On October 14, Adriana Smith’s mother (and Chance Smith’s grandmother) April Newkirk posted an update to the family’s GoFundMe about her baby grandson: Chance is now 8 pounds. He is growing very well. Chances lungs are underdeveloped, so he will stay in the nicu unit until his breathing gets better. Chase saw his little brother […]
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 here.) Although Secular Pro-Life is not exclusively for atheists and agnostics, historically, they have played a key role in the organization. As they become more prominent in the pro-life movement generally, we’re […]
Over Halloween weekend, I had the great pleasure of representing Secular Pro-Life at the annual Rehumanize Conference. We kicked off the event on the night of Friday, October 31, with a costume party around the theme “Natural Death to All Humans.” Saturday was a whirlwind of back-to-back presentations, on topics ranging from effective persuasion tactics […]
[This article is a transcript of “Pressure to abort for prenatal Down syndrome diagnosis” courtesy of volunteer Ben Tomlin. If you’re interested in volunteering to transcribe more of our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] Destigmatized abortion increases the pressure for women to abort. If abortion is supposed to be a morally neutral option, then it makes […]
Article published in The Hill: “No, OBGYNs are not systematically fleeing states that banned abortion.” There’s been a lot of media coverage claiming that they are, but researchers in public health, medicine, and economics from Stanford, Berkeley, and elsewhere tried to look at this more analytically and found “no evidence of such an exodus.” They […]
What moves someone from being quietly pro-life to actively speaking out? Hundreds of people have now taken SPL’s survey of non-traditional pro-lifers, and you are invited to take it as well. One section of our survey explores stories of becoming pro-life, especially from those who weren’t always actively opposed to abortion. Usually when we think […]
“New Colorado clinic offers third-trimester abortions for ‘any reason you have‘” The clinic is called the RISE Collective, RISE stands for “Reproductive Health, Inclusive Care, Support and Empowerment.” (Video also available on Substack, Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram.) Colorado was already infamous for being one of the few states, a least for a while, that had a late-term abortion […]
[See more debunking content here.] Transcript: Okay, The New Yorker published “Did an Abortion Ban Cost a Young Texas Woman Her Life?” They published this in January of 2024. I didn’t have time to make content on it when it came out, but it has bothered me so many times since then, I just decided […]
Sharing secular insights to help PRC leaders better reach non-religious women Secular Pro-Life is expanding our reach through education and collaboration. This fall, Save the Storks has invited us to present at their Flyway Conference in Colorado. I’m delighted to report that Save the Storks has invited me to lead two sessions at their Flyway […]
A prenatal diagnosis is often accompanied by the pressure to abort, leaving most parents feeling unsupported by the medical community and society at large. In our series “Stories of Prenatal Diagnosis,” we share testimonies of parents who received a diagnosis while pregnant and their personal experience in handling it. Today’s story is from Katie Somers. […]
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