Today’s blog post serves as a place to compile sources for the assertions in the above graphic. As an initial matter, let me note that it is not Secular Pro-Life’s position that unborn children must “earn their keep” to have the right to life. (In the same vein, the fact that infants sleep and poop […]
I would now like to address several arguments which are commonly raised against the life and humanity of the unborn. See my previous article for arguments that support biological humanity from fertilization. 1) Human life doesn’t begin at fertilization, it began millions of of years ago. “We are concerned…with what embryo science has to say, ultimately, […]
Hydatidiform moles occur when an egg without a nucleus gets fertilized; this fertilized egg does not have the genetic code of a human organism and will never develop into an infant. Some argue, then, that fertilization isn’t a defining moment and that it’s incorrect to say fertilized eggs are human beings. The Life Training Institute wrote […]
An article appears in the September/October 2012 issue of The Humanist, entitled “Are Atheist Pro-Life Groups Promoting Sound Science?” which quotes Secular Pro-Life leaders. The article was written by Marco Rossi, a man who once worked for Planned Parenthood– so it’s no surprise that the article is unflattering. He comes right out of the box […]
So apparently there’s this podcast called Ask an Atheist (AaA) that asked their listeners to provide non-religious reasons to oppose abortion. On June 17th, AaA discussed these responses and other abortion-related topics during their show entitled “The Other A-word.” Listen to the full show (or download it) here. Please note: the online audio clip displays […]
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