Over the weekend, our facebook page crossed the 2000-fan threshold! We’re now up to 2,011 members. Here are our stats from Facebook (click to enlarge): Just over 60% of our membership is female. This doesn’t surprise me at all. Although abortion advocates like to paint the anti-abortion movement as male-dominated, in my experience, women are […]
In my last article, I gave a discussion of various arguments against fetal personhood, including the Functionalist view. I presented a detailed analysis of why presently exercising self-awareness does not make one inherently valuable. This will be a follow-up to my last article, presenting a detailed analysis on whether the ability to feel pain or […]
Happy President’s Day! In honor of the occasion, here are some pro-life quotes from previous occupants of the White House. [Note: I realize that some of these quotes are pro-life only in a broad sense, and not specifically about abortion, because they predate the modern abortion rights movement. So sue me.] “The care of human […]
The abortion rights movement has long struggled with a fundamental problem of cognitive dissonance. Most “pro-choice” people are nice, well-meaning folks; they certainly don’t view themselves as the sort of people who would condone violence against helpless human beings. But abortion always requires the violent destruction and disposal of a human being. How, then, to […]
On Tuesday night, I had the pleasure of speaking at the University of Mary Washington. The Students for Life club deserves major credit for putting together such a diverse panel. I went first, and was immediately followed by a devout Catholic who talked about the virtue of chastity and how life is a “gift from […]
Some religious people suggest you can’t have morality without God, and therefore atheists have no reason to act morally. Some atheists respond by saying we shouldn’t need the threat of eternal damnation to inspire us to act decently. As an agnostic, I don’t see why a belief in God is necessary in order to want […]
In “Roe v. Wade: Still Controversial After All These Years,” the women’s magazine MORE features women who changed their positions on abortion. Reporter Melinda Dodd came to us looking for some diverse voices, and we delivered! Three of the ten stories come from Secular Pro-Life members. They’re reprinted below, with emphasis added. On page three, […]
Don’t forget that tomorrow evening, SPL president Kelsey Hazzard will be giving a presentation at the University of Mary Washington. All are welcome. Details are here. Facebook event is here. On Friday, Operation Rescue reported yet another maternal death at the hands of late-term abortionist Leroy Carhart. The victims have been identified as kindergarten teacher […]
[Today’s entry is re-posted from “Yeah, but…“] Disclaimer: I know both pro-choicers and pro-lifers who understand fetal development. The following post is not meant to address everyone, but to specifically address the people who remain ignorant. Mary Elizabeth Williams at Slate.com wrote a piece explaining that she understands abortion takes a human life, but that “some […]
These three videos are from a medical-legal-political symposium that was hosted by Americans United for Life on Thursday, January 24 (the day before the March for Life). I was there, and I was very impressed by many of the speakers. But the symposium lasted all afternoon, so in this post I will just showcase the […]
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