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A clear definition of “abortion”?

April 25, 2025/in Legislation, laws, & court cases, Philosophy, Research, Uncategorized /by Elise Ketch

In March 2025 the journal Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics published “Defining ‘Abortion’: a call for clarity“. In this article philosopher Nicholas Colgrove suggests six questions to help medical professionals, legislators, academics, and advocates define exactly what they mean by “abortion.” Colgrove ultimately proposes his own definition: Abortion: An act that, via medicinal or surgical intervention, […]

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Alabama’s IVF Ruling: Embryos Are Children

February 23, 2024/in Legislation, laws, & court cases, Personhood, Philosophy, Uncategorized /by Guest Blogger

Today’s guest post is written by Nick Colgrove, who has a PhD in philosophy and has published about ectogenesis (artificial wombs) and personhood. SPL has summarized his work previously. Imagine that one day, we develop artificial-gestation technologies (AGTs) that allows human beings to develop from conception until nine months in age. Rather than being gestated […]

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Can you step into the same river twice? A closer look at human identity

January 17, 2024/in Personhood, Philosophy, Uncategorized /by Audrey Wagner

Can You Step Into the Same River Twice? The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus was famous for saying that it is not possible to step twice into the same river or to come into contact twice with a mortal being in the same state. His belief reflects the fact that things are always changing. The river […]

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The Trent Horn vs. Destiny Debate: “That’s Exactly What I’m Doing”

January 11, 2024/in Personhood, Philosophy, Uncategorized /by Acyutananda

Photo Credit: Austin Distel on Unsplash This debate was a three-ring circus in terms of complexity. The viewer needs to keep his or her eye on at least three discussions at once. The discussions that I will number 2 and 3 here tend to fade out and get revived periodically over the course of the […]

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Was “I” Never an Embryo?

December 1, 2023/in Biology, Personhood, Philosophy, Uncategorized /by Acyutananda

Photo Credit Viviana Rishe on Unsplash Psychological approaches to personal identity are normally used to argue that since an embryo doesn’t have a psychology (doesn’t have a mind), it doesn’t have a continuous identity with more highly-developed, “smarter”, stages of the organism that will follow the embryo stage; and that therefore if you kill an […]

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“Where do atheists think human rights come from?”

October 30, 2023/in Philosophy, Religion, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

Secular Pro-Life is run by atheists. We bring it up not because we care if people agree with our (lack of) religious views, but because we want people to understand you don’t have to be religious to be pro-life. In fact, we like to emphasize that we do not care what your religious beliefs are; […]

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We Asked, You Answered: Human Exceptionalism

September 29, 2023/in Philosophy, Uncategorized, We Asked You Answered /by Kelsey Hazzard

We asked our followers on social media: “Question from a commenter specifically for atheists & agnostics (whether pro-life or pro-choice, doesn’t matter). IF you believe humans warrant more consideration/protection/resources/defense than other species, why?” Mind that IF; we know that the secular, pro-life, and animal rights movements sometimes overlap! But the attitude toward human exceptionalism among […]

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Ask a Pro-Life Atheist: Josh Born

June 2, 2023/in Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss, Philosophy, Religion, Uncategorized, Your Stories /by Kelsey Hazzard

Once a month or so, the Secular Pro-Life blog features a short interview with a pro-life atheist. (See the full series of interviews here.) Although Secular Pro-Life is not exclusively for atheists, historically atheists have played a key role in the organization. As atheists become more prominent in the pro-life movement generally, we’re excited for the opportunity […]

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Harry Potter Explains How Fetuses are People

April 10, 2023/in Ableism, Personhood, Philosophy, Uncategorized /by Elise Ketch

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter established a schema to define which people may be classified as wizards. We can use an analogous schema to deduce which humans qualify as people. Harry Potter is a wizard by his essential kind. That means, because he inherited the nature of his two wizard parents, Harry belongs to the kind […]

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El persistente problema de las personas pro elección con los niños pequeños: Una réplica a Boonin

March 30, 2023/0 Comments/in en español, Philosophy /by Guest Blogger

[This article is a Spanish translation of “Pro-Choicers’ Persistent Infant Problem: A Reply to Boonin” courtesy of volunteer Pablo Caballero. If you’re interested in volunteering to translate our content, please contact us.]  La publicación invitada de hoy la escribe el Dr. Alex Hyun. El Dr. Hyun recibió su Licenciatura en filosofía en la Universidad de California-Berkeley y […]

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