Our friends at Rehumanize International organize consistently amazing conferences. Rehumanize is a Consistent Life Ethic (CLE) group, which means their work encompasses a wide range of social ills. That includes abortion, along with threats to older humans like the death penalty, human trafficking, racism, and war. Their conferences present a wonderful opportunity for activists in different spheres […]
Last night Ohioans voted for Issue 1, which enshrines the right to abortion in their state constitution. This is a major loss for the pro-life side, not least of all because it comes as part of a series of state ballot initiative defeats since Dobbs (after California, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, and Vermont). And there […]
For years, Facebook has been an ideal platform for charitable giving. It was easy to set up a recurring monthly donation, and Facebook even covered the processing fees. For many of our supporters, it was a simple “set it and forget it.” But Facebook has announced that those days are over. As of Oct. 31st, they […]
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 […]
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; […]
In late 2022, NPR published Her miscarriage left her bleeding profusely. An Ohio ER sent her home to wait. This is the story of Christina Zielke and her struggle to get appropriate miscarriage treatment while in Ohio. Abortion rights advocates are pointing to this story as evidence of the harm of abortion bans in general […]
The Blade has always supported women’s right to an abortion. This amendment to the state constitution goes too far and should be defeated. The Blade Editorial Board, Toledo Blade This poignant quote (emphasis added) ended a recent editorial, Issue One Overreach, from the Toledo Blade. While newspapers all over Ohio are covering the November ballot […]
We posed this question to our followers on social media: You’re hanging out with a pro-choice friend who doesn’t know you’re pro-life. She says “I can’t believe these attacks on reproductive rights. My daughters are going to have fewer rights than I had.” How do you respond? Here are a few of the top responses, […]
Children with a prenatal diagnoses of disabilities are disproportionately killed by an abortion. When Kim C. and her husband Darrin became pregnant with a daughter with Down Syndrome, they initially faced a negative response from their doctor. As Kim explained, “When I got our diagnosis, I immediately felt unqualified and feared I would be a […]
by Pablo Mestrovic Photo Credit Anna Nekrashevich with Pexels Collecting accurate figures about the incidence of abortion is remarkably difficult. This is the case not only in countries where abortion is illegal, but also in those where the practice is legal but the healthcare system either can not or does not want to provide accurate […]
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