Abortion Slogans Refuted

Pro-Abortion Slogan #1:  "We demand the freedom to choose! Freedom of choice!"

Summary of the Pro-Life Response.

(1) CLARIFICATION:  We must distinguish between licit and illicit freedoms.

(2) PARALLELISM:  Unlimited "freedom to choose" means simple anarchy.

(3) MAXIM:  No freedom is absolute. Read More...

Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, Inc. (1983)

CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT

No. 81-746

Argued: November 30, 1982

Decided: June 15, 1983 [*]

An Akron, Ohio, ordinance, inter alia, (1) requires all abortions performed after the first trimester of pregnancy to be performed in a hospital (§ 1870.03); (2) prohibits a physician from performing an abortion on an unmarried minor under the age of 15 unless he obtains the consent of one of her parents or unless the minor obtains an order from a court having jurisdiction over her that the abortion be performed (§ 1870.05(B))… Read More…

Catholic Church Teachings on Abortion

by Brian Clowes

In "Catholic Church Teachings on Abortion," from his book the The Facts of Life, Dr. Brian Clowes discusses topics such as: historical opposition of the Catholic Church to abortion; recent Church teachings on abortion; the Church penalty of excommunication for abortions; abortion to save the mother’s life; the moment of “ensoulment”; and baptism of preborn babies.  For the Table of Contents with links to the full content of the chapter, click here...

Catholics for a Free Choice

by Brian Clowes

Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC) is a Washington, D.C.-based organization whose objective is to convince lawmakers, the popular media and Catholics that there can be an authentic "Catholic pro-choice" philosophy. [...] The group has clearly stated its ultimate goal: "CFFC recommends a change in the policies held by the Holy See to support the use of condoms to prevent AIDS and other diseases; to approve the use of modern methods of contraception, including emergency contraception, to prevent unwanted pregnancy; and to support non-coercive, safe and legal abortion." Read More...

China’s Forced Abortion Program

by Brian Clowes

In "China’s Forced Abortion Program," from his book The Facts of Life, Dr. Brian Clowes discusses China’s population control program at length, including United States association.  For the Table of Contents with links to the full content of the chapter, click here...  

Demographic Impacts of Abortion, The

by Brian Clowes

The total number of deaths through surgical abortion in the U.S. is equivalent to the combined populations of the states in red below: Read More...

Demographic Impacts of Abortion, The

by Brian Clowes

In "The Demographic Impacts of Abortion," from his book The Facts of Life, Dr. Brian Clowes discusses topics such as: the terrible loss of humanity to abortion; demographic impacts of legalized abortion; trying to reverse the trend; effects of abortion and contraception on America's population profile; and the inevitable death of the pro-abortion movement.  For the Table of Contents with links to the full content of the chapter,  click here...

Demographic Implosion In Europe?, A

by Gérard-François Dumont

How can one explain this convergence towards a low fertility rate in countries having such different demographic histories and characteristics? [...] New medical contraceptives (the Pill, intrauterine device, sterilization) which have become increasingly and more widely used since the 1960s, allowed the control of fertility and the fertility calendar and the separation of sexuality from procreation. In the case of an incorrect use of modern contraceptives, recourse to medical abortion became possible, both in countries where abortion is legal as well as in most others where it is illegal, but generally available.. Read More...

Depo-Provera: Injectable Abortion

from HLI's Pro-Life Talking Points Series

Depo-Provera has both contraceptive and abortifacient effects: The Depo-Provera injection, given to women and girls every three months as a contraceptive, actually causes abortion in some instances. Depo-Provera is a type of hormonal anti-fertility drug, and works in one of two ways: by preventing conception and thus having a contraceptive effect, or by preventing the implantation of an alreadyconceived child and thus ending the life of a new human being after conception. Read More...

Dignity of the Human Embryo, The

by Angelo Serra

In 1986, a false supposition or pretext of irresponsible science deprived the "recently conceived" human being of its title and value of "son."

The new, "recently conceived" life arising from the fusion of the maternal and paternal gametes is just beginning a marvelous dialogue with his or her parents-above all the mother-but is seen on a biological, psychological, mental and spiritual level as not having the name "son" or "daughter" until the fourteenth day after conception. Before that day one "should" consider him or her as "bunch of cells", and not as a "human being," the gift and living expression of the love of a father and mother. Read More...

Does Abortion Save Women's Lives?

from HLI's Pro-Life Talking Points Series

Abortion-on-demand has not saved women's lives: Pro-abortion politicians and groups argue that without easy access to abortion, substantial numbers of women would die through illegal, unregulated, and unsafe "backalley" abortions. Yet the evidence shows death from abortion in the United States was very rare even before abortion was legalized. Read More...

Does Welfare Reduce Abortion?

from HLI's Pro-Life Talking Points Series

The connection between welfare and illegitimacy is well-established: Social scientists have long documented that when women are paid to have children out of wedlock, they are more likely to do so. [...] America’s illegitimacy rate has continued to rise and reached 40% of all births in 2007, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Read More...

Embryonic Selection and Reduction

by Angelo Serra

Embryonic selection and embryonic reduction are two expressions introduced in the practice of "technically assisted reproduction" to indicate: first, the killing of a human embryo produced in a test tube before the transfer in utero, after observations and tests indicating that it will not develop into a normal subject; second, the killing of one or more human embryos in utero when, after the transfer of several embryos, more than one develops. Read More...

Exceptions for Abortion

by Brian Clowes

In "Exceptions for Abortion," from his book the Facts of Life, Dr. Brian Clowes discusses hard-case abortions, often argued in favor of situations where the woman has suffered rape or incest or where the mother’s health is endangered by the pregnancy.  For the Table of Contents with links to the full content of the chapter, click here...

Exceptions: Is Abortion Ever Permissible?

from HLI's Pro-Life Talking Points Series

Though only a tiny proportion of abortions in this and most other countries are due to hard cases—to save the life or health of the mother, rape, incest, and fetal deformities—pro-abortion groups portray these reasons as the norm. Read More...

Fertility and Continence

by Rita Joseph

Fertility Control and Women’s Autonomy: UN propaganda insisted that, whereas the old approach had viewed women’s fertility as an object of population control, the new approach at Cairo focused on women’s empowerment to exercise personal autonomy over their fertility. Feminist dogma proclaimed that women and adolescent girls cannot control their own fertility without unfettered access to abortion. Read More...

Fetal Experimentation and Tissue Transplantation

by Brian Clowes

In "Fetal Experimentation and Tissue Transplantation," from his book The Facts of Life, Dr. Brian Clowes discusses topics such as: the moral dimensions of fetal experimentation and fetal tissue transplantation; examples of experiments conducted on aborted preborn babies; why researchers value fetal tissue; the history of fetal organ harvesting; embryonic stem cell research; vaccines made from the tissue of aborted preborn babies; and harvesting organs from handicapped newborn babies.  For the Table of Contents with links to the full content of the chapter, click here...

Fetal Pain

by Brian Clowes

In "Fetal Pain," from his book The Facts of Life, Dr. Brian Clowes discusses topics such as: mercy for all but the preborn; when does fetal pain begin; the battle over partial-birth abortion; what happens to babies after they are killed; and fetal development—the nervous system.  For the Table of Contents with links to the full content of the chapter, click here...

Free Choice

by William E. May

The expression "free choice" is connected in today's public opinion with the struggle conducted by different groups in favor of liberalizing the laws on procured abortion in different countries. In the name of the right of the human person to his own body in order to realize his life's project, these groups asserted that a pregnant woman has the right to abortion, and that the law has to respect such a right. Read More... 

Gendercide: Where Have All the Girls Gone?

by Joseph Meaney

One of the most shocking global trends I have encountered in travels to over 54 countries on all continents in the past five years is the practice of gendercide. This massive "disappearance" of girls in the last few decades is an underreported international scandal.  Undisputed evidence exists that over 100 million women have been killed for the "crime" of being female since the 1970s and 1980s, and the problem is only growing worse. Read More...

Historical Christian Teachings on Abortion

by Brian Clowes

In "Historical Christian Teachings on Abortion," from his book The Facts of Life, Dr. Brian Clowes discusses topics such as: abortion in the Christian Church; anti-life strategies of infiltration and subversion; critical differences between the churches; and the deaths of the “feel-good” churches.  For the Table of Contents with links to the full content of the chapter, click here... 

Holocaust Analogy to Abortion, The

by Brian Clowes

In "The Holocaust Analogy to Abortion," from his book The Facts of Life, Dr. Brian Clowes discusses ways in which abortion is analogous to the Nazi Holocaust. For the Table of Contents with links to the full content of the chapter, click here...  

International Abortion Situation, The

by Brian Clowes

In "The International Abortion Situation," from his book The Facts of Life, Dr. Brian Clowes discusses topics such as: the malthus manifesto; anti-natalist bigots; biphobia and self-hate; the situation in the USA; contraceptive imperialism; abortion's link with population control; catholic teaching on population; status of abortion legislation worldwide; and demographic summaries of the world's nations. For the Table of Contents with links to the full content of the chapter, click here...

Jewish Faith Teachings on Abortion

by Brian Clowes

In "Jewish Faith Teachings on Abortion," from his book The Facts of Life, Dr. Brian Clowes discusses topics such as: the dilution of Jewish heritage; traditional Jewish teachings on abortion; Jewish dissenters and the New American Holocaust; and the question of pro-lifers being like Nazis.  For the Table of Contents with links to the full content of the chapter, click here...

Legal Status of the Human Embryo, The

by Rodolfo-Carlos Barra

Discussions about the humanity of the embryo, product of the male-female union, arise as one tries to formulate premises that facilitate the legalization of abortion and the practices that threaten the very existence of the new being. In this context, it became necessary to coin the term "pre-embryo." This procedure is not new. From antiquity, people have questioned the humanity of other persons every time it became necessary to use arguments to exploit or terminate them. Read More...

Maputo Protocol, The

The Maputo Protocol was written in large part by the Londonbased International Planned Parenthood Federation, or IPPF, the largest abortion-promoting organization in the world. The values of this group are not African in any way, shape or form. IPPF has no regard for national or local traditions and customs in its efforts to legalize abortion worldwide. [...] The Maputo Protocol is the ideal instrument to legalize abortion all over Africa. Read More:  maputo_protocol_english.pdf 214.52 Kb

Maternal Deaths Due to Abortion

by Brian Clowes

In "Maternal Deaths Due to Abortion," from his book The Facts of Life, Dr. Brian Clowes discusses topics such as: a brief historical overview of the abortion debate; the prevalence of illegal abortions; abortion before Roe Vs. Wade; actual statistics of maternal deaths; threat to maternal health posed by legal abortion; and the dangers of home abortions.  For the Table of Contents with links to the full content of the chapter, click here... 

Men & Abortion

From HLI's Pro-Life Talking Points Series 

Men suffer in the aftermath of abortion as well as women: Though not nearly as much research has been done on abortion's effects on men as on women, considerable evidence shows that abortion often negatively affects men's mental health and that a large proportion of men regret their partner's abortion later on. Read More...

Miracle of Fetal Development, The

by Brian Clowes

In "The Miracle of Fetal Development," from his book The Facts of Life, Dr. Brian Clowes discusses topics such as: to what point of fetal development is abortion legal; milestones of fetal development; new and misleading medical terminology; abortionists’ attitude towards third-trimester abortions; and a clear danger to abortionists.  For the Table of Contents with links to the full content of the chapter, click here...  

Partial Birth Abortion

by Jacques Suaudeau

The right to life of every human being is less and less protected by law. The universal scope of this right which was solemnly declared in 1948 and reaffirmed in 1989 in the International Convention on the Rights of the Child is whittled away more and more. This is notably illustrated by the tendency to legalize abortion and euthanasia. The particularly horrible technique of Partial Birth Abortion, to which President Clinton attached his name by vetoing bans against it, calls our attention to a new stage in the current anti-life escalation. The abortion termed "partial" is in fact an infanticide. Read More...

Pre-Implantation and Emergency Contraception

by John Wilks

The terms "pre-implantation contraception" [PIC] and "emergency contraception" [EC] as well as ‘post-coital contraception' [PCC] are synonymous expressions inaccurately used to describe the administration of a drug or use of a device post intercourse, with the explicit intention of stopping implantation of a newly created human embryo. These three terms are also collectively referred to, in both the lay and medical literature, as the ‘morning-after' pill. Read More...

Pro-Abortion Violence

Most people perceive the struggle over abortion in the USA to be a vicious and brutal battle -- with all of the violence being committed by so-called "fanatical anti-choicers."

     This is entirely due to the stupid actions of a handful of deranged individuals and the persistent and monolithic bias of the national broadcast, print, and entertainment media. Read More...

Pro-Abortion Violence: Setting the Record Straight

from HLI's Pro-Life Talking Points Series

The Media Narrative for "Pro-Life" Violence is Seriously Distorted. The fact is that abortionists and pro-choice activists are guilty of much more violence than pro-life activists (not to mention abortion itself!), and it’s time that those who don’t know this history, especially the media, learned the truth. Read More...

Pro-Choice

by Joseph & Michael Meaney

The pro-choice ideology was born at the end of the sixties through pro abortion groups progressively using twisted semantics to hide what being in favor of abortion meant. An important step in this propaganda came in the seventies and eighties, when there was an attempt to argue in favor of abortion in the sense of negating that the fetus is an individual or even human. The pro choice arguments do not stand up to a calm study of the scientific facts. Read More...

Quality of Life

by Renzo Paccini

The excessive importance given to quality leads one to mistakenly understand it as essential to life, in fact, as a constitutive element of life itself. It is in this ideological context, that the phrase: “a life that is not worth living” was coined and used to justify euthanasia, assisted suicide, abortion, infanticide, and other attacks on life, even in public health measures at the national and international level. Read More...

Racism of Abortion, The

by Brian Clowes

In "The Racism of Abortion," from his book The Facts of Life, Dr. Brian Clowes discusses topics such as: how abortion is racial genocide; abortion as the new eugenics; Norplant; and the ultimate impacts of abortion on culture. For the Table of Contents with links to the full content of the chapter, click here...

Scripture on Abortion

by Brian Clowes

In "Scripture on Abortion," from his book The Facts of Life, Dr. Brian Clowes discusses topics such as: implicit condemnation; only God has the power to open and shut the womb; the Bible doesn’t explicitly condemn other anti-life activities; and what else isn’t in the Bible. For the Table of Contents with links to the full content of the chapter, click here...  

Sexual and Reproductive Rights

by José Alfredo Peris Cancio

A series of vague and imprecise expressions made headway following a precise strategy during the Cairo and Beijing international conferences. The basis of this was a skewed interpretation of the 1948 International Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations grounded in a different vision of man than the one which inspired this fundamental historical text. One of the most important among these expressions is "sexual and reproductive rights" which is closely tied to an individualistic and statist conception of man and of society. Read More...

State of Abortion Laws Around the World

State of Abortion Laws Around the World, from the Pro-Life Research Series, presents the status of abortion laws around the world on a country-by-country basis.  The report also includes a summary of events in 2009 that demonstrate the continual battle between pro-life missionaries fighting for life and the culture of death.  To download a printable pdf version, click here State of Abortion Laws.pdf 5.58 mb

Surgical Abortion

by Brian Clowes

In "Surgical Abortion," from his book The Facts of Life, Dr. Brian Clowes discusses methods, statistics, dangers, and problems associated with surgical abortion.  For the Table of Contents with links to the full content of the chapter, click here...  

United States Abortion Statistics

by Brian Clowes 

In "United States Abortion Statistics," from his book The Facts of Life, Dr. Brian Clowes discusses topics such as: the unparalleled value of documented statistics; the number of abortions that have been committed in the USA; surgical abortions among minority women in the USA; statistics on abortions committed for the 'hard cases'; and why women have abortions. For the Table of Contents with links to the full content of the chapter, click here...

Why Women Abort

from HLI's Pro-Life Talking Points Series

Very few abortions are due to health reasons, rape, incest, or abnormalities: Many people think that women obtain most abortions to save their lives or physical health, for rape and incest, or to avoid birth defects. This is a fallacy that pro-abortion groups continue to cultivate. Read More...