[A version of this post is available on Twitter here.] In September 2020, The Lancet published “Unintended pregnancy and abortion by income, region, and the legal status of abortion: estimates from a comprehensive model for 1990-2019.” The study discussed three factors: Unintended pregnancy (UIP) rates Abortion laws Abortion rates Higher UIP drives up abortion rates. […]
A recent Marist poll took a nuanced look at Americans’ views of abortion. The poll is interesting because it digs further into people’s stances than most polls do. Worth noting: 17% of people who call themselves “pro-life” think abortion should be legal either during the first three months of pregnancy, first six months of pregnancy, […]
[Today’s post is by guest blogger Candace Stewart.] One of the first actions the new Biden Administration is expected to take (which has yet to happen as of this writing) is the repeal of the Mexico City Policy. The policy originated under Ronald Reagan and prevents US foreign aid funds for family planning from going […]
[Today’s post is by pro-life Australians Matthew Reid and Therese Hungerford-Morgan. If you would like to contribute a guest post, email your submission to info@secularprolife.org for consideration.] Australian abortion laws have become significantly less restrictive in the last decade. Abortion up to birth has been decriminalized across the country. Specifically, abortion is available on request […]
[Editor’s note: Today’s guest article by German pro-life advocate Andreas Düren was written before the coronavirus outbreak.] In Germany, abortion is generally illegal under Section 218 of the criminal code. The only exceptions are the so-called “medical indication” (danger to the life of or the threat of grave impairment to the pregnant woman’s physical or […]
“Live-birth abortion” sounds like an oxymoron, but it’s the term being used to describe a shockingly common scenario in Canada. A National Post article headlined “Birth of a legal quandry: Live-birth abortions a perilous grey zone in Canada’s criminal code” reports: On Thursday, three federal Conservative backbenchers said they had asked the RCMP to initiate […]
Today’s guest post is by Conner Alford. Women and their partners are generally forward-thinking and rational in their fertility behavior. Within our society’s broader debate on abortion, two particular pro-choice arguments have occupied a great deal of attention among political activists and leaders alike. The first and stronger of these arguments postulates that legal restrictions […]
On May 25, Ireland voted in favor of appealing their 8th amendment, passed in 1983, which addressed the equal right to life of unborn children and their mothers. The results were announced the following morning, to reactions of cheers, celebrations, and tears. These were happy tears from the pro-choice crowd, shed because while the country […]
As you probably know, the people of Ireland recently voted to remove the right to life from their constitution, paving the way for laws allowing abortion. It’s estimated that this vote will cost the lives of 14,000 Irish babies every year. The pro-life movement in Ireland, the United States, and elsewhere is in mourning. The […]