Some pro-choice people claim that abortion is only about ending a pregnancy. The argument goes something like this: The fundamental premise of the pro-choice position is that no person has the right to use your body against your will. An embryo or fetus is using a woman’s body to survive – and not only using […]
British outlets are extensively covering the case of Carla Foster, a woman sentenced to jail for illegally using abortion pills to abort her 32-34 week daughter. [Read more – Abortion provider sends woman abortion pills not realizing she’s 32-34 weeks pregnant] One pro-choice interviewer, Julia Hartley-Brewer, talked about the case with pro-abortion campaigner Janey Starling […]
The BBC published “Mother jailed for taking abortion pills after legal limit,” neglecting to mention in the title just how far past the legal limit the mother was. In the UK it’s legal to induce an abortion at home via pills up to 10 weeks gestation, get an elective abortion in a clinic up to […]
The documentary “After Tiller” features interviews of only doctors willing to provide third trimester abortions following the assassination of Dr. George Tiller (who had also provided third trimester abortions). The film features multiple pregnancies involving fetal anomalies, but it also presents abortions of healthy fetuses for other reasons. For example, about an hour and five […]
Today at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, 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. Myth #1: Biologically, we don’t know when human life begins. Articles claiming the myth Biology and embryology textbooks and relevant quotes International […]
Leroy Carhart, infamous as one of the few doctors in the United States to openly advertise abortions in the third trimester, died last week of natural causes. Unlike the unborn children he ruthlessly targeted, Carhart enjoyed a long life. He was 81 years old. Carhart was a champion of the partial-birth abortion method (euphemized by […]
At Secular Pro-Life, we discuss later abortion frequently. Sometimes pro-choice people ask why we focus so much on later abortion when we oppose all abortion; if we think it’s wrong to kill embryos or fetuses at any stage, why the emphasis on later stages? Well, for several reasons. Here is a list. 1. There are […]
Our executive director, Monica Snyder, recently appeared on the Equipped for Life podcast (hosted by Josh Brahm) for the two-part episode “What Should the Pro-Life Movement Do Now?” A full transcript of part two is below. Many thanks to our volunteer transcriber, Milena Popp. Want to join her? Learn more about becoming a Secular Pro-Life […]
Our executive director, Monica Snyder, recently appeared on the Equipped for Life podcast (hosted by Josh Brahm) for the two-part episode “What Should the Pro-Life Movement Do Now?” A full transcript of part one is below. Many thanks to our volunteer transcribers, Samantha Sandstrom and Anna Rawerts. Stay tuned for part two! Announcer Voice: If […]
On this World Down Syndrome Day, we are going to focus on one of the most important legal battles ever led when it comes to the dignity of persons with Down syndrome. Heidi Crowter is a woman with Down syndrome who has been fighting for years to remove the section from the UK’s abortion law […]
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