Secular Pro-Life recently interviewed Sheri Petruso, the Executive Director of Birthright St. Charles (a short drive from St. Louis, MO). Pregnancy resource centers like Birthright play a crucial role in abortion prevention, especially post-Dobbs. A transcript of the interview is below. We thank Sheri for her dedication and for sharing her insights with us. Tell […]
The Little Souls at Rest foundation sat down with Secular Pro-Life’s Executive Director, Monica Snyder, to talk about their origins and mission. The following post is a summary of that conversation, put together by Sarah St. Onge. Despite intense and regular online campaigns to acknowledge the value of children miscarried in the first and early […]
Secular Pro-Life co-leader Monica Snyder interviewed Petra Wallenmayer about her experiences as a pregnancy helpline worker. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. (Portions that were cut for length may appear in a later post; stay tuned!) Q: What are the primary pressures that women are feeling or concerns that you hear? A: […]
Secular Pro-Life’s Monica Snyder recently interviewed Marcie Little of Colorado for Life, a new organization working to protect unborn children in a state with extreme pro-abortion policies. How did you originally get involved in pro-life work? What did that look like? My first real foray into pro-life work was with Save the Storks, where I […]
Maria on the right. Signs read “I’m here to listen, not to judge” and “We bring hope, love, and support.” How did you get started sidewalk counseling? What draws you to the sidewalk compared to other types of pro-life work? I got started with sidewalk advocacy when I joined my pro-life student group in college: […]
Interviewer’s note: study after study confirm many women choose abortion because they feel they don’t have the resources to care for a child. Sidewalk counselors work to connect these women to resources in their communities. This work transforms—and literally saves—lives. People who aren’t involved in the pro-life movement (and even some within it) tend to believe that those who stand […]
Interviewer’s note: People who aren’t involved in the pro-life movement—and even some within it—tend to believe that those standing outside abortion clinics are there to shame and frighten women seeking abortion. Videos of street “preachers” screaming at everyone tend to be much more viral than depictions of people quietly holding signs offering resources. I’m interested […]
I met Gabriela recently through Secular Pro-Life. I asked her if she had always been pro-life, and when she said no, I asked her what brought her to our side. Her story moved me, and she gave me permission to share it through an interview. – Monica How long were you pro-choice? What were […]
Secular Pro-Life strongly encourages pro-lifers from different backgrounds to seek to understand one another and form coalitions in the fight against abortion. SPL’s main focus, obviously, is on different religious backgrounds, but the longer we’ve done this work the more we’ve realized how important it is to amplify the voices of all kinds of non-traditional […]
Tamika Bassman is the co-president of Students for Life at Berkeley. Secular Pro-Life’s Monica Snyder interviewed her about the ups and downs of that experience. Enjoy! Q: What does the term “pro-life” mean to you? A: To me, being “pro-life” means that I strive to support the fundamental human right to live for all human […]
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