In December 2025, Professor Bryan Caplan (PhD, Economics) published the essay “The Tragic Hysteria of Abortion.” He talked about the lesser-known finding of the Turnaway Study: pretty much everyone who tried to get an abortion, couldn’t, and instead had a baby ended up saying they no longer wished they’d aborted. As Caplan put it: Once […]
Hi All – In April, Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life hosted their first-ever Life Launch, a conference for college students. Secular Pro-Life played a core role in several ways: SPL is very interested in equipping pro-lifers in blue states to make inroads where they have the most influence: in their own communities, with classmates, coworkers, and friends. […]
Last month, Princeton Pro-Life invited me to deliver SPL’s presentation “The Secular Case Against Abortion.” This presentation covers biology, personhood, and bodily rights arguments. We updated this presentation to include later abortion, abortion coercion, and miscarriage to examine the consequences of a culture that embraces abortion. I also walked the audience through my thought process […]
Hey all – Last week we made our voices heard at the Virginia March for Life. With an extreme pro-abortion amendment on the ballot this November, Secular Pro-Life has been on the ground in VA working to build relationships, mobilize people, and equip advocates to win this fight. The Virginia March for Life gave us an opportunity to […]
I recently joined a pro-choice podcast for a long-form conversation about the morality of abortion and the nature of personhood. You can watch the video here: Access the Spotlight Debate Replay The host, Elijah Moore, defends legal abortion up to 20 weeks, grounding that position in the assumption that consciousness appears around that time in […]
At the end of February, I keynoted the conference for the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG) in Seattle. I trained nearly 300 medical professionals on how to have more effective, persuasive conversations about abortion. This work is core to Secular Pro-Life’s mission: advancing secular arguments against abortion but also training people with […]
In this recent discussion, Monica and I unpack the motivations behind these pro-life purity tests, the psychology of gatekeeping, and the impact of exclusionary language on the abortion debate. You can listen to or watch the replay here: Access “You’re not really pro-life” I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve heard it over the […]
I spoke with Chaney Gooley, a nonprofit consultant for Heaven’s Gain, and Rachel Owen, the CEO of Infinite Worth, about miscarriage kits, which are tools for helping loss parents identify and preserve embryonic or fetal remains in the course of at-home miscarriages. The three of us talked about the major gaps in society’s approach to […]
Every year, thousands of pro-lifers gather at the Capitol for the March for Life. What results is basically a week-long national pro-life reunion, with lots of opportunities for networking and collaboration. In years past I’ve represented Secular Pro-Life by myself, but now that Herb Geraghty is on SPL’s team, we were able to cover twice […]
Josh Brahm of Equal Rights Institute invited me to record several podcast episodes with him. In this episode we explore the different reasons people think the pro-life view is inherently religious, and why Secular Pro-Life disagrees. You can watch/listen to the full episode here or read the summary below. Key Takeaways Summary “We’re talking about […]
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