We recently posted on the Secular Pro-Life facebook page: An author working on a book about political engagement asked: “Conservatives I speak with often blame the federal government for a lot of social problems, while liberals tend to blame capitalism. Viewing the issue of abortion from a systemic standpoint, what are the institutional sources of […]
Secular Pro-Life is a single-issue organization, and that issue is opposition to abortion. However, we frequently partner with multi-issue organizations on pro-life projects. CLE activist Aimee Murphy Some of those multi-issue organizations, such as Rehumanize International and Consistent Life, embrace what’s known as the “consistent life ethic” (CLE) opposing all acts of violence against human […]
Secular Pro-Life does not take an official position on what gun control measures are best suited to end the scourge of school shootings in America. We do, however, take an official position on ignorant bullshit memes: we are opposed. So when we saw this questionable meme comparing gun policy to abortion policy, we felt the […]
[Today’s guest post by Sarah Terzo is part of our paid blogging program. Sarah is a pro-life atheist, a frequent contributor to Live Action News, a board member of the Pro-Life Alliance of Gays and Lesbians, and the force behind ClinicQuotes.com.] For a long time, the pro-life movement has been calling for the defunding of Planned Parenthood. […]
Shortly before Christmas, Salon published an article that surprised me. I almost didn’t read it, because I’m not a big Salon fan; it’s home to many anti-choicers-hate-women screeds, and I still have some lingering distrust from the publication’s anti-vaccine days (although there appears to have been some improvement on that front in the years since […]
[Today’s guest post by Clinton Wilcox is part of our paid blogging program.] I do not intend this article to examine the morality of euthanasia. Instead, this article has been inspired by a recent event in England in which Charlotte Fitzmaurice fought in court for the right to kill her severely disabled child, Nancy — […]
Above: Not Dead Yet display protesting assisted suicide Fun fact: in addition to being a lawyer and a pro-life activist, I’m also a bit of a karaoke nut. I go out and sing on a weekly basis. I’m part of a regular crowd that follows the same “K.J.” to different bars and restaurants. And because […]
Everything’s bigger in Texas… including, unfortunately, hypocrisy. In the past year, Texas has seen major progress in its laws protecting the lives of preborn children. But it has made no analogous progress on the death penalty, and as a result, the inconsistency in Texas’ treatment of the right to life has grown larger. Scott Panetti […]
Several readers have asked me to discuss the Brittany Maynard story. Your wish is my command. For those who somehow aren’t aware, Brittany Maynard (right) is a young woman, only three years older than me, who has been diagnosed with a very aggressive form of brain cancer. Doctors informed her that she could not be […]
[Today’s guest post by Rebecca Stapleford is part of our paid blogging program. Rebecca has three sisters, two of whom are also disabled. One of her significantly disabled sisters will eventually need a kidney transplant.] Many of those involved in the pro-life movement are aware of the incredibly high abortion statistics for those prenatally diagnosed […]
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