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January 2013

January 30, 2013

Is Abortion a Tragedy?

My view? Abortion isn't a tragedy. The unwanted pregnancy that threatens to completely upturn a...

January 29, 2013

A New York Times Op-Ed on Illegal Abortion

Last week the New York Times published an op-ed on the history and reality of...

January 25, 2013

“Hi, my name is … nutrition?”

So it turns out that you don't have to be a religious pro-lifer to play...

January 22, 2013

Forty Years after Roe, Young Activists Speak Out

Today is the fortieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade. It is also Blog for Choice...

January 22, 2013

Why You Need to Read Jonathan Dudley’s Broken Words

Jonathan Dudley sent me a copy of his Broken Words: The Abuse of Science and...

December 2012

December 23, 2012

Literal Hell + Age of Accountability = What?!?

I remember when Andrea Yates drowned her five small children in a bathtub. I was...

December 20, 2012

Awesome Comment Award: Emjb on how fetuses are made

"One thing that was powerful to me was when a pro-choice woman pointed out that...

December 20, 2012

The Pro-Life Movement, Erasing Women Edition

Yesterday I posted an image of a postcard distributed by abortion opponents as an argument...

December 19, 2012

On the Pro-Life Movement and the Rape Exemption

Question: What is the difference between a woman who wants an abortion after accidentally becoming...

December 17, 2012

The Adventures of Ziggy the Zygote

In my post on how I lost faith in the pro-life movement, I wrote about...

December 03, 2012

Michigan Cuts Child Tax Credit, Suggests One for Fetuses

After eliminating child tax credits and cutting subsidies for childcare, Michigan legislators are proposing a...

November 2012

November 29, 2012

A Christian Blogger Calls the “Pro-Life Movement” Heresy

"[T]he God of the pro-life movement values the survival of the fetal body over the...

November 28, 2012

Social safety net? Heck no! Women must pay for sex!

Some responses to my post on losing faith in the pro-life movement have been thoughtful....

November 26, 2012

What if Abortion Were Illegal?

What if abortion were illegal? In this post I explore some of the ramifications of...

November 21, 2012

Answering and Asking Hard Questions about Abortion

"There's a five-alarm fire at a fertility clinic, and you're the first firefighter to enter...

November 17, 2012

Could Savita’s Death Have Happened in the U.S.?

I had thought until today that Savita Hallapanavar's death could not have happen in the...

November 17, 2012

On Married Women and Separating Sex from Procreation

When I suggested that birth control would decrease the abortion rate, some prolifers argued that...

November 16, 2012

“Abortion Never Saves a Woman’s Life” #Savita

I just found a chilling short video released last September by a "pro-life" group in...

November 14, 2012

“Pro-Lifers” Play Fast and Loose with the “Life of the Mother” Exemption

Two weeks ago Savita, a young woman in Ireland, died after her doctors refused to...

November 14, 2012

Savita Halappanavar: When “Pro-Life” Means Death

Savita Hallappanavar was pregnant, and was miscarrying. The miscarriage was taking time, and was poisoning...

November 12, 2012

The Battle over Contraception in the Pro-Life Movement

The NAE has tentatively embraced contraceptive use among unmarried evangelical young people in an effort...

November 10, 2012

A Paradigm Shift: My “Aha” Moment on Abortion

Some commenters on my pro-life movement post expressed skepticism that I could have so changed...

November 05, 2012

If You Don’t Want a Baby, Just Don’t Have Sex?

I have argued that increasing the use of birth control should be favored by pro-lifers...

November 03, 2012

More on Laws and Abortion: A Response to Bad Catholic

Addressing a post by Marc of Bad Catholic gives me the opportunity to examine further...

November 01, 2012

Seven Recent Articles on Abortion Worth Reading

I have been impressed over the last week at the outpouring of interesting and thought-provoking...

November 01, 2012

A Response to Objections on My Pro-Life Movement Post

After reading through the massive comment thread on my post on the pro-life movement, I...

October 2012

October 29, 2012

How I Lost Faith in the “Pro-Life” Movement

The spring of my sophomore year of college I was president of my university's Students...

October 29, 2012

Zygotes Lost With Birth Control v. Without Birth Control

A few weeks ago I came upon a blog post by Sarah of Who I...

October 24, 2012

Richard Mourdock on Rape and God’s Plan

Last night Richard Mourdoch, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Indiana, made a statement that...

October 09, 2012

Fixing the Relationship between Faith and Politics

What's right - and wrong - with the role of faith in politics today? In...