You asked us to weigh in, so we did the homework first. Help us keep responding with substance instead of soundbites. Support our work. On September 9, 2026, ProPublica published Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans. The headline is getting play across social media, with commenters interpreting this […]
Surprisingly blunt piece by David Hackney, a physician who supports abortion rights called “Many Post-Dobbs Fears Have Not Come to Pass.” Hackney talks about four predictions that happened around the time of Dobbs: Taken one at a time, prediction one was that infant mortality rates would increase, and he cites a study that found that […]
You asked us to weigh in, so we did the homework first. Help us keep responding with substance instead of soundbites. Support our work. Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver recently spent a segment on fetal personhood, which he defined as “the concept that a fetus is from conception a separate unique human with its own […]
Scroll to the end of this article to listen to most of the information in video form. We don’t trust ProPublica. Over the last couple years, Secular Pro-Life has done a lot of work dissecting media stories about women who didn’t receive appropriate medical care in states with abortion restrictions. We call these the “denial […]
[This article is a transcript of “Study: abortion bans aren’t increasing maternal mortality” courtesy of volunteer Ben Tomlin. If you’re interested in volunteering to transcribe more of our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] This video is also available on TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook. Since Dobbs, we’ve heard endlessly about how abortion restrictions are going to increase maternal […]
[This article is a transcript of “ProPublica twists the story of Ciji Graham” courtesy of volunteer Ben Tomlin. If you’re interested in volunteering to transcribe more of our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] This video is also available on TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook. New ProPublica article: “A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent […]
[This article is a transcript of “Abortion clinic website dispels pro-choice myths about later abortion” courtesy of volunteer Ben Tomlin. If you’re interested in volunteering to transcribe more of our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] This video is also available on TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook. We find the general public continues to be pretty much entirely unaware of […]
On November 19, 2025, ProPublica published ““Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.” This is the case of Tierra Walker, a pregnant woman with multiple chronic health conditions who died during pregnancy. I have some significant skepticism over ProPublica’s objectivity (See “ProPublica identifies […]
[This article is a transcript of “There is no dismemberment in an abortion. Ever.” courtesy of volunteer Ben Tomlin. If you’re interested in volunteering to transcribe more of our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] Editor’s note: Some portions of this transcript have been lightly edited for clarity and readability. This video is also available on TikTok. […]
On October 14, Adriana Smith’s mother (and Chance Smith’s grandmother) April Newkirk posted an update to the family’s GoFundMe about her baby grandson: Chance is now 8 pounds. He is growing very well. Chances lungs are underdeveloped, so he will stay in the nicu unit until his breathing gets better. Chase saw his little brother […]
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