Recently USA Today published the op-ed Terrifying chatbot is here to talk women out of abortions in which author Sara Pequeño warns that pregnancy centers are starting to use an AI chatbot called “Olive” in their work. Pequeño reminds us that tech companies behind these AI options are “controlled by humans with biases.” But Pequeño’s […]
Today’s blog post is co-written by Monica Snyder and Virginia Pride. What do abortion clinics do when abortion is banned? When Roe vs Wade was overturned by Dobbs in 2022, several states had “trigger laws” which automatically restricted abortions beyond certain gestations. Many abortion clinics offer other services such as contraception and STD testing, but […]
Last week I went to Salt Lake City to speak at the Heartbeat International conference. Heartbeat International is an association of thousands of pregnancy resource centers (PRCs) and hosts an annual conference offering affiliates detailed training on running successful PRCs. The conference is massive. This year they boasted approximately 1,300 attendees in person, plus countless […]
A nationwide survey of 2,750 pro-life pregnancy resource centers (PRCs) found that their services reached an all-time high in 2022, the first full calendar year after Dobbs v. Jackson allowed states to protect the right to life before birth. PRCs provide free social and medical services to pregnant mothers and their families. Services vary by […]
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 […]
Last week, pro-life advocates rallied outside the Illinois state capitol in opposition to Senate Bill 1909, a proposal to crack down on pregnancy resource centers (PRCs). Our very own vice president Terrisa Bukovinac, in her role as the leader of Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, spoke at the rally and led the protestors in song. SB 1909 […]
When Roe was thrown into the ash heap of history and Dobbs became the law of the land, I highlighted a little-noticed footnote in the Dobbs opinion strongly hinting that “bubble zone” laws targeting pro-life speech would be next: The sentence “And they have distorted First Amendment doctrines” is followed by footnote 65, which cites […]
With past and present attacks on pregnancy resource centers (PRCs), both political and physical, it is natural for pro-life advocates to become frustrated with critiques on one of our most valuable resources. There are several branches of PRCs, some secular (such as Birthright International) and others religiously affiliated (such as Heartbeat International). Still others are […]
The group Jane’s Revenge is (depending on who you ask) an anarchist collective securing reproductive freedom or a far-left terrorist organization pitching (violent) fits. In the past weeks they have taken credit (blame?) for vandalizing and/or firebombing pregnancy resource centers, typically including variations of the slogan “If abortions aren’t safe, then neither are you.” See […]
In July of 2021, PLOS One published “Pregnancy outcomes after exposure to crisis pregnancy centers among an abortion-seeking sample recruited online.” As of the time of this article, the research is fully available without journal access, if you’d like to read it directly. Here are some notes: The authors have pro-choice affiliations but, in my […]
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