The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently released its annual abortion surveillance report. The headline is that abortions declined in 2020, and that is probably true. But keep in mind that the CDC’s reports have significant limitations, the biggest one being that a few pro-abortion states (notably California) refuse to cooperate in data collection. The […]
[This article is a Spanish translation of Five years later, 96% of women denied abortion no longer wish they could have had one. (Turnaway Study) courtesy of volunteer Pablo Mestrovic. If you’re interested in volunteering to translate our content, please fill out our volunteer survey.] El Estudio del Rechazo tuvo una estadística muy promocionada acerca de cómo […]
Secular Pro-Life supporter Benjamin K. asks: “I’m having some pushback on my public claims that the majority of pro-choice people support at least some restrictions. Am I misinterpreting polls that say the majority of Americans support at least some restrictions?” Great question, Ben! You are correct, and the polling is very consistent. Limitless abortion has […]
Telemedicine abortion—often by phone—is on the rise During the COVID-19 pandemic, a minority of counties allowed abortion providers to send abortion pills (usually mifepristone and misoprostol) to women by mail after a remote video or phone consultation, with no in-person contact throughout the process, Calum Miller points out in Chapter 16 of Agency, Pregnancy, and […]
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 […]
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