When pro-abortion advocates were first trying to legalize abortion in the early 1970s, one common argument was that legalizing abortion would prevent child abuse. The argument was that women who wanted abortions but weren’t able to have them were more likely to abuse their children. Lawrence Lader, co-founder of the pro-abortion group NARAL predicted that […]
Tomorrow during the virtual Rehumanize International Conference, SPL founder and president Kelsey Hazzard is giving her presentation “Religious Liberty Justifications for Violence: A Legal Analysis.” (Don’t have a ticket yet? Get one!) Below are the legal opinions cited in the presentation. Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990) […]
In April 2022, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health published Is third-trimester abortion exceptional? Two pathways to abortion after 24 weeks of pregnancy in the United States by Katrina Kimport. The article is open access, meaning anyone can read it in its entirety. Third trimester abortions aren’t all for medical emergencies. Many Americans–pro-choice and pro-life […]
The loss of a child is well known to be a type of grief that can lead to a couple struggling emotionally, even to the point of struggling to stay together—but what if the child is lost in pregnancy? What if the loss is so early that those outside of the couple’s circle may not […]
[Today’s guest article is by Elise Ketch.] A Finnish study published in 2017 found that women who have abortions as teens are more likely to die by suicide, compared to teen mothers who chose life. The study participants who received abortions were twice as likely to die by suicide than their peers who gave birth, […]
NPR recently published “Do restrictive abortion laws actually reduce abortion? A global map offers insights.” Correspondent Michaeleen Doucleff begins the article asking “In countries where abortion is illegal, are there fewer abortions?” and then continues “The question sounds simple, but it’s tough to answer.” It’s not a tough question to answer, though. Doucleff answers it […]
1. Abortion bans mean women won’t be able to get treatment for ectopic pregnancy. There are currently no abortion laws that outlaw treatment of ectopic pregnancy. Quite the opposite, many state laws explicitly exempt treatment of ectopic pregnancy from their definitions of abortion. For example, last year’s Texas Heartbeat Law incorporated Texas’ Health & Safety […]
A recurring flaw with modern claims about induced abortion legality in early America is that they are seen through the lens of modern medicine. However, in the eighteenth century, there were no ultrasound images, no fetal stethoscopes, no home pregnancy tests, and really no way to reliably confirm pregnancy until a woman could feel movement […]
In a recent article in the Atlantic, Jerusalem Demsas asks an important question: “Now that the Supreme Court seems poised to reverse itself on Roe v. Wade, abortion-rights advocates and anti-abortion advocates are both claiming the mantle of popularity. Who’s right?” Spoiler alert: we are. Demsas, who is pro-abortion, takes a while to get there […]
Earlier this year, researchers at NYU published the results of a survey about Americans’ attitudes toward abortion, and took a unique approach. Gallup, Pew, and other large pollsters routinely about opposition to abortion under particular circumstances (rape, third trimester, etc.). Those surveys can certainly be helpful to understanding year-to-year trends. But I have never seen […]
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