Life Argument from the Secular Perspective

September 13, 2023/in Administrative, Speeches, Discussions, Presentations, Uncategorized /by Kelsey Hazzard

TRANSCRIPT: [Applause] Good morning. Thank you so much to National Right to Life, and especially Jacki Ragan for inviting me to speak today. And thank you all for joining this breakout session. As she said, my name is Kelsey Hazard. I’m the founder of Secular Pro-Life. And Secular Pro-Life is exactly what it sounds like. […]

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Undercover at an Abortion Clinic While 28 Weeks Pregnant

September 11, 2023/in Later Abortion, Speeches, Discussions, Presentations, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

This podcast and transcript are republished with permission from the Equal Rights Institute. Monica Snyder shares a very emotional story about going undercover in a late-term abortion facility in Washington, D.C. while being 28 weeks pregnant. She talks about what was harder than she expected and the perspective she gained about the employees at the […]

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“I’m a Pro-Life Atheist. Your Religion Isn’t Strong Evidence.”

August 7, 2023/in Speeches, Discussions, Presentations, Uncategorized /by Kelsey Hazzard

Monica Snyder, the Executive Director of Secular Pro-Life, recently appeared on the Spillover podcast, hosted by Alex Clark. Watch the video or read the transcript below. Many thanks to our volunteer transcriber, Anna Rawerts. Want to join her? Learn more about becoming a Secular Pro-Life volunteer. Alex: I love having guests on the show to […]

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