Secular Pro-Life

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Secular Pro-Life
AbbreviationSPL
Formation2009[1]
President
Kelsey Hazzard
Executive Director
Monica Snyder
Websitewww.secularprolife.org

Secular Pro-Life (SPL) is an American secular anti-abortion organization. SPL argues against abortion and conducts advocacy, including on university campuses.[2][3]

Statistics[]

Anti-abortion activism in the United States is predominantly associated with the religious right. Within the United States as of 2021, 82% of the religiously unaffiliated say that "abortion should be legal in most or all cases"[4] compared to 59% of the general public. Among atheists and agnostics, 84% say abortion should be legal in most or all cases. While 75% of white evangelical Protestants say that having an abortion is morally wrong, 25% of religiously unaffiliated people say so.[5] Secular Pro-Life was created to give a voice to religiously unaffiliated people who are pro-life.

History[]

A Secular Pro-Life banner at the March for Life in Washington, D.C. in 2013

Secular Pro-Life was founded in 2009 by Kelsey Hazzard, who serves as the Board President. Hazzard identifies as an atheist, and attended law school at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.[6] In 2021, Secular Pro-Life announced its first Executive Director, Monica Snyder.[7] Snyder, who also identifies as an atheist, studied chemical biology at University of California, Berkeley and forensic science at University of California, Davis.

Secular Pro-Life ran a stall at the 2012 American Atheists conference. Their presence there caused some controversy within the atheist community.[6]

In February 2014, Hazzard gave a talk at the University of Georgia titled "Pro-Life Without God".[2] In the run up to the event, SPL posters were repeatedly torn down in an attempt to thwart Hazzard's presentation.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "History". secularprolife.org. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Fouriezos, Nicholas (6 February 2014). "Pro-life speaker gives secular position on abortion". The Red and Black. University of Georgia. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  3. ^ Saussy, George (21 October 2013). "Yale hosts first pro-life conference". Yale Daily News. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Nones on the rise - Social and Political Views of the Unaffiliated". Pew Research Center. 9 Oct 2012.
  5. ^ "5 facts about abortion". Pew Research Center FactTank. 17 June 2021. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Fain, Leslie (24 January 2013). "Atheist, Secular, and Pro-Life". Catholic World Report. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  7. ^ Introducing Secular Pro-Life's first Executive Director!, retrieved 2021-11-14
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