[Today’s guest post by Sean Killackey is part of our paid blogging program.] In his 1989 essay Why Abortion is Immoral, Don Marquis notes that “a sketch of standard anti-abortion and pro-choice arguments exhibits how those arguments possess certain symmetries that explain why partisans of those positions are so convinced of the correctness of their […]
Graphic via RAINN Two years ago, we wrote: In 31 states, a rapist can sue to obtain custody or visitation rights for the child conceived by his violence against the mother. I have to believe that these laws are simply the result of oversight. Perhaps these laws were written decades ago, when rape was a […]
In the last week or so the internet has blown up over Trump saying there should be some form of punishment for the woman seeking an abortion if abortion were illegal. On the SPL FB page we posted a few links suggesting that both SPL specifically and most pro-lifers in general disagree with Trump’s initial […]
In 2009, Abby Johnson walked away from her management position at a Texas Planned Parenthood abortion facility and became a pro-woman pro-life activist. You probably know her for her memoir, Unplanned. Or maybe you recognize her from this PSA that aired a few years back: Abby went on to found And Then There Were None […]
A message from Ms. Gibson’s pregnancy center LifeNews recently published an article about Kathy Gibson, a woman who faced an unplanned pregnancy as a teenager and went on to lead a pregnancy resource center. The title of the article: She Was a Preacher’s Kid. They Told Her: “Your Dad Will be Fired if They Find […]
Photo via Pro-Life Utah Pro-choice author Christina Cauterucci has an article up at Slate entitled Study: Utah’s 72-Hour Waiting Period Doesn’t Dissuade Women From Having Abortions. It is an excellent example of “Headline Contradicted By Actual Article,”* because buried in the fourth paragraph is a testimonial from a woman who said “About two days after the […]
The Indiana state capitol At the national level, things look bleak for the pro-life movement. The Supreme Court hangs in the balance. It appears increasingly likely that the presidential contest will be between Trump and Clinton, neither of whom would be a friend to preborn children and their mothers. Abortionists continue maiming women with impunity. […]
Researchers have long struggled to quantify prejudice, and no method of measurement is perfect, but the housing app Abodo came up with a neat approach. Refraining from the use of slurs is a bare minimum of social decency. So Abodo tracked tweets by their state of origin and established a rate of tweets containing derogatory […]
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It’s common for pro-life advocates to point out that while many women regret abortion, it is unheard of for women to regret choosing life. Parenthood is no walk in the park, but the rewards are great, and surely no one would be cruel enough to publicly wish their child was dead… right? An SPL supporter […]
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