So last week, I posted about a group that is part of the pro-life movement but doesn't get much attention from the media and the general public which has created a very stereotypical "pro-life" supporter that I described in my previous post. To continue shedding light on pro-life groups that are often swept under the rug, today I am going to share some thoughts on the Secular Pro-Life movement because, one, I don't think it gets the attention it truly deserves, and two, because I think this part of the pro-life movement is essential to creating a "pro-life" culture. As stated on their website: "Secular Pro-Life is a group for pro-life atheists, agnostics, humanists--any pro-life secularists. Part of our mission is to create a space for non-religious pro-lifers to gather and discuss our perspective on abortion within the context of our secularism." To me, this group seems particularly important. I think that many people who are not involved in the pro-life movement use the "it's because of their religion that they're pro-life and that's a separation between church and state issue" as a means to shut up the pro-life movement. Monica Snyder is a pro-life atheist and I think she makes a very good point against the opposition's attacks stating that the Pro-Life Movement is based on religion. Here I would just like to insert a personal aside. I am not pro-life because of my religion, I am pro-life because of my morals. My morals may be fundamentally aligned with my religion but it is not because of a religious doctrine that I am pro-life. There are many non-religious pro-life people just like there are many religious pro-abortion people. While Secular Prolife hasn't made a huge impression on the general public, I think that within the pro-life movement, this group is really making a difference and changing hearts one heart at a time. If you would like to to learn more about Secular Prolife, check out the link below and please enjoy a few videos that I've shared from them!
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Sophie
3/1/2017 12:35:34 pm
Hi Allison—I think you did a great job incorporating different media in this post, like embedding videos and graphics. As an atheist myself, I was intrigued by this post, and honestly had no idea that this type of pro-life group had organized. So, I think it's good that you're finding different angles from which to discuss this issue. Moreover, I think the nexus of religion and morals, which you talk about, could be a really interesting discussion to cover more in-depth in a future post. One suggestion I would make is to break your text into sections, instead of putting it in one huge block at the top. For example, you could alternate between text and some of your graphics/videos to keep the reader engaged throughout the whole post.
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Jack SaFranko
3/1/2017 04:22:00 pm
This is one of the more complete blog posts I have seen. With the combination of information and media, I have come away from this post having learned a lot. I had not known too much about the secular post life movement prior to reading this post and watching the videos. I actually took a class last semester called Sociology of Law that spent a unit talking about the various movements in abortion politics. We never discussed the secular pro life aspect of the movement and this now seems like a gaping hole in the curriculum. Thank you for shedding some light on the subject for me! I look forward to more posts.
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AuthorI am a sophomore at GWU, originally from Northern Minnesota, studying International Affairs and Journalism. This is a blog for my social media class and I really hope you enjoy my perspective as a pro-life millennial. Archives
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