The arguments for and against abortion are many. Among them is a simple question: does the fetus feel the pain of undergoing an abortion? While pain perception is debated, SPL turned to social media to ask followers: At what point do you think fetuses can feel pain? How could we tell? People had a variety […]
[This article is a transcript of “People care about embryonic hearts” courtesy of volunteer Ben Tomlin. If you’re interested in volunteering to transcribe more of our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] Video also available on TikTok. So, whenever I talk about embryonic hearts there’s usually a few people who push back, both actually pro-life and pro-choice people, […]
I recently joined a pro-choice podcast for a long-form conversation about the morality of abortion and the nature of personhood. You can watch the video here: Access the Spotlight Debate Replay The host, Elijah Moore, defends legal abortion up to 20 weeks, grounding that position in the assumption that consciousness appears around that time in […]
Do fetuses have sensory experiences? In the ongoing discussions about fetal pain and fetal consciousness, some groups have argued fetuses have no sensory experiences throughout all of pregnancy. They say the neuroinhibitors in fetal blood continually sedate them, so they aren’t likely to experience pain (or anything else) until they’re born. Some abortion advocates use […]
Josh Brahm of Equal Rights Institute invited me to record several podcast episodes with him. In this episode he interviewed me about my educational and professional background in forensics, and how those exeperiences impact my perspectives on the abortion debate, especially regarding the idea of subjecting women who abort to prosecution. You can watch/listen to […]
[This article is based on a transcript of “‘It’s the literal definition of a parasite’” courtesy of volunteer Ben Tomlin. If you’re interested in volunteering to transcribe more of our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] (Video also available on TikTok.) TikTok Comment: “Also you’re not killing anything but it’s not alive. It’s the literal definition of […]
[This article is based on a transcript of “The human life cycle begins at fertilization, and not before” courtesy of volunteer Ben Tomlin. If you’re interested in volunteering to transcribe more of our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] (Video also available on TikTok.) No, the Life Cycle Does Not Begin Before Fertilization Chapter 2 of Developmental […]
Today at Yale University, SPL Executive Director Monica Snyder is giving her presentation “Deconstructing Three Pro-Choice Myths.” Below are all the sources she used for today’s version of the presentation. This is one of several presentations SPL offers, which you can review here. (You can watch a former version of the Myths presentation here; the […]
Today’s guest author is Sarah Terzo. You can read more of her articles here. The below blog post is also available as a recording here: Juno Carey is a midwife who works in the abortion industry. In her 2024 book A Necessary Kindness: Stories from the Frontline of Abortion Care, she describes different things she witnessed […]
We asked our followers on social media: [Read more – Some differences between embryos and parasites] Here are a few of your top answers: Katie S.: “They don’t. They get worked up because abortion ends the life of a human being, and some people think that shouldn’t happen unless the other person is threatening their […]
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