Post Tagged with: "Abortion"

Pro-Life Without God

Pro-Life Without God

May 1, 2013 at 8:30 am 67 comments

by Kelsey Hazzard As the president of Secular Pro-Life, I have been asked to present the non-religious case against abortion.  But actually, you’ve probably heard it already.  Many people who hear the secular arguments against abortion simply fail to recognize them as secular, because they expect pro-life apologetics to have […]

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Giving the Media the Benefit of the Doubt on Gosnell (Sort of)

Giving the Media the Benefit of the Doubt on Gosnell (Sort of)

April 12, 2013 at 5:00 pm 0 comments

by Casey Mattox Like many, I’m both unsurprised and disgusted by the fact that the bulk of the media continues to ignore the multiple murder trial of Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia abortionist accused of killing a Nepalese immigrant and at least seven infants, born alive and grotesquely murdered with scissors. […]

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Social Policy Flows Through the Wallet

Social Policy Flows Through the Wallet

March 8, 2013 at 9:00 am 0 comments

by A.L. Do you say you’re socially liberal and economically conservative? Or vice versa? I have some bad news: You’re really saying you’re criminally unaware of your surroundings. Social policy does not end with your stance on gay rights. Economic policy does not culminate in your stance on the federal […]

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The Progeny of Roe: After-Birth Abortion and Other Evils

The Progeny of Roe: After-Birth Abortion and Other Evils

February 23, 2013 at 8:00 am 1 comment

by Teresa Ackley Today marks the one-year anniversary of the now infamous article published by the Journal of Medical Ethics, entitled ‘After-birth abortion: why should the baby live.’ Inside, the authors argued in favor of legal infanticide—what they termed after-birth abortion. You read that last sentence correctly. The authors, a […]

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40 Days for Life Kicks Off in the United Kingdom

40 Days for Life Kicks Off in the United Kingdom

February 13, 2013 at 4:00 am 0 comments

by Robert Colquhoun This Lent, 10 locations in the United Kingdom will be participating in the 40 days for life campaign, a locally organised community initiative encouraging Christians to pray and fast for an end to abortion. The campaign is conducted in unity with 261 cities around the world, including […]

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Students for Life in Britain

Students for Life in Britain

February 11, 2013 at 4:00 am 0 comments

by Peter Smith In mid-January, the ballroom of a glitzy hotel in central London was taken over by young men and women in black tie and evening gowns. The Alliance of Pro-Life Students (APS) was christened in front of an audience of several hundred students, well-wishers and older hands belonging […]

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Complacency is Not an Option for the Pro-Life Movement

Complacency is Not an Option for the Pro-Life Movement

February 7, 2013 at 9:30 am 0 comments

by Marie Connelly This year marks the 40th anniversary of abortion’s insertion into the United States Constitution.  Time Magazine recently published an article lamenting the failure of the pro-choice movement during the years since Roe v. Wade’s passage, while noting the corresponding achievements of pro-lifers.  Although this uncharacteristic honesty may […]

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Pro-Life Attorneys Inspired to Defeat Abortion Step by Step

Pro-Life Attorneys Inspired to Defeat Abortion Step by Step

January 28, 2013 at 12:00 pm 0 comments

by Kelsey Hazzard Forty years ago, the Supreme Court handed down Roe v. Wade, which struck down democratically enacted limits on abortion. Ever since, the courts have been a critical arena in the abortion war. Nearly every piece of pro-life legislation is challenged in court by pro-abortion groups like the […]

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Community, Privacy, and Violence: Legal Abortion Endangers More Lives Than You Think

Community, Privacy, and Violence: Legal Abortion Endangers More Lives Than You Think

January 25, 2013 at 10:50 pm 0 comments

by Matt Cavedon Today, hundreds of thousands of Americans marched in Washington to protest abortion. Over a hundred million more, in every state in the country, believe abortion to be the crime of killing unborn children. In Roe v. Wade, a decision issued forty years ago last week, the Supreme […]

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Why “Pro-Life” May Mean Being “Pro-Death Penalty”

Why “Pro-Life” May Mean Being “Pro-Death Penalty”

January 17, 2013 at 8:30 am 3 comments

by Ryan Mulvey Should a pro-life activist be equally concerned with ending capital punishment as he is with prohibiting abortion?  Ultimately, one who cares to protect the fundamental right to life can consistently support the death penalty. In fact, respect for life may demand a retributive theory of justice that […]

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