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The Turnaway Study is frequently referenced to support the claim that obtaining an abortion is preferable to being denied one. However, informed consent requires acknowledging that both having an abortion and being denied one do not necessarily ruin a woman's life.
Read →The assertion that abortion only affects the person getting one is challenged as being wrong in many ways. The article is published by Secular Pro-Life and includes related discussions and posts on abortion and pro-life topics.
Read →Many former pro-choice individuals become pro-life after personal experiences such as pregnancy, loss, or exposure to ultrasound images, which reveal fetal development and heartbeat. Others are convinced by scientific, logical, or ethical reasoning, including healthcare workers who witness fetal life firsthand and individuals who question the morality of abortion regardless of religious belief.
Read →Secular Pro-Life challenges the notion that pro-life women are antifeminist or seeking male approval. The content includes a video titled 'The Antifeminist Myth About Pro-Life Women' and related discussions on the topic of pro-life women's perspectives.
Read →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.
Read →Women who regret their abortions for reasons beyond merely challenging the legal status of abortion. It references a related piece titled '5 reasons to talk about women who don’t regret being denied abortion' published by Secular Pro-Life on October 18, 2024.
Read →The complexity of defining consciousness and the difficulty in using it as a basis for justifying abortion. It references related content exploring whether consciousness should determine human rights, without providing a definitive stance within the text provided.
Read →Abortion kills humans and constitutes a human rights violation, challenging the notion that people concerned about human rights should ignore the issue. It also references a video and an older blog post from Secular Pro-Life that discuss these points and invites readers to comment on them.
Read →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.
Read →Pro-lifers emphasize that their concern is not about individuals' sexual behavior but about preventing abortions. Josh Brahm of Equal Rights Institute discusses this perspective in the podcast episode titled 'It’s About the Babies, Not Your Sex Life.
Read →Governor Hochul does not distinguish between providing reproductive healthcare and helping a mother force her teen daughter to get an abortion. The article raises concerns about coerced abortion being considered part of reproductive healthcare.
Read →The phrase 'Men shouldn't be making laws about women's bodies' is discussed in the context of abortion debates and the perspective that not only men but also women who oppose abortion have a stake in these laws. The article is published by Secular Pro-Life and references related content and discussions about abortion and reproductive healthcare on their platform.
Read →Secular Pro-Life posted a video titled 'You're not pro-life, you're anti-choice' expressing support for all choices except abortion. The video and accompanying content challenge common pro-choice arguments and promote pro-life perspectives.
Read →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.
Read →The claim that abortion bans have doubled ectopic pregnancy deaths but clarifies that the article itself does not support this causation, emphasizing that correlation is not causation. It also references a related article on maternal mortality rates in pro-life versus pro-choice states published by Secular Pro-Life on April 28, 2025.
Read →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.
Read →Plenty of people who have gone through things like ectopic pregnancy, missed miscarriage, and labor think elective abortion should be illegal.
Read →by Monica Snyder
Read →Fact-checking claims about fetal blood, embryonic hearts, and early circulation.
Read →by Kelsey Hazzard
Read →You don't have to believe in a deity to believe it's wrong to kill humans, so atheists can, and do, oppose abortion.
Read →Why would any woman oppose abortion?
Read →by Virginia Pride
Read →Reminder of Turnaway Study findings
Read →by Monica Snyder
Read →Well this was (kind of?) a pleasant surprise.
Read →You can be an atheist and pro-life.
Read →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.
Read →Medical professionals can provide realistic and compassionate support to parents living with children who have trisomy 13 and 18 by avoiding certain discouraging statements and offering encouraging communication. A full study on this topic is available at journals.sagepub.com, and related guidance on building trust with these parents has been published by Secular Pro-Life.
Read →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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