In 2024, JAMA Pediatrics published “Infant Deaths After Texas’ 2021 Ban on Abortion in Early Pregnancy,” which argued that “abortion restrictions may have negative spillover effects on infant health.” The paper was filled with questionable and frankly ableist assumptions, and I wanted to respond somewhere beyond SPL’s blog. I spoke with Nicholas Colgrove about it. […]
I’m excited to announce that Secular Pro-Life has officially launched our new merch shop! We’ve got hats, shirts, stickers, buttons, cups, and more so that you can help get the word out wherever you go. Check it out at secularprolife.printify.me/ We have something for everyone. Whether you are heading to class, work, a protest, or just […]
March is Trisomy Awareness Month, and March 18 is Trisomy 18 Awareness Day. Happy to write to you today with some good news. Historically, when parents received a prenatal diagnosis of Trisomy 13 or 18, medical teams would tell them the conditions are fatal. If parents still wanted to try to give their children the […]
Prenatal testing has become a routine part of obstetric care, with new technologies regularly emerging that focus on giving parents ever-increasing information about their unborn infants. The routinization of prenatal testing has led to a general expectation that it is a normal part of having a healthy baby. However, routine use of genetic prenatal testing […]
Religious beliefs trump Indiana’s interest in preserving human life, says trial court. Until RFRA is repealed, Indiana residents of all ages are threatened. Last week, an Indiana trial court entered a permanent injunction which prohibits the state from enforcing its anti-abortion law against people who assert that “prohibiting them from receiving abortions would substantially burden […]
I spoke with Chaney Gooley, a nonprofit consultant for Heaven’s Gain, and Rachel Owen, the CEO of Infinite Worth, about miscarriage kits, which are tools for helping loss parents identify and preserve embryonic or fetal remains in the course of at-home miscarriages. The three of us talked about the major gaps in society’s approach to […]
Once a month or so, the Secular Pro-Life blog features a short interview with a pro-life atheist or agnostic. (See the full series of interviews.) Although Secular Pro-Life is not exclusively for atheists and agnostics, historically, they have played a key role in the organization. As non-religious pro-lifers become more prominent in the pro-life movement, we’re […]
Hi All – Last week, Secular Pro-Life was on the ground in central Virginia – partnering with local leaders to educate communities about abortion. This is especially important right now because they have a pro-abortion constitutional amendment heading to the ballot this November. Across multiple events, we had the opportunity to engage people: answering questions, […]
SPL is Very Online. Our primary mission is to advance secular arguments against abortion, and we do that mainly by creating a lot of online content. In 2025 we published an e-book, wrote 160 blog articles, posted over 500 tweets, uploaded over 1,000 videos, and shared nearly 1,500 images. Creating content is one thing, but […]
The case First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Platkin is currently before the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court Case There are five pregnancy resource centers affiliated with First Choice Women’s Resource Centers in New Jersey. All of them provide counseling, support, and material help to pregnant people. Here are the facts surrounding the case. […]
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