On November 19, 2025, ProPublica published ““Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.” This is the case of Tierra Walker, a pregnant woman with multiple chronic health conditions who died during pregnancy. I have some significant skepticism over ProPublica’s objectivity (See “ProPublica identifies […]
Josh Brahm of Equal Rights Institute invited me to record several podcast episodes with him. This episode was loosely based on my previous post “It’s about the babies, not your sex life: 5 examples.” You can watch/listen to the full episode here or read the summary below. Key Takeaways Summary Josh and I analyzed the […]
Recently Monica and I livestreamed our talk about how to navigate abortion discussions with friends or family during the holidays. You can listen to or watch the replay here: Replay: Table Manners for Tough Topics Or, if you prefer, here is a summary of our conversation. Key Takeaways Summary Every year around the holidays, people […]
Hi all – Just reporting back to you about the Flyway Conference. Save the Storks had invited me to train an exclusive group of Pregnancy Resource Center (PRC) Executive Directors. I led back-to-back sessions based on our Building Bridges program, which is all about effective communication with people different from ourselves. My first Bridges session covered how to […]
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 […]
Every month Support After Abortion hosts a training webinar for people and organizations who provide abortion healing. A Brand New SPL Presentation: Secular Post-Abortion Healing In July 2025, they asked me to speak during their monthly webinar regarding healing for secular people who have experienced abortion. You can read an overview of the presentation here […]
This September was a busy and inspiring month for Secular Pro-Life! ICYMI: our Executive Director gave a training at a conference for pregnancy support professionals and volunteers; and (as always when Monica speaks) got rave reviews. You can read her in-depth recap here. While she was preparing for and attending that, I had the pleasure of attending both the Pennsylvania March for Life and the New Jersey March […]
Recently Herb Geraghty and I livestreamed our discussion of the “all trimester” Washington Surgi-Clinic in Washington, D.C. As of the writing of this post (mid-September, 2025), the clinic has apparently ceased doing abortions. DC Health told Live Action that the clinic’s license expired in mid-August and wasn’t renewed, although clinic staff have apparently said they […]
I spent the first half of this week in Florida at the Samaritan Summit, a conference for PRC staff and volunteers. It was great. For those of you who couldn’t join, here’s a quick recap. The Storytelling Symposium helps pro-lifers find their voice. Earlier this year, SPL partnered with Abortion Survivors Network and Leadership Institute […]
Michelle Buenrostro and I livestreamed our discussion about navigating being pro-life when so many (all?) of your friends are pro-choice. You can listen to or watch the replay here: Replay: Being Pro-Life in Pro-Choice Social Circles Or, if you prefer, here is a summary of our conversation. Key Takeaways Summary Navigating majority pro-choice circles as […]
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