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 […]
The U.S. midterm elections will take place on Tuesday, November 8, and early voting has already begun in many places. Post-Dobbs, the stakes are huge: election outcomes will determine whether countless babies are born, or are killed before they can take their first breaths. Referenda Several states have abortion measures on the ballot: California: Proposition […]
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 […]
Once a month or so, this blog features a short interview with a pro-life atheist. 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 to share their stories. This month, we welcome […]
Kelsey Hazzard, the founder and president of Secular Pro-Life, also happens to be a lawyer. For the Rehumanize International conference earlier this month, she offered her legal analysis of lawsuits that challenge abortion restrictions on “religious liberty” grounds. The video and transcript are below. The short version (spoiler alert): A religious liberty claim does not […]
On October 19, Guardian Senior Staff writer Poppy Noor published “What a pregnancy actually looks like before 10 weeks – in pictures.” The article reprints photographs from the MYA Network (“MY Abortion” network) of aborted pregnancy tissue and quotes an abortion provider of the same network, Dr. Joan Fleischman. Given the title and the framing […]
After Dobbs overturned Roe v. Wade, many people wondered whether the March for Life would continue. After all, the March was founded as an annual protest of Roe. Since 1974, it has occurred on or near the January 21 anniversary of Roe, bringing millions of anti-abortion Americans to the steps of the Supreme Court, urging […]
Earlier this year Ana Kasparian of the Young Turks gave a quick rant about how the Bible has no say in what women can do with their bodies. Here is our response in video form with transcription below. Ana Kasparian clip: I don’t care that you’re a Christian. I don’t care what the Bible says. […]
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) […]
[Previous article: Pro-Choicers’ Persistent Infant Problem: A Reply to Boonin] Pro-choice philosopher David DeGrazia has defended a view on which pre-conscious human fetuses lack moral rights, and part of his defense includes an argument for thinking that his position “does not support radical openness to infanticide” (77).[1] But his view does not adequately address pro-choicers’ […]