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“The right to avoid genetic parenthood”
by Monica Snyder
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Abortion Policy, Law & PoliticsNEWS OR ANALYSIS
Are you a hypocrite? Taking different positions on abortion and the death penalty.
by Monica Snyder
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Podcast recap: “That’s The Personhood Debate” with Let Them Live
by Monica Snyder
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Everyone loves someone who has had an abortion
Monica Snyder shares her personal experiences with miscarriage and reflects on how these experiences influence perspectives on abortion and the moral significance of embryos. She emphasizes understanding the difficult circumstances that lead people to their positions on abortion while continuing to advocate against it.
Read →Abortion Policy, Law & PoliticsNEWS OR ANALYSIS
Podcast recap: “ProPublica’s Ectopic Pregnancy reporting” with AAPLOG
Dr. Christina Francis of AAPLOG explained that nearly all state abortion restrictions explicitly exempt ectopic pregnancy treatment, and the confusion highlighted by ProPublica stems from hospitals misinterpreting these laws rather than the laws themselves.
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Announcing the Storytelling Symposium: our new, free, fully online training
Secular Pro-Life partnered with the Leadership Institute and Abortion Survivors Network to create the Storytelling Symposium, a multi-module training on how pro-lifers can effectively tell their stories, which was initially offered live in spring 2025. The training has now been converted into a free, self-paced online course available to everyone interested in improving their storytelling skills for fundraising, media, and legislative testimony purposes.
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Are abortion bans doubling ectopic pregnancy deaths?
ProPublica reported a national increase in ectopic pregnancy deaths, noting a correlation between sharper increases and states with abortion restrictions, but emphasized that abortion bans alone cannot explain the rise and that more research is needed to determine their role. The article critiques ProPublica for framing standard medical practices as abnormal and for quoting experts with abortion advocacy affiliations without disclosing them, while also highlighting that many states with abortion restrictions have had poorer maternal outcomes prior to those restrictions.
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Later abortion isn’t live birth
Post-viability abortions are performed by inducing fetal demise before labor and delivery, not by inducing labor with the intent of live birth. It also highlights that later abortions can occur for reasons other than medical emergencies and that the fetus is delivered dead after such procedures.
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Yes, I think embryos are “real” humans
by Monica Snyder
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Responding to post-Dobbs predictions
by Monica Snyder
Read →Dialogue, Education & OutreachCOMMENTARY
Don’t go to John Oliver for news.
Snyder critiques a John Oliver segment about abortion and pregnancy centers, arguing that entertainment framing omitted important facts and context. She uses the episode to discuss media narratives about pro-life organizations and pregnancy-center services.
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6 reasons equal protection laws can’t be enforced justly
Snyder argues that proposals to prosecute women who obtain abortions under equal-protection theories create serious practical and justice problems. She maintains a pro-life position while arguing that enforcement should focus on protecting unborn children without treating women as straightforward murder defendants.
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Kat Cammack and Florida's abortion law
Snyder critiques coverage of Kat Cammack's ectopic pregnancy and the hesitation described by her medical team. She disputes the interpretation that Florida's abortion restrictions prohibited the needed treatment.
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Talking to kids about unintended pregnancy
Snyder recounts a conversation with her daughter about pregnancy, abortion, and family support. She encourages parents to tell children explicitly that an unintended pregnancy would be met with help rather than abandonment or shame.
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Does Texas require doctors to wait until there's no heartbeat to intervene in emergencies? (Josseli Barnica)
Snyder challenges reporting that links Josseli Barnica's death to a legal requirement to wait for fetal cardiac activity to cease. She argues that emergency exceptions permitted intervention and raises separate questions about the medical care described in the reporting.
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Society of Family Planning: how to induce fetal asystole (baby heart attack)
Snyder critiques clinical recommendations concerning fetal death before later abortion. She uses those recommendations to dispute claims that post-viability abortion is equivalent to delivering a living baby.
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Is later abortion only 1% of all abortions?
Snyder questions the commonly repeated estimate that later abortions account for only one percent of abortions. She discusses gaps in reporting and argues that both the uncertainty and the number of affected pregnancies warrant attention.
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Recap: Building Bridges presentation in upstate New York
Snyder describes presenting her Building Bridges program to a Catholic parish in New Paltz as an atheist pro-life speaker. The recap emphasizes cross-belief cooperation and preparation for conversations about abortion.
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