Abortion Myths

Why Is Abortion Wrong?

By Susan Ciancio / December 18, 2024 /
Illustration of a human fetus at 20 weeks

Abortion – the taking of a preborn baby’s life – is a contentious topic. But when we examine the facts, we see many reasons why abortion is wrong.  It’s not just religion that tells us about the evil of abortion. Our conscience should tell us this as well, as it goes against the natural law…

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Is Abortion Safe? Is it Safer than Childbirth?

By Brian Clowes, PhD and Marisa Cantu / November 22, 2024 /
pregnant woman in white dress

We often hear that abortion is “safe and effective” and that it is a simple surgical procedure. Some proponents of abortion even claim that it is safer than childbirth. But is this true? As medical abortion becomes more and more common, lies surrounding the so-called “safety” of abortions circulate freely. Meanwhile, the potential serious complications…

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The Apparent “Pro-Life Until Birth” Hypocrisy

By Brian Clowes, PhD and Marisa Cantu / November 22, 2024 /
baby feet 22 weeks

Is it true that the anti-abortion side is “pro-life until you’re born?” After the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in 2022, the pro-choice rhetoric seemed to escalate. Pro-lifers are accused of many things, such as not caring about women, denying “essential” healthcare through abortion access bans, or violating “reproductive rights.” One of the misperceptions…

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Are Unsafe Abortions Stopped by Legalizing Abortion?

By Brian Clowes, PhD and Marisa Cantu / October 4, 2024 /

Before Roe v. Wade led to the widespread legalization of abortion, pro-abortion activists had a problem. The procedure was viewed with extraordinary negativity, and statistics did not back up their various arguments for legalizing abortion. Recognizing that abortion itself was unpalatable to the public, they resorted to a variety of emotional appeals to promote its…

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When Does Human Life Begin?

By Brian Clowes, PhD and Marisa Cantu / August 7, 2024 /
Baby inside belly - AI generated image

The abortion issue is very complex, possessing many dimensions: personal, legislative, judicial, religious and scientific. There is, however, one central debate around which every other point revolves – the status of the unborn child. Is it human? Is it alive? And, most importantly, is it a person? Science: When Does Life Begin? Pro-abortion activists will…

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Does Abortion Save Lives?

By Brian Clowes, PhD and Marisa Cantu / July 3, 2023 /
pregnant woman with baby bump

Pro-abortion groups claim that legalized abortion is vital for women’s health in the United States since, as they claim, thousands died of illegal abortions every year before the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision. Population controllers also allege that hundreds of thousands of women still die all over the world because their nations have pro-life…

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Is Being Pro-Life Racist?

By Brian Clowes, PhD and Marisa Cantu / April 15, 2023 /
african girl

There’s a longstanding discussion over racism in healthcare. The debate is all the more heated when it comes to abortion. Ever since the battle over abortion began, pro-lifers and “pro-choicers” have accused each other of racism against people of color. For example, Brian Fung of The Atlantic claimed in August of 2012 that any abortion…

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The Effects of Abortion Laws: Myths and Facts

By William Lawyer / June 3, 2022 /

With Roe v. Wade overturned, pro-lifers have an exciting opportunity to increase protections for the preborn in their state. Now more than ever it is important to know which laws work, and which don’t. So, what do common pro-life and pro-choice policies truly do, and what policies can you fight for to make your state…

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Men and Abortion

By HLI Staff / October 27, 2021 / Comments Off on Men and Abortion
sad man at window

Many people think that abortion is just a “woman’s issue.” But they don’t understand that it affects the father as well, for he too loses a child. Further, the man often experiences the same types of emotions that a woman experiences after the loss of a child. And though very little research has been done…

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Why Women Abort

By HLI Staff / May 5, 2021 / Comments Off on Why Women Abort
reasons women get abortions

Americans are appallingly ignorant on abortion statistics. One poll showed that California college students believed that abortion was illegal after the first trimester, and that there are less than 100,000 abortions done in the United States every year.1 The actual number is more than ten times as many surgical and chemical abortions ― and of…

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